The distrust to official statistics has remained since the Soviet times, when statistics, deprived of any civilian control, faithfully served the communist regime, praising its achievements. Public distrust of Soviet statistics was fully justified when the USSR collapsed, although official statistics spoke about the successful development of the country in all areas. Exactly the same attitude to the official statistics is observed today, especial...

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