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

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

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

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

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

The continuing labour shortage has pushed up wages and increased inflation, which hit 9.9% earlier this year amid Western ...

In a major blow to Vladimir Putin, Russia is facing a declining birth rate with only 1.22 million births being recorded in ...

Three days earlier, the war had spilled across the breadth of Russia as the Ukrainians smuggled a fleet of cheap drones ...

Freshly married to a policeman, office manager Angelina Alexeyeva has been motivated by President Vladimir Putin's plea for Russians to have more children, part of the Kremlin's ultra-patriotic ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on June 4, 2025. ... Belousov presented a "countdown" to a potential crisis in Russia.