The Russia-Ukraine war has accelerated the population decline. A shrinking population threatens Russia's economy and could result in worker shortages and low growth. Russia's economy has a dire ...

Numerous factors have been floated to explain Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, including NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe and a desire to restore Soviet-era might. But Ivan Krastev, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law suspending part of the All-Russian Population Census. According to some sources, this measure is intended to hide Russian society from the ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets including ...

The Kremlin’s top doctor this week encouraged all Russians to engage in a "sex-at-work" scheme in a move to back President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to counter a growing population crisis. Despite ...