{"id":107026,"date":"2026-03-20T08:28:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/russia-on-par-with-venezuela-and-libya-in-the-happiness-ranking\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:28:33","slug":"russia-on-par-with-venezuela-and-libya-in-the-happiness-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/russia-on-par-with-venezuela-and-libya-in-the-happiness-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia, on par with Venezuela and Libya in the happiness ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"15\" data-end=\"255\"><strong>At the end of 2025, Russia fell to 79th place out of 147 in the international happiness ranking, compiled by experts from the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">United Nations Organization<\/span><\/span> and the research center <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Gallup<\/span><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"617\">After losing 13 positions in a single year, Russia recorded the second worst result in the last 11 years (only worse in 2021) and ranked at the same level as countries such as <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Venezuela<\/span><\/span> (80th place), <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Libya<\/span><\/span> (81st place) and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Bolivia<\/span><\/span> (78th place).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"998\">According to the authors of the ranking, the most problematic situation in Russia is related to fundamental freedoms. In this sub-ranking, Russia is in 112th place \u2014 below <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Gambia<\/span><\/span> (108) and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Somalia<\/span><\/span> (103), but slightly above <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Lesotho<\/span><\/span> (113) and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Myanmar<\/span><\/span> (117).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"998\">Details, <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.themoscowtimes.com\/2026\/03\/19\/rossiya-upala-dourovnya-venesueli-vreitinge-samih-neschastnih-stran-mira-a190263\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of 2025, Russia fell to 79th place out of 147 in the international happiness ranking, compiled by experts from the United Nations Organization and the research center Gallup. 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