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Demographic Barometer

• Demographic results of the first half of 2023 in Russia (part II)
  • The number of deaths in Russia continued to decline in the first half of 2023, amounting to 889,000 people, or 12 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth increased to 72.7 years in 2022, returning to 2017 levels
  • In 2022, mortality from external causes increased again
  • About 90% of those who died from some infectious and parasitic diseases and more than 80% of those who died from external causes were under the age of 65 years
  • Infant mortality continues to decline - at the end of the first half of 2023 it came to 4.1% in annual terms

Q&A

• Gender differences among the young in family and domestic relations
• 2 out of 3 Russians are confident that men and women have equal chances of achieving entrepreneurial success
• One in five Russians believes in the benefits of homeopathy
• Romir: in Russia, 27% of Russians over 18 years of age smoke, and 2/3 may switch to illegal tobacco if cigarette prices rise
• Alcohol consumption and the problem of alcoholism

In the vastness of Russia

• Natural population decline for January-July was 297,000 people
• State Council asks Putin to extend national project "Demography" until 2030
• In 8 regions, wages will grow by 10% or more in the coming years
• The number of workers aged 30–39 on the Russian labor market may shrink by a third
• The decline in the number of working men is a legacy of the entire 20th century
• Government will calculate the needs of the labor market five years in advance
• Ministry of Labor will begin to identify those employed in the shadow sector of the economy
• Great-grandparents will be able to become guardians of minor great-grandchildren
• Titov proposes more active recruitment of migrants from Southeast Asia
• 2.2 million residents of new regions have received Russian passports over year
• Sales of strong alcohol are growing, but the share of illegal drinks is falling
• 426 children died last summer on reservoirs in Russia
• Another region of Russia has decided to ban abortions in private clinics
• In 2021, 30% of men and 37% of women suffered from obesity in Russia
• Ministry of Health instructs regions to prepare for a mask regime in hospitals
• In Russia, over 1.2 million cases of influenza and SARS detected in one week
• New comprehensive AI service will look for signs of disease on CT scans

World News

• The number of elderly people in Japan has fallen for the first time in 73 years
• The number of foreigners in Lithuania has exceeded 200,000 thousand for first time ever
• Ukraine's birth rate could fall to lowest level in world
• Hong Kong is short of first graders
• Almost 85,000 Armenians have left Nagorno-Karabakh
• Aliyev says there is a waiting line of Azerbaijanis wishing to return to Karabakh
• 1.7 million people from EAEU came to Russia to work in 2022
• Labor migrants from Uzbekistan will start working at AvtoVAZ
• Ukrainians will be able to enter Russia using expired internal passports
• EU may tighten controls at external borders due to influx of migrants
• Borrell does not consider Ukraine conflict the reason for the exacerbation of migration problems in Europe
• By the end of June, 519,000 asylum applications had been submitted in EU countries, Switzerland and Norway
• Germany approved 90 of 3,500 asylum requests from Russian conscientious objectors in a year and a half
• More than 55 million people with dementia worldwide
• Unplanned fatherhood affects men's mental health

The newspapers write about…

• Expert, Kommersant and Moskovsky Komsomolets on personnel shortage
• Novaya Gazeta on the Russian labor market
• Kommersant on the forecast of demand for labor resources
• RBK on shadow employment
• Kommersant on skepticism regarding the "colossal breakthrough" in the work of the healthcare system
• Kommersant on the reduction of clinical trials in Russia
• Kommersant on the demographic cost of medical errors
• Izvestia on proposal to expand criteria for Far Eastern Mortgage
• RBK on the growing number of migrants in the USA
• The Guardian and The Daily Mail on the need for a common policy on migration in Europe
• Novye Izvestiya on crimes among migrants
• Kommersant on the evolution of views on contraception in Russia
• Kommersant on the demographic programs of the European right
• Kommersant on working in an unhealthy state
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the advantages of second citizenship
• Ekonomicheskaya Pravda on the emigration of Ukrainians

Read books and magazines

• The Russian and World Arctic: population, economy, settlement
• Demographics of the Russian Arctic in the digital age
• Contemporary problems of migration of the population of the Republic of Tajikistan: its potential in the process of development of countries
• Global report on hypertension: the race against a silent killer
• Population of Azerbaijan 2022
• Through the pages of the journals Demograficheskoye Obozreniye (Demographic Review) and ORGZDRAV: Novosti, mneniya, obuchenie. Vestnik VShOU (ORGZDRAV: news, opinions, training. VSHOU Bulletin)
• Contents of the Journal of Marriage and Family

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