Dead Russian Soldiers: The Death Rate in Russia Goes up by 10,000 in March

After the military invasion of Ukraine started in March 2022, the excess mortality rate in Russia hit almost 41,000 people. For comparison, the excess mortality rate was 31,000 at the peak of the pandemic a year ago in 2021.

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Mortality dynamics in Russia

Month	January 2015	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January 2016	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January 2017	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January 2018	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January 2019	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January 2020	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January 2021	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January 2022	February	March
Deaths	174,723	156,737	175,810	164,705	154,855	161,267	155,922	145,113	154,600	156,753	147,626	163,302	169,771	156,779	166,307	150,761	160,437	156,514	146,874	159,864	149,829	150,667	156,836	163,274	179,410	146,802	161,610	142,226	161,000	149,314	143,413	152,367	141,652	155,161	145,248	146,137	165,836	142,931	169,408	157,368	162,805	148,590	152,478	147,822	136,140	153,705	143,519	147,225	172,451	148,496	151,913	153,867	154,539	137,237	151,554	143,394	139,051	157,679	141,331	149,165	164,075	143,179	152,740	150,873	172,914	162,758	181,479	157,181	170,717	205,456	219,872	243,235	219,769	172,672	191,320	168,345	162,283	185,655	215,265	208,237	201,945	247,197	257,292	215,529	192,952	190,628	201,120

The skyrocketing increase in the death toll cannot be caused only by the intensification of COVID-19. In March this year, 16,000 people died from the coronavirus, while the disease caused 13,000 deaths in the corresponding period of 2021.

Before the pandemic, 160,000 Russians had died on average in March over the past five years. In March this year, Russia saw 201,000 deaths.