Birth rates have plummeted, and labor shortages have worsened because of the war in Ukraine. The demographic crisis is threatening the country's long-term economic stability. Russia is staring down a ...
After failing to boost Russia’s fertility rate via pronatalist policies and to extend life expectancies, Putin “seems to have ...
EADaily, December 1st, 2025. The VTsIOM report talks about the possibility of the disappearance of hundreds of Russian cities ...
For a quarter of a century, Russian president Vladimir Putin has grappled with his country’s declining and ageing population. The demographic crisis pre-dates his ascent to power, with the nation ...
Russia's GDP is falling, and with it, oil and gas revenues. Even military factories are already planning to cut staff.
The war with Ukraine brought Russia an "army of invalids" the size of the population of Pskov or Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
Bar an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine has been losing ground almost continuously since 2022. Russian advances ...
Russia has approved a new long-term national policy strategy calling for a significant strengthening of Russian identity and ...