RT by @mikenov: RUSSIA SMELLS BAD—Russia faces many of the same structural problems it criticizes elsewhere: demographic decline, high divorce rates, social dislocation, alcoholism, regional inequality, and a noticeable lack of long-term orientation among parts of its population. Russians have… pic.

RUSSIA SMELLS BAD—Russia faces many of the same structural problems it criticizes elsewhere: demographic decline, high divorce rates, social dislocation, alcoholism, regional inequality, and a noticeable lack of long-term orientation among parts of its population.

Russians have… pic.twitter.com/Aq0V6R3rTi

— JP Lindsley | Journalist (@JPLindsley) April 30, 2026