In Russia, interest rates for home mortgages are way up. But the Russian government has created a workaround. The catch is, you have to be willing to move out of the city, and into the hinterlands. And once you opt in, you have a vested interest in preserving the status quo of an authoritarian government. Levi Bridges reports on how Russians are navigating their economy in the shadow of ongoing war.
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