Russia pushes forward in Ukraine’s northeast
Local authorities make rare admission of Kremlin advances.
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Was discussed here a few months ago:On a different topic I notice that the demographics issue in Russia is getting much worse.
Leading Demographer Alexei Raksha, The Moscow Times writes, claims that only between 293,000 to 294,000 children were born in Russia in the first quarter of 2025, with February 2025 being the worst month in over 200 years. He also stated that if this continues then the population of Russia would fall by approx. 500,000 people a year.
The Feb 2025 number was about 7.5% down on Feb 2024 which in itself was a very low number.
It should be noted that the UN estimates are much worse than those in the Moscow Times. In 2021 the Natural population declined with the death rate being almost double the birth rate. It was a large net migration that limited the damage. This was of course before the war which must have had a significant impact on the number of people wanting to migrate to Russia.
Trump warns Putin he is 'playing with fire' over Ukraine
US President Donald Trump has become increasingly frustrated with his Russian counterpart over his actions in Ukraine, lashing out at him for the second time this week.www.abc.net.au
It is a pity that the US administration refuses to be a fire extinguisher