Russia's "death economy": families, not soldiers, await payouts - Break the Fake - TVP WORLD

In today's Russia, war has created a disturbing new reality. For many families, service at the frontline is no longer about a safe return – it's about compensation.

Death benefits, housing payouts and bonuses have quietly turned loss into calculation, and grief into a line item in the family budget.

In the new epsode of Break The Fake, Jonasz Rewiński looks at how the Kremlin's war economy reshapes values on the ground: where funerals are discussed alongside mortgage plans and survival is no longer a priority.

Real stories from inside Russia show how death has been normalized, monetized and even encouraged by the state.