The happiness level has remained ‘consistently high’ since 2015, a national research center says More than 80% of Russians consider themselves as generally “happy,” the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) reported on Monday, noting that the high happiness figures correlated with low levels of depression reported in another recent survey.

Some Ukrainian villages and small towns have lost most of their adult males due to the aggressive mobilization tactics of army recruiters, as they struggle to refill the ranks of depleted forces, according to a report by the Washington Post.

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