In Russia, 60 percent of drugs increased from drugs
The number of Russian citizens who died in 2020 from drug problems increased by 60 percent compared to the previous year. This is stated in the report of Rosstat, to which RBC drew attention to . In 2020, 7316 people died in Russia, a year earlier - 4,569 people. In 2016–2018, according to Rosstat, 4.4–4.8 thousand people died from drugs in Russia annually. In total, almost 139.6 thousand people died from the "external causes" in Russia in 2020, more than 5 percent of deaths have been a share.