Since Putin began his expanded war in Ukraine in February 2022, Russians have increasingly turned to fortune tells and other forms of witchcraft to help them cope with the increasing uncertainty in their lives, spending increasingly vast sums on such services, a trend Russian sociologists say shows no sign of easing.

In the Moscow Times, journalist Dmitry Petrov provides some statistics regarding just how much money is now going to these black arts and the observation of independent Moscow anthropologist Aleksandra Arkhipova on why this is........

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