In the next 50 years, Russia's population will decline by 25%, according to demographic forecasts. The main reason is the war, which has already cost Russia more than a million citizens, according to ...

Russia is heading toward a crippling shortage of working-age men to fill both military ranks and defense factory lines, according to Alexander Kolyandr of the Center for European Policy Analysis. 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 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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vladimir Putin poses with the children of Russian officers in Moscow on Nov. 4. (Contributor—Getty Images) Numerous factors have ...