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 ...

Russia is in the midst of a historic population decline as it continues to grapple with low birth rates, high emigration, staggering health statistics and a deadly war in Ukraine. The growing crisis ...

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 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law suspending part of the All-Russian Population Census. According to some sources, this measure is intended to hide Russian society from the ...

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged ...