As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, debates over sanctions, negotiations and military aid increasingly hinge on a central question: How costly has the war been for Russia itself? My co-author, Ryan Sullivan, an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, did all the heavy lifting on digging up the data and doing the calculations. He’s one of the leading contributors to the economic literature on the value of a statistical life, and you’ll see how we used those data to assess the cost to Russians of death and injuries.
Author: March 3, 2026
Published at: 2026-03-03 00:00:00
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