The Russian government released the official results of its 2021 census at the end of last year, and they showed significant declines in numbers for many of the country's non-Russian ethnic minorities ...
The Russia-Ukraine war has accelerated the population decline. A shrinking population threatens Russia's economy and could result in worker shortages and low growth. Russia's economy has a dire ...
A DEMOGRAPHIC TRAGEDY is unfolding in Russia. Over the past three years the country has lost around 2m more people than it would ordinarily have done, as a result of war, disease and exodus. The life ...
Vladimir Putin poses with the children of Russian officers in Moscow on Nov. 4. Numerous factors have been floated to explain Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, including NATO’s ...
Vladimir Putin has portrayed himself as a defender of global stability, leading a powerful nation that offers a robust economic, military and cultural alternative to the West. One challenge to his ...
Russia's economy could end up looking a lot like it did in the Cold War, a researcher writes. The nation is faced with three major problems that will be obstacles to economic growth. Russia has ...
* Russia registers first annual population growth since 1995 * Rise helped by reducing infant mortality rates, migration * Population figures key to economic growth forecasts By Guy Faulconbridge ...
Riga, Latvia - Russia has freed up to 100,000 prison inmates and sent them to fight in Ukraine, according to government statistics and rights advocates - a far greater number than was previously known ...