Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia's shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a ...

Russia’s population is shrinking rapidly. Putin is trying to put a stop to that

Russia’s population has fallen from 147.6 million in 1990 — the year before the USSR collapsed — to 146.1 million this year, ...

Population Crisis In Russia: How Putin Is Pushing Families To Have More Children

Russia faces a deepening population crisis as birth rates decline and the population ages rapidly. President Vladimir Putin ...

Russia battles demographic crisis with restrictive measures and family incentives

Despite years of state incentives and restrictions, Russia’s birth rate continues to plummet amid war, economic strain, and ...

How The War In Ukraine Has Sparked A Demographic Crisis In Russia

Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a demographic crisis and labor shortage, fueled by military casualties, emigration, and a ...
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Russia faces shrinking, ageing population; tries laws to combat it

At Kremlin conference on 23 October, President Vladimir Putin again called raising the birth rate “crucial” for Russia’s ...