Key Points and Summary - War deaths, mass emigration, and a collapsing birth rate are converging into a historic Russian demographic shock. -Casualties concentrated among 30–39-year-old men, plus 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 ...

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Follow Huileng Tan Every time Huileng publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox!

Russia’s demographic decline, turbocharged by the war in Ukraine, has given birth to “one of the world’s most extreme natalism campaigns – and one of the weirdest”, said The Atlantic. The country’s ...