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Olshki: A year when almost no one heard of famine in February 2025, a post by an eyewitness about the famine in Olshki was viewed 186 times. In January 2026, a similar post was published 120,391 times. Among them - a year when the city almost disappeared from the news. We compared when the events from the city were written about and when the media and institutions reacted to it: the national media responded within 12 months of the first post, international - within 15, institutions - within 17 until 2026, there were only 1-6% of the materials for six months on food, medicine and media in 2025, 38% of the views of posts about Olshki fell on Russian channels and the occupation is not the first time: chronic problems from the city (passports as a condition for aid, lack of insulin, places of detention) reacted too long. Research base: 55,722 posts from 15,303 Telegram channels, 25,752 web materials and GDLT. All quotes are verbatim, with the date of publication and reference to the original source. Research: We ask you to spread this research to a foreign audience: republish our posts in English on LinkedIn and X. LinkedIn: Link X: Link Thank you!

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Olshki: A year when almost no one heard of famine in February 2025, a post by an eyewitness about the famine in Olshki was viewed 186 times. In January 2026, a similar post was published 120,391 times. Among them - a year when the city almost disappeared from the news. We compared when the events from the city were written about and when the media and institutions reacted to it: the national media responded within 12 months of the first post, international - within 15, institutions - within 17 until 2026, there were only 1-6% of the materials for six months on food, medicine and media in 2025, 38% of the views of posts about Olshki fell on Russian channels and the occupation is not the first time: chronic problems from the city (passports as a condition for aid, lack of insulin, places of detention) reacted too long. Research base: 55,722 posts from 15,303 Telegram channels, 25,752 web materials and GDLT. All quotes are verbatim, with the date of publication and reference to the original source. Research: We ask you to spread this research to a foreign audience: republish our posts in English on LinkedIn and X. LinkedIn: Link X: Link Thank you!

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