Birth rates have plummeted, and labor shortages have worsened because of the war in Ukraine. The demographic crisis is threatening the country's long-term economic stability. Russia is staring down a ...

Moscow: Russia is facing a severe population crisis as birth rates continue to fall and the proportion of elderly citizens rises. President Vladimir Putin has grappled with this challenge for more ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia could face a labor shortage of nearly 11 million people by 2030, its labor minister said. Birth rates have plummeted, and ...

Russia is staring down a long-term economic threat that could outlast both the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions: a deepening demographic crisis. On Tuesday, Labor Minister Anton Kotyakov ...