Russia Is Dissolving: Half Of Its Population and One-Third of Its Land Are Gone

A statue representing Russia-Ukrainian friendship is pulled down in Kyiv

150 million people have left Russia since the 1990’s, and one-third of its area has been clipped off its map.

These people did not jump over a border wall — they formed their own countries and seceded.

One by one, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova…