According to Russian Labor Minister Anton Kotyakov, the country needs to find the equivalent of 2 million workers per year ...

Officials have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that a demographic crisis could mean the country he leads will be ...

In 2024, births in Russia fell to 1.22 million — the lowest level since 1999 — while deaths increased by 3.3% annually, to ...

Russia is facing a severe demographic crisis that threatens to cripple its economy, with officials warning of a potential 3.1 ...

Russia’s president declared this recession will not stand. Like a comic-book villain — melodramatic and delusional — Vladimir ...

Russia is staring down the barrel of a demographic disaster, with fears of a "population wipe out" as fresh figures point to ...

President Vladimir Putin is facing a serious demographic crisis which could plunge his country into economic chaos. Sanctions ...

On Tuesday, Russia's interior ministry urged people in the border regions of Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod not to use dating ...

Russia, simply put, is facing a demographic crisis unprecedented in world history. As a result, the country has become something of a poster child for what can go wrong, demographically speaking ...

Rosstat, Russia's statistics agency, has not released data on deaths this year, according to an independent Russian outlet.

Russia has been tending toward a demographic crisis for several years now. The Kremlin has tried to intervene to boost birth rates by offering tax breaks and expanding childcare for low-income ...

Russia's birth rate was officially 1.41 per woman in 2023 -- far below the 2.1 that demographers say is necessary for a stable population. Some experts warn it will only get worse.