Essay: Are the Russians as unhappy as they claim they are?

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In 2023, Russia ranked 74 out of 150 countries on the World happiness index.[1] The World Happiness Index 2023 Report will mark its 10th anniversary with the Globe Happiness Reflect, which compiles data from international surveys to show how people rank their lives in more than 150 countries.[2]

According to Statista.com, the happiness index, calculated as the difference between shares of happy and unhappy people, reached 18 percent in Russia in 2021, down from 51 points in 2016. To compare, an average of 44 countries surveyed worldwide was measured at 43 percent in 2021, having increased from the previous year.[3]
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In April of 2022, The Economist reported: "Over the past ten years Russians have begun to die younger, and are becoming fewer, poorer and more miserable.'[4]
In 2023, Russia had the second highest alcoholism rate as far as it being a problem with both genders.[5] In addition, in 2023 Russia had the highest alcoholism rate for males.[6]

in 2019, it was reported that every year 500,000 people die due to alcohol in Russia.[7]

In 2023, Business Insider reported: "Russia lost the first Crimean War because of widespread alcoholism. Drinking is killing their troops in Ukraine, too, intel shows."[8]

Jerusalem Post: Many Russian troop deaths tied to alcohol, gun accidents, hypothermia -UK, 2023

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Russia, low church attendance and lower levels of happiness in 2024 than many countries - including the USA

See also: Russia is not a conservative country

Cathedral of the Armed Forces outside Moscow, completed in 2020.

In 2022, it was reported that attendance at Russian Orthodox Church services in Russia has dropped to around one percent.[9]

A 2024 Gallup poll indicates that Russia has lower levels than many countries - including the United States (A Map of Global Happiness By Country in 2024).

In terms of various countries, "The results of a multilevel regression analysis suggest that religious individuals are on average happier and more satisfied with life than non-religious individuals."(See: Why are religious people happy? The effect of the social norm of religiosity across countries, Social Science Research, 2013 Jan;42(1):90-105. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.07.002. Epub 2012 Jul 25.).

In 2018, church attendance in Russia was lower than that of the USA (See: How religious commitment varies by country among people of all ages, Pew Research, 2018). For more information, please see: Russia is not a conservative country

In 2022, it was reported that attendance at Russian Orthodox Church services in Russia has dropped to around one percent.[10]

Also, according to a 2019 report "Using data from surveys carried out by the Higher School of Economics in Moscow in 2018, the sociologist Yana Roshchina worked out that while almost 81 percent of adult Russians consider themselves Orthodox, this is often a declaration of identity rather than faith. Just 6 percent of the population and 43 percent of believers go to church several times a month. According to Interior Ministry statistics, 4.3 million people across the country attended Easter services in 2019 – around 100,000 fewer than a year before."[11]

Pew Research reported in 2017: "Relatively few Orthodox or Catholic adults in Central and Eastern Europe say they regularly attend worship services, pray often or consider religion central to their lives. For example, a median of just 10% of Orthodox Christians across the region say they go to church on a weekly basis."[12]

Top 12 reasons why people are flocking to the USA and leaving the corrupt, authoritarian countries of China and Russia

Russian defector reveals that a 'majority' of people inside the Kremlin are unhappy with the war in Ukraine

See also: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian


The Grand Kremlin Palace is a building in the Moscow Kremlin.

The Moscow Kremlin is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow. The Moscow Kremlin now serves as the official residence of the Russian president and as a museum.

Russia in August 2023: 20,000 activists subject to heavy reprisals as Russia continues to crack down on anti-war movement at home


See: Russia 2023: 20,000 activists subject to heavy reprisals as Russia continues to crack down on anti-war movement at home, Amnesty International, August 2023

November 2023: Families of Russian troops protest Ukraine war

Watch the video: Families of Russian troops protest Ukraine war, DW News, November 2023

Why are the Russians so unhappy?

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Below are articles which explain why Russians are so unhappy.

Russians are very unhappy.

*Russians are fewer, poorer and more miserable than a decade ago, The Economist, April 1, 2022

*World Happiness Index 2023 Country Wise List, Russian ranked 74 out of 150 countries

*Some Russian soldiers in Ukraine unhappy with top brass, Girkin says, Reuters, December 2022

*Ukraine war: families of unhappy Russian conscripts could undermine Kremlin’s war effort, The Conversation, 2022

*Russia: The Unhappy People, Partner Science Norway, 2012

2023: Russia has the 3rd highest rate of divorce in the world

The flag of Russia

See: Russia has the 3rd highest rate of divorce in the world

See also: Russia has the 3rd highest rate of divorce in the world

Russia's Leaders Won't Deal With a Domestic Violence Epidemic. These Women Stepped Up Instead

See: Russia's Leaders Won't Deal With a Domestic Violence Epidemic. These Women Stepped Up Instead

Russia's Leaders Won't Deal With a Domestic Violence Epidemic. These Women Stepped Up Instead

Many high-income people are fleeing Russia


The places that millionares are leaving in 2023-2024. Russia is 4rth on the list.

The Kremlin is Really Unhappy About Zelensky’s ‘Person of the Year’ Award



President Volodymyr Zelensky and the actor Sean Penn.

Volodymyr Zelensky received the Best Actor Award in 2022.

Videos on why Russia is so depressing

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Videos on why Russians never smile

Videos from the Depressed Russian YouTube channel

Attention Russia Today: If Russia is so great and Russians should be happy, then why are so many Russians leaving Russia?

Russian emigration from Russia:

Russia is experiencing a large brain drain

10 reasons why Vladimir Putin may be very unhappy (The world increasingly sees he is a manchild and not a macho genius)

See also: Is Vladimir Putin a manchild or a macho genius?

Russian demography has long been an existential issue to Vladimir Putin. In 2021, he declared “saving the people of Russia is our top national priority".[13]

See: Russia is dying out. The war in Ukraine is making Russia's demographic crisis even worse

Question: Is Vladimir Putin a manchild or a macho genius? See: Is Vladimir Putin a manchild or a macho genius? (One of the definitions of machismo is an "exhilarating sense of power or strength."[14])

To help answer this question, please read the essays below:

1. Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian

2. Is Vladimir Putin a beacon of family values or a complete failure in this matter? (Explains why Vladimir Putin recently became furious)

3. Russia's economy and gas and oil profits will be BADLY damaged when China's economy declines

4. Vladimir Putin understimates small opponents - big time!

5. There is no evidence that Vladimir Putin plays chess

6. Why I am not bullish on Russia's future

7. The West is still best. The East is still least.

8. What drives Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin?

9. Russian war crimes in Ukraine

10. Much to the dismay of Vladimir Putin The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future. (See also: Multipolar world fantasy)

Seemingly weak, little, Japanese girl Judo practitioner tosses Vladimir Putin to the floor


Seemingly weak, little girl Judo practioner tosses Vladimir Putin the floor![15]

Even the sissy boy Barack Obama wasn't thrown to the floor by a little girl.

8 over-the-top, macho Putin stunts that were nowhere near as impressive as they seemed


"For me, Ukraine is not a real country." - Vladimir Putin[16]

Ukraine is not a real country, Vladimir?

This supposed "non-country" knocked you off your high horse Vladimir. The war in Ukraine has made Russia's demographic crisis even worse![17]

Vladimir Putin's marriage and ex-wife. It is unknown how unhappy their marriage was or how unhappy/happy his ex-wife is.

See also: Is Vladimir Putin a beacon of family values or a complete failure in this matter? and Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian

Vladimir Putin divorced his wife. Given Russian propaganda, it is unknown how unhappy their marriage was or how unhappy/happy his ex-wife is.

See also: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian

Fuming Russian socialites cut up Chanel handbags in protest as brand won't sell to them amid economic sanctions against Russia


Due to Vladimir Putin's very bad decision to invade Ukraine, Russian socialites are very angry that they have been cut off from buying Chanel purses.[18]

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"The Kalashnikov has become the Russian people's greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar and suicidal novelists." - The character Yuri Orlov in the 2005 movie Lord of War[19]

"The Kalashnikov has become the Russian people's greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar and suicidal novelists." - The character Yuri Orlov in the 2005 movie Lord of War[20]

The unhappiness situation is dire in Russia

The unhappiness situation is dire in Russia. The authoritarian Vladimir Putin needs to decree that bouncy castles be placed in Red Square and also demand that people be very happy.

The unhappiness situation is dire in Russia. The authoritarian Vladimir Putin needs to decree that bouncy castles be placed in Red Square and also demand that people be very happy.

Russia considers changing its national anthem to B.B. King's classic blues song The Thrill is Gone

See also: Why I am not bullish on Russia's future

Watch: Russia considers changing its national anthem to B.B. King's classic blues song The Thrill is Gone

See also: Why I am not bullish on Russia's future

'I Can See' America From Here: Bleak Life In Russia's Chukotka

Watch the video: 'I Can See' America From Here: Bleak Life In Russia's Chukotka

Watch the video: 'I Can See' America From Here: Bleak Life In Russia's Chukotka

Tourists are not flocking to the country of Russia which has so many unhappy people. Tourists like cheery and uplifting destinations that don't unlawfully detain people. Western sanctions are also not helping tourism to Russia

Merely 200,100 foreigners visited Russia in 2022, which is a huge drop of 96.1% from pre-pandemic/pre-2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine years.[21]

According to the Travel All Russia website, "We organize award-winning small group tours to Russia and private Russia tours in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Golden Ring, Trans-Siberian and anywhere in Russia."

The statistics given above from Hyperstat.com certainly appear to confirm that tourists are not flocking to Russia which has many unhappy people. Tourists like uplifting and cheery places to visit.

In addition, the U.S. State Department has a warning to Americans to leave Russia and not go there due to the problem of unlawful detentions. And there are Western sanctions against Russia which are restricting air flights to Russia.[22]

Why A Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman

See: Why a Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman

The citizens of the United States are happier than the citizens of Russia. USA! USA! USA!

See also: Essay: The citizens of the United States are happier than the citizens of Russia and China. USA! USA! USA!

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - United States Constitution

According to the World Happines Index, the citizens of the United States are happier than the citizens of Russia.[23][24]

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  1. ↑ World Happiness Index 2023 Country Wise List
  2. ↑ World Happiness Index 2023 Country Wise List
  3. ↑ Happiness index in Russia compared to the world from 2011 to 2021
  4. ↑ Russians are fewer, poorer and more miserable than a decade ago, The Economist, 2022
  5. ↑ Alcoholism by country
  6. ↑ Alcoholism by country
  7. ↑ Demographic crisis in Russia by Adam Gwiazda, 2019
  8. ↑ Russia lost the first Crimean War because of widespread alcoholism. Drinking is killing their troops in Ukraine, too, intel shows., Business Insider, 2023
  9. ↑ Attendance at Russian Orthodox church services in Russia has dropped to around one percent.
  10. ↑ Attendance at Russian Orthodox church services in Russia has dropped to around one percent.
  11. ↑ Russians Are Not Waiting for a Church Boom, 2019
  12. ↑ Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe, Pew Research, 2017
  13. ↑ Russia’s population is in a historic decline as emigration, war and a plunging birth rate form a ‘perfect storm’, Fortune magazine, 2022
  14. ↑ Machismo
  15. ↑ Seemingly weak, little girl Judo practioner tosses Vladimir Putin to the floor - Associated Press
  16. ↑ ‘Not a real country’ Why is Putin obsessed with Ukraine?, 2022
  17. ↑
  18. ↑ Fuming Russian socialites cut up Chanel handbags in protest as brand won't sell to them amid economic sanctions against Russia
  19. ↑ 'A Weapon All Fighters Love' | Lord Of War
  20. ↑ 'A Weapon All Fighters Love' | Lord Of War
  21. ↑ "Tourism collapses in Russia following western sanctions". Al Arabiya English. 9 February 2023.
  22. ↑ "Tourism collapses in Russia following western sanctions". Al Arabiya English. 9 February 2023.
  23. ↑ A color coded map of the world levels of happiness as measured by the World Happiness Index (2023)
  24. ↑ World Happiness Report 2023
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