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Russia's state statistics service [https://www.planeta-zakona.ru/blog/razvod-v-tsifrakh-statistika-razvodov-v-rossii.html/ reports] that as of 2020 73 percent of Russian marriages ended in divorce, with 48 percent divorcing before having children.  

Russia's state statistics service [https://www.planeta-zakona.ru/blog/razvod-v-tsifrakh-statistika-razvodov-v-rossii.html/ reports] that as of 2020 73 percent of Russian marriages ended in divorce, with 48 percent divorcing before having children.  

== Demographic projections of Russia's future population ==

===Demographic projections===

[[File:Map of federal subjects of Russia (2022).png|thumbnail|left|thumbnail|250px|Map of Russia.  

[[File:Map of federal subjects of Russia (2022).png|thumbnail|left|thumbnail|250px|Map of Russia.  

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Should military operations continue in the coming months, as expected, Russia may see less than 1.2 million births next year, the lowest in modern history, according to Igor Efremov, a researcher and specialist in demographics at the Gaidar Institute in Moscow.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-18/putin-s-war-escalation-is-hastening-demographic-crash-for-russia#xj4y7vzkg Putin’s War Escalation Is Hastening Demographic Crash for Russia], Bloomberg News, October 18, 2022</ref>}}

Should military operations continue in the coming months, as expected, Russia may see less than 1.2 million births next year, the lowest in modern history, according to Igor Efremov, a researcher and specialist in demographics at the Gaidar Institute in Moscow.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-18/putin-s-war-escalation-is-hastening-demographic-crash-for-russia#xj4y7vzkg Putin’s War Escalation Is Hastening Demographic Crash for Russia], Bloomberg News, October 18, 2022</ref>}}

=== Russia's demographic crisis and its state of public health ===

=== The state of public health ===

[[File:04656 market in Sanok.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|Every year, 500,000 people die due to alcohol in Russia.<ref>''[https://www.obserwatorfinansowy.pl/in-english/macroeconomics/demographic-crisis-in-russia/ Demographic crisis in Russia]'' by Adam Gwiazda, 2019</ref>]]

[[File:04656 market in Sanok.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|Every year, 500,000 people die due to alcohol in Russia.<ref>''[https://www.obserwatorfinansowy.pl/in-english/macroeconomics/demographic-crisis-in-russia/ Demographic crisis in Russia]'' by Adam Gwiazda, 2019</ref>]]

Adam Gwiazda's article ''Demographic crisis in Russia'' states:

Adam Gwiazda's article ''Demographic crisis in Russia'' states:

Russia is also unable to cope with the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer, which are the main cause of death. The problem is not only the lack of sufficient funds for health care (until mid-2005, about 4.2 per cent of GDP was allocated for this purpose, while in rich European countries it was on average 8-10 per cent of GDP), but also the country’s unfavorable social and economic situation, relatively low position of health and a long life on the Russian list of priorities, poverty, lack of responsibility for one’s own health, and bad habits.<ref>''[https://www.obserwatorfinansowy.pl/in-english/macroeconomics/demographic-crisis-in-russia/ Demographic crisis in Russia]'' by Adam Gwiazda, 2019</ref>}}

Russia is also unable to cope with the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer, which are the main cause of death. The problem is not only the lack of sufficient funds for health care (until mid-2005, about 4.2 per cent of GDP was allocated for this purpose, while in rich European countries it was on average 8-10 per cent of GDP), but also the country’s unfavorable social and economic situation, relatively low position of health and a long life on the Russian list of priorities, poverty, lack of responsibility for one’s own health, and bad habits.<ref>''[https://www.obserwatorfinansowy.pl/in-english/macroeconomics/demographic-crisis-in-russia/ Demographic crisis in Russia]'' by Adam Gwiazda, 2019</ref>}}

== War in Ukraine negatively affecting Russia's fertility rate ==

== NATO war in Ukraine affecting Russia's fertility rate===

''India Today''<ref>[https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/07/18/who-owns-your-media-the-highs-and-lows-of-the-india-today-group Who Owns Your Media: The highs and lows of the India Today Group], By Pooja Bhula, NewsLaundry, 18 July, 2022.</ref> reported on February 27, 2023:

''India Today''<ref>[https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/07/18/who-owns-your-media-the-highs-and-lows-of-the-india-today-group Who Owns Your Media: The highs and lows of the India Today Group], By Pooja Bhula, NewsLaundry, 18 July, 2022.</ref> reported on February 27, 2023:

They [ [[the West]] ] have one goal of liquidating the former Soviet Union and its main part, the Russian Federation. And later, [after liquidating Russia] they will probably admit us to the so-called family of civilized peoples, but only by parts, each part separately. What for? For ordering those parts around and putting under their control.<ref>[https://tass.com/politics/1581693 Russian people may not survive in case of Russia’s dissolution, says Putin], Tass, 26 FEB 2023.</ref>}}

They [ [[the West]] ] have one goal of liquidating the former Soviet Union and its main part, the Russian Federation. And later, [after liquidating Russia] they will probably admit us to the so-called family of civilized peoples, but only by parts, each part separately. What for? For ordering those parts around and putting under their control.<ref>[https://tass.com/politics/1581693 Russian people may not survive in case of Russia’s dissolution, says Putin], Tass, 26 FEB 2023.</ref>}}

== Russia's low fertility rate, aging population, projected working population and its potential impact on its economy ==

===Aging population, projected working population and its potential impact on its economy===

The [[World Bank]]'s article ''Searching for a New Silver Age in Russia: The Drivers and Impacts of Population Aging'' states:

The [[World Bank]]'s article ''Searching for a New Silver Age in Russia: The Drivers and Impacts of Population Aging'' states:

2. To toughen the punishment for promoting homosexuality, [[transsexual]]ism, [[abortion]], [[child]]lessness and other types of depopulation behavior in the context of the current demographic crisis. Extend the ban on propaganda of depopulation ideologies to all age categories.

2. To toughen the punishment for promoting homosexuality, [[transsexual]]ism, [[abortion]], [[child]]lessness and other types of depopulation behavior in the context of the current demographic crisis. Extend the ban on propaganda of depopulation ideologies to all age categories.

<ref>[https://pro-lgbt.ru/en/7200/?ysclid=lcf4hkt87s335619706 The LGBT sect recruits your children], April 24, 2021. pro-lgbt.ru</ref>}}

<ref>[https://pro-lgbt.ru/en/7200/?ysclid=lcf4hkt87s335619706 The LGBT sect recruits your children], April 24, 2021. pro-lgbt.ru</ref>}}

== References ==

== References ==

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