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Demographic barometer

• Population of Russia in the future until 2045
  • According to the average version of the Rosstat forecast for 2023, the population of Russia will decrease to 139 million people by the end of 2045, while according to other forecasts it will range from 131 to 151 million people
  • According to the medium and low variants of the Rosstat forecast, the share of the Russian population over working age will increase to 27% by 2046, according to the high variant - to almost 29%
  • It is assumed that the total fertility rate will increase and in 2045 will be from 1.5 to 1.8 children per woman
  • Life expectancy at birth will increase and will range from 77.2 to 84.6 years in 2045

Q&A

• Are Russians satisfied with their healthcare?
• Self-assessment of health and choice of treatment strategies among Russians
• About the medical habits of Russians
• Opinion of the population of the Republic of Belarus about their own health and the healthcare system
• Mom, dad, and I are a cultural family: most parents want to attend cultural and leisure events during the Year of the Family

In the vastness of Russia

• Infant mortality in Russia has dropped to a minimum
• Putin instructs to develop proposals to ensure demographic security
• Subjects of the Russian Federation must approve plans for the Year of the Family by February 1
• Legal status and social guarantees for families with many children will be fixed at the federal level
• Law on issuing maternity capital only to Russian citizens has come into force
• Maximum maternity benefit increased to 565 thousand rubles
• Putin proposes introducing mortgage subsidies in Far Eastern regions with low birth rates
• The share of job openings available to people with disabilities has doubled
• Russians asked to clean streets themselves due to shortage of street cleaners
• In new regions, almost 90% of residents have received Russian passports
• Fast track citizenship for foreigners signing contracts with Russian Armed Forces
• Timing for creation of new migration service has not yet been decided
• Highly qualified foreigners granted right to obtain permanent residence permit in Russia
• From January 1, compatriots moving to Russia are required to confirm their knowledge of the Russian language
• About 3 thousand migrants were detained in St. Petersburg on New Year's Eve
• In Russia, the number of deaths in road accidents has halved over 10 years.
• Ministry of Health extends rules of operation for medical institutions for the prevention of COVID-19
• More than 19 thousand children have been born in Russia using IVF procedure since 2022
• Russian Orthodox Church calls arbitrary abortion murder
• List of potentially scarce drugs has increased by 58 items over the year
• Starting January 5, ambulances can help people without their consent
• Russia expands healthcare modernization program

World News

• By 2050, people aged 65 and over will make up a quarter of the EU population
• Population decline could jeopardize Ukraine's recovery prospects
• Macron announces preparation of “demographic revolution” in France
• Musk calls demographic crisis humanity’s biggest problem
• Oreshkin predicts urban infrastructure glut in China
• Lithuanian Prime Minister does not rule out limiting flow across Belarus border
• More than a thousand Russian citizens living in Latvia are at risk of deportation
• More than 65% of Finns surveyed are satisfied with the decision not to allow migrants across Russian border
• Only 23% of Germans surveyed believe that the authorities will be able to combat illegal migration
• Mexico President announces five-fold decrease in caravan of migrants heading to US
• Applications from refugees in Germany up 50% over year
• Finnish authorities will pay refugees up to €5.3 thousand to return to their homeland
• Has mortality increased in Britain amid health worker strikes?
• More than 5 million people worldwide will get dengue fever in 2023
• American women begin stocking up on abortion drugs
• Eating red meat daily increases risk of premature death from heart attack by 18%

The newspapers write about…

• TASS, Lenta.ru, RIA Novosti and Vedomosti on priorities and work plans for the Year of the Family
• RBK on Rosstat's demographic forecast variants
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta and Kommersant on combating abortion
• RBK on the increase in the number of sterilizations of women in Russia
• Moskovsky Komsomolets on the pronatalist policy of Romania under Ceausescu
• Esli byt’ tochnym and Novye Izvestia on the migration component of Russia’s demographic development
• RBK on the Mexican problem in the USA
• RBK on refugees in the world
• RBK on innovations in the law on Russian citizenship
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the difficulties of implementing the program of resettlement of northerners
• Kommersant on self-assessment of health and treatment strategies of Russians
• RBK on one of the causes of death from COVID-19
• Kommersant on the prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Kommersant on the increase in the number of hospitalizations
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta on social inequality in countries with raw material and high-tech economies
• Novye Izvestia on the shortage of workers and low wages
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the dynamics of pensions
• Novye Izvestia on the ban on pants for schoolgirls
• Kommersant on lowering the age of the first preventive medical examination of girls by an obstetrician-gynecologist
• Izvestia on schemes for illegal adoption of children
• Izvestia on food sharing

Read books and magazines

• Demographic Yearbook of Russia 2023
• Demographic security of Kazakhstan: potential, risks and prospects
• Health systems in transition. Estonia
• Demographic situation in Georgia 2022
• Social dynamics of the population and human potential
• Through the pages of the journals Demograficheskoye Obozreniye (Demographic Review) and Obshchestvennoye Zdorovye (Public Health)
• Contents of the journal Demographic Research

Profession: researcher

• Dynamics of interethnic attitudes of Russians: results of research from 1995-2023 and the influence of socio-demographic factors. Meeting of the Demographic Section of the Central House of Scientists
• In memory of Boris Borisovich Rodoman
  • “Russia is an administrative-territorial monster” - lecture by geographer Boris Rodoman
  • How many subjects does the Federation need? Article by Boris Rodoman
• Happy anniversary to Galina Alekseevna Bondarskaya