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

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

The world’s population is expected to start shrinking this century. Political demographer Jennifer Sciubba says that’s no ...

Russia is facing a severe demographic crisis that threatens to cripple its economy, with officials warning of a potential 3.1 million worker shortage by 2030. -This “demographic cliff,” a result of a ...

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

When China announced its first population decline in six decades, birth rates had hit record lows and over 100 million people ...

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

Russia faces a significant worker shortage by 2030. Retirements and low birth rates are major factors. The Ukraine war has worsened the situation. The government is offering incentives to boost birth ...

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

Vladimir Putin is facing a catastrophic decline in demographics as a plunging birth rate, which could see the population ...

Russia is the world's sixth biggest producer of coal, but the industry in the country faces what has been described as the worst crisis since the 1990s.