Better in the Ground than at the Pharmacy: Russia's New Reality

In the Russian Swamps, a new national pastime has emerged — searching for medicine! Pharmacies are emptying, and antibiotics and painkillers have become as exotic as bananas in the USSR. But who needs them, right? After all, the slaves have their own joys: saving on healthcare to sponsor the war even more.

Just imagine: yesterday, Ivan was buying pills for a headache, and today, he's already on the front lines. And, as history shows, soon he won't need any medicine — just one move, and he’s fertilizer for sunflowers in the fields of Ukraine.

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Izvestia on October 14, 2024. Medications like roxithromycin have disappeared in 25 subjects of the Russian Federation, with other antibiotics such as erythromycin, clarithromycin, and azithromycin also in short supply. The most affected regions are Crimea, Dagestan, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia, where none of these drugs are available.

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