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Current topic:  2010 Census: Ethnic Cross-Section

• The much discussed national question
• Is it possible to determine the exact number of peoples?
• Factors impacting a growth and a reduction in the population size of individual peoples
• The impact of migration on the ethnic composition of population
• “Grizzled” peoples
• Peoples’ fertility through the prism of the family size
• Mortality: the census provides too little information

Demographic barometer. World population aging

• According to the UN estimates, in 2012, he number of people aged 60 and over constituted 810 million and in 2050 will exceed 2 billion
• Worldwide, in 2050, the proportion of people aged 60 and over constituted 11%, and by 2050 it is expected to grow up to 22%, and the median age will rise from 30 to 38 years
• In 2050, the number of world population under 25 will remain almost the same as in 2012, while the proportion of people 60 and over will increase 2,5 times
• On average, men who have survived to reach the age of 60 are expected to live another 18 years, women -22 years but more likely than men – alone
• Economic activity among men aged 60 and over accounts for 26% in developed countries and 60% in developing countries, while among women of the same age it is 15% and 43%.

Analytical articles

1. The critical analysis of the program of the 2010 Russian Nationwide Census

2. Should the migration statistics take into account migrants’ ethnicity?

3. How population in European countries were counted in 2010

4. National minorities in the post-Soviet Russia in the context of international law

5. Who can be considered to be French?

6. Changes in the ethnic composition of the Kirgizstan population

7. Inter-ethnic marriages, mixed origin and “ the friendship between peoples” in the post-Soviet area

8. The Russian ethnos: demographic changes and the need for interethnic integration

Take care of women!

The 60th anniversary of the International Planned Parenthood Federation

On-line opinion polling

Does Russia need adaptation/filtration camps for migrants? The results of polling among Demoscope visitors

Recent polls

Social self-sentiment of Russians

Russians’ opinion about the Pension Reform

Over a half of Russians support banning smoking in public places

Russians about their attitude towards sex minorities

Russian news

• Over the 9 months a natural decrease in population in Russia diminished 13 times compared to 2011
• Mortality in Moscow decreased by 17%
• The nation-wide average cost of a minimum food set in Russia grew up to 2550 roubles
• The government has wound down the Government Pension Co-Financing Program
• The State Duma Committee supported the proposal to reduce the funded component of pensions
• Work at the draft law on working pensioners’ pensions has been delayed
• The Ministry of Economic Development proposes to implement the pension reform with the retention of the RF Pension Fund deficit
• Sweden and Russia may conclude an adoption agreement
• An increasing number of Russians do not see an opportunity to get rich quickly
• Russians do not like working in offices
• Over the last month the official unemployment rate has decreased by 3,9%
• There are 28 thousand officially registered unemployed people
• Up to 14 million migrants enter Russia every year
• Law enforcement bodies of the CIS assisted Russia in fighting crime among illegal migrants
• Over 17 thousand of illegal migrants were detained in Russia over the last 10 months of 2012
• Ban on entry into Russia for migrant offenders is expected to produce results next summer
• The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia proposes to oblige migrants to obtain Russian driving license
• Russia needs to invest in language adaptation of migrant children
• Matviyenko spoke in favour of creation of the State Nationalities Committee
• The Public Chamber has approved a new Strategy of Russian national policy
• Yakutia plans to introduce a prohibition law
• In Russia, only 20% of people living with HIV receive treatment they need
• About 3 thousand children in Moscow need palliative care
• The flu prevalence among Moscow school-children has exceeded the epidemic threshold
• Putin summarized the results of healthcare modernization
• The head of MoH has explained when health services may be paid
• Starting from 2016, MoH will increase annual spending on pharmacological provision for Russians by 120 billion roubles
• More than 6000 fires have occurred in Moscow since the beginning of the year
• The head of Moscow Housing and Community Amenities allowed Muscovites to drink tap water
• The Internet is used by over a half of the Russian population

Eurasian news

• The Ukrainian population has increased for the first time in 19 years
• There are 1000 men per 1152 women in Belorussia
• In 2012, there was an increase in births in Kirgizia
• Urban Belorussia experiences a deficit of brides
• Kirgizia will stiffen punishment for kidnapping brides under 17
• The Byelorussians are among the three poorest European nations
• In 2013, the average salary in Kazakhstan my rise by almost 20%
• In Kirgizia, the average salary is almost 2,5 times higher than the subsistence level
• The share of the funded pension system in Kazakhstan GDP is over 10%
• This year, an average pension in Belorussia has doubled
• Will degradation of the Ukrainian economy result in mass redundancies?
• In 8 years, there will not be any orphaned children’s homes left in the Ukraine.
• 126 Armenian children were returned to their families after their parents had been provided with financial and legal aid.
• Money transfers to Kirgizia have amounted to 1489,5 million soms
• Since the beginning of the year, there have been 85 cases of trafficking recorded in Azerbaijan.
• In Uzbekistan, civil registration offices were allowed to use the Russian language
• The Ukrainian language is losing ground for the first time during the years of independence
• 1046 new HIV infections were recorded in Belorussia from January to October
• Since the beginning of the year, 572 new HIV cases were recorded in Moldova.
• In Moldova, smoking will become more expensive
• 118 thousand people in Uzbekistan suffer from diabetes mellitus
• Diabetes mellitus in Belorussia has become “younger”
• Maternal mortality in Kirgizia is higher than in neighboring countries
• In Kirgizia there is a rise in viral hepatitis
• Only a third of Armenian population is prepared to marry a disabled person

World news

• By 2030, the proportion of Muslims in the Belgian population may increase up to 10%
• Life expectancy of Estonian men is 71,2 years
• An informational campaign “Where are you, Daddy?” is underway in Estonia
• A trial census of population was carried out in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• London is on course to lose its top spot as the world's biggest financial centre
• Latvia will step up the fight with cash-in-hand salaries
• Latvian government has decided on the date of Euro introduction
• Latvian pensioners demanded resignation of the Welfare Minister
• Every fifth Greek found himself on the verge of poverty during the crises
• The Red Cross cannot cope with the task of helping all those in need it in Syria
• The United States has donated $34 million to help Syrian refugees,
• The decision of the Latvian Central Electoral Committee about non- citizens was disputed in court
• Great Britain's authority announced the threat of brain drain
• Every week a thousand and a half executives and medium-level managers leave Great Britain
• The number of Syrian refugees in the neighboring country has reached 408 thousand
• The Israeli Prime Minister has announced victory over illegal migration from Africa
• Guatemala requests the US to suspend deportation of illegal migrants
• Residents of Colorado and Washington voted in favor of marijuana legalization
• Since the beginning of financial crisis the number of suicides in the USA has increased by 25%
• Infant mortality is on the rise in Syria
• In Sudan yellow fever killed 67 people
• Is there a guaranteed way to prolong a person’s life?
• Human biological recourse is 120-160 years
• Danish authorities have repealed fat tax
• French Government has approved the draft law on one-sex marriages
• Californians supported death penalty

Newspapers write about ...

• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” and “Polit.ru” – about Russian national policy
• El Espectador», «Inopressa» and «Radioazadlyg.org» - about migration, demography and elections in the US
• «Paruskg.info» - about migrants‘s voices at the elections in Tajikistan
• «BBCRussian.com» - about the migrants’ role in the US economy
• «The Bund” – about immigrants’ quarters in China
• «Regnum» - about migration, labour and economy
• “Noviye Izvestiya” – about new migrant employment quotas
• «Bnews.kz» -about labour migration in Kazakhstan
• “Commersant” – about the language exam for migrants in Russia
• “Noviye Izvestiya” – about registration in Russia
• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” – about migration and crime
• “Vecherniy Bishkek” – about migration discourse in Russia
• “Commersant-Vlast” – about brain drain from Russia
• «The New York Times» - about brain drain from China
• «Atlantico» - about brain drain from France
• Ves.lv» -about immigrants’ contribution into Latvian economy and a possibility of introduction of quotas
• «Bdg.by» - about labour migration from Belorussia
• «FINANCE.UA» -about an “export” of migrant workers
• “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” – about slave labour in Moscow
• «Paruskg.info» - about Tajik teenagers in Russia
• “Telegraph” - about the number of children in Latvian schools
• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” – about a possible abandonment of one-child policy in China
• «Belarustoday.info» -about fertility boosting efforts in Belorussia
• «Reitingi.lv/ru» - about parental salaries in Latvia
• «Rossiyskaya Gazeta», «The Washington Post» и «Forbes» - about a possible natural population growth in Russia
• «Bnews.kz» - about a baby-boom in Kazakhstan
• «Armenpress.am» -about fertility and nuptiality in Armenia
• «Regnum» - about population of Nagorniy Karabah
• «Izvestia.com.ua» - about depopulating Ukrainian cities
• “Belorusskiye Novosti” – about possible legislative restrictions on abortion in Belorussia
• “Zerkalo” - about selective abortions in Azerbaijan
• «BBCRussian.com» - about contraception problems in Great Britain
• “Echo Planeti” – about the pension reform in Poland
• «Wfin.kz» - about a possible increase in female retirement age in Kazakhstan
• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” – about free and paid health care
• “Commersant” – about Russian social policy
• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” – about eradication of poverty in Russia and the needs of the middle class
• “Vedomosti” – about Russians’ “wealth”
• “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” – about the poor around the world
• “Dengi” – about the food deficit
• «Project Syndicate» - about “social democracy”
• «Daily Mail» - about economic harm of smoking
• «Comments.ua» -about the demographic register in the Ukraine
• “Focus” – about telephone number base in the Ukraine
• «Independent» - about Saudi Arabian women in Shura
• «Day.az» - about the connection between loneliness and the size of chocolate bars

Recent publications

• The ethno-political situation in Russia and its neighboring states in 2010
• Ethnological monitoring of the population census
• Russians in Moldavia. Twenty years later..
• Demographic development: globalization challenges
• Improvement of the quality and use of information on births, deaths and causes of death
• Kazakhstan demographic yearbook
• Materials from “Narodonaseleniye” and “Problemi Porgnozirorovaniya” Journals
• The content of “Demography” journal

Profession: Researcher

• The international conference “Demographic Development: Globalization Challenges” (The seventh Valentey readings)
• Fernand Braudel’s 110^th anniversary

New in the Reading Room

• Anniversary of the book “Nationalities of the USSR” by V.I.Kozlov. Ethno-demographic review
• Demographic development: Globalization Challenges (The seventh Valentey readings). Materials of international conference The Seventh Valantey readings. Moscow. Moscow State University, 15-17 November, 2012
• Fernand Braudel. The Burden of the Quantity

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• The joint workshop of the Institute of Control Sciences and the Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Mathematical Modeling and Systems Biology <<Age peculiarities of the impact of different classes of comorbidities on cancer mortality>> Speakers: Tsurko V.V., Mikhalskiy A.I. 28 November 2012, At 15 hrs. The Institute of management problems
• XIII International conference “Modernization of Russia: key issues and solutions”. The program includes, inter alia: Demographic processes and preservation of the nation. 20-21 December 2012. The institute of scientific information on social sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• The second Russian economic congress (REC-2012). Suzdal. (Vladimirskaya Oblast). 18-23 February 2013