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 ...

The world’s population is expected to start shrinking this century. Political demographer Jennifer Sciubba says that’s no ...

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

Russia also has relatively high mortality rates, with deaths exceeding births for several years now. Alcoholism and drugs are ...

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

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

Russia bets on patriotism to address demographic crisis Moscow (AFP) – Freshly married to a policeman, office manager Angelina Alexeyeva has been motivated by President Vladimir Putin's plea for ...

Russia is staring down a long-term economic threat that could outlast both the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions: a deepening demographic crisis.

Russia is paying schoolgirls to have babies in a bid to boost its plummeting birth rate, but experts say cash incentives alone can’t reverse the global fertility crisis. Here’s why pronatalist ...

Russia has launched a controversial scheme offering money to adult schoolgirls to boost birth rates amid a deepening demographic crisis.

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