Russia hid casualty statistics: what disappeared from the report

Russia's Judicial Department published crime statistics for 2025, with some rows grayed out. Among the hidden data are the number of lawsuits to recognize citizens as dead or missing, as well as an entire section on crimes against the foundations of the constitutional order. A year earlier, courts considered a record 17,500 such lawsuits.

The Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of Russia published crime statistics for 2025 on October 2, with some rows grayed out. Among the hidden data are the number of lawsuits to recognize citizens as dead or missing. A year earlier, courts considered a record 17,500 such lawsuits. At the end of 2025, Russian courts began removing information about these cases from their websites. The report also omitted an entire section on crimes against the foundations of the constitutional order and state security, including high treason, disclosure of state secrets, sabotage, creation of an extremist community, and "discrediting" the army. Data on punishments for "fakes" about the army were retained—90 people were convicted under this article in 2025. The report removed data on administrative penalties for "discrediting" the army, inciting hatred, calls for separatism, and violations of rules for "foreign agents." Previously, it separately indicated how many crimes were committed by military personnel, judges, prosecutors, investigators, police officers, and prison workers—these rows are also grayed out. The article cites data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian army losses of one and a half million people.