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

According to Russian Labor Minister Anton Kotyakov, the country needs to find the equivalent of 2 million workers per year ...

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

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

President Vladimir Putin is facing a serious demographic crisis which could plunge his country into economic chaos. Sanctions ...

Russia’s president declared this recession will not stand. Like a comic-book villain — melodramatic and delusional — Vladimir ...

Far from the front, widespread alcoholism -- a leading killer of men -- has for years been plunging Russian demographics into the abyss. Yelena Matveyeva, a 58-year-old cleaner, knows this all too ...

Rosstat, Russia's statistics agency, has not released data on deaths this year, according to an independent Russian outlet.

Putin has repeatedly called for an increase in Russia’s population. Four years ago, the president said it was the Russians’ “ historic duty ” to respond to the crisis. He repeated these ...

Freshly married to a policeman, office manager Angelina Alexeyeva has been motivated by President Vladimir Putin's plea for Russians to have more children, part of the Kremlin's ultra-patriotic ...

Russia’s dwindling birth rate has been one of Vladimir Putin’s main worries during his 25-year rule. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.