Russian authorities are increasingly restricting access to core government statistics, including economic, demographic and crime data, as concerns grow over a potential economic slowdown, analysts at the state-owned Promsvyazbank (PSB)
said in a new report.
In 2023, the government classified oil and gas production figures, and by 2024, following a series of drone strikes blamed on Ukraine, Rosstat stopped publishing data on the production of gasoline and diesel fuel. Demographic data has been particularly affected. After the invasion, Rosstat stopped publishing age- and region-specific mortality statistics.