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Putin signals concern for ‘falling birth rates’ in Russia, seeks state solutions

President Vladimir Putin is voicing concern about the ongoing internal problem of “falling birth rates” in his own country ...

What it's like giving birth in a war zone: Ukrainian mothers tell of sheltering underground ...

Anastasiia Serha is one of the Ukrainian women who gave birth during the siege of Kherson. She has told the Daily Mail of how ...

Russia’s population is shrinking rapidly. Putin is trying to put a stop to that

Russia’s population has fallen from 147.6 million in 1990 — the year before the USSR collapsed — to 146.1 million this year, ...

Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it

In Russia, as in much of the West, shrinking births are usually linked with economic turbulence. Young couples in cramped ...

Population Crisis In Russia: How Putin Is Pushing Families To Have More Children

Russia faces a deepening population crisis as birth rates decline and the population ages rapidly. President Vladimir Putin ...

How The War In Ukraine Has Sparked A Demographic Crisis In Russia

Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a demographic crisis and labor shortage, fueled by military casualties, emigration, and a ...
National Herald

Russia faces shrinking, ageing population; tries laws to combat it

At Kremlin conference on 23 October, President Vladimir Putin again called raising the birth rate “crucial” for Russia’s ...

Russia panic as population dwindles with women made interesting offer to have more babies

Russia is facing a population wipeout, with the nation recording its lowest birthrate in 1999, the year before Vladimir Putin ...
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African women in Russia’s drone factories: Between hope and exploitation

Recruited under the Alabuga Start programme, hundreds of African women assemble drones for Moscow’s war in Ukraine ...

Russia’s feminist paradise proved anything but — even before Putin

Lyudmila PavlichenkoTo read Julia Ioffe’s new book, “Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to ...

'My wife died in childbirth but wasn't told she'd been given labour drug overdose'

Jacqui was not told she had been given an overdose of Misoprostol, the drug used to bring on labour, even though some staff ...
Khaama Press

Putin Calls Population Growth a “Vital Priority” as Russia Faces Decline

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that reversing the country’s shrinking population remains a critical national priority. He stressed that increasing birth rates is essential for Russia’s ...