Читаете русскую версию здесь. Russian regions’ spending on cemetery expansion projects was nearly three times higher during the first two years of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine than it was during the two years prior, The Moscow Times has found. According to data from the official state procurement portal, Russia’s regions spent more than 225 million rubles ($2.5 million) on cemetery expansion in 2023. This is twice as much as in 2022 and almost six times more than in 2020, before the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Authorities have already spent 136 million rubles ($1.5 million) for t…