Gostokhnology cycle Unnatural numbers. The story of how the authorities are fighting statistics instead of problems Project team, 8 July 2021 What the argument of Putin and Johnson led to How officials hide mortality Why did the income fall turn into growth The Russian authorities in their own way solve economic difficulties-they actively manipulate statistics. At the request of the Kremlin, government and governors, the department responsible for statistics - Rosstat - goes to multiple tricks.