"Antidepressants buy": social anxiety is growing in the Russian Federation because of the threat of mobilization - intelligence

To spread: in Russia, sales of antidepressants are growing against the background of war against Ukraine and economic problems. Sales of anxiety drugs increased by 10%in the first half of 2025, the press service of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine said. "The Russians buy antidepressants against the background of mobilization risks," the message reads. In the CZR, it was specified that from January to July 2025, pharmacy networks sold 12.

9 million packages of such drugs for $ 118 million, which is 36% more in monetary terms than a year earlier. Ukrainian scouts stressed that doctors record in Russia an increase in appeals with symptoms of depression, panic attacks, insomnia and dependence on drugs. "Increasing demand for psychiatric drugs occurs on the background of a large -scale campaign to create a register of conscripts," the intelligence explained.

They also added that since July, Russians have received massively inclusion in the base, including medical women, adolescents and persons with limited fitness. "The State Duma emphasizes that the launch of electronic stories does not mean the beginning of mobilization, but these reports have become a key factor in public anxiety," the SPR stressed. We will remind, in June the external intelligence service reported that scientists flee with the pace, which were not even in the 90s.