Russia's birth rate has fallen for a decade, with the total fertility rate projected at 1.374 children per woman by 2025, ...

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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 ...

Russia’s push to reverse its demographic decline has taken a sharper and more intrusive turn.

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 ...