Al Jazeera English Russia’s countryside in decline: Service closures push families to relocate

Thousands of villages in Russia are being abandoned as young people move to cities. Schools, clinics, and other rural facilities are shutting down, leaving towns empty and forgotten.

Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova reports.

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