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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 ...

TURIN — Demography in Russia no longer exists. Or rather, it no longer appears in the reports on the socio-economic situation that the country’s Federal Service for State Statistics (Rosstat) ...

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 ...

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