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

Vasily Astrov, expert on the Russian economy at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, told Newsweek that ...

The Russian economy is set to need 10 million workers by 2030 – a challenge made more daunting as the country's demographic ...

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

Moscow is "burning the candle at both ends" by loosening monetary policy to prop up growth and expanding wartime spending, ...

Russia needs to find the equivalent of 2 million workers a year over the next five years to fill vacancies left by people who ...

The continuing labour shortage has pushed up wages and increased inflation, which hit 9.9% earlier this year amid Western ...

Russia's only problem appears to be its worker shortage, Santi says. The nation lacks around 400,000 workers from its defense sector, while its tech sector is in need of around 700,000 programmers ...

September 18, 2023: The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 had several negative effects on the Russian economy. One of the less obvious ones is a labor shortage. As Russia mobilized more and more ...

Analysis-Russia's Labour Shortage Spreads as Defence Sector Poaches Staff. More. Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the city skyline at night in Moscow, Russia, September 17, 2024.