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Demographic Barometer

• Crime in Russia, 2023. Part I
  • In 2023, 1,947,000 crimes were registered and 21,000 persons died as a result of criminal attacks
  • The crime rate in 2023 was 1,331 registered crimes per 100 thousand people in Russia, ranging from 145 to 2,141 in the regions of the Russian Federation
  • In 2023, the number of crimes against persons decreased by 5.3%, the number of crimes against property - by 2.8%
  • The number of victims in road accidents increased in 2023: deaths by 2.3%, injuries by 4.3%

Q&A

• Russians are against the introduction of a tax on childlessness
• Russian attitudes to gender roles in the family
• A large family: assessment and attitude
• The Russian Orthodox Church
• The role of religion in the life of Russians
• 49% of Russians do not know the symptoms of diabetes

In the vastness of Russia

• The total fertility rate in 2023 remained almost unchanged
• Did maternity capital for first child halt fertility decline?
• TFR for third and subsequent children increased by 3.6% in 2023
• Since 2022, 120 civilians have died in the Belgorod region
• By 2030, life expectancy in the Russian Federation should increase to 78 years
• Life expectancy of Muscovites in 2023 is above 79 years
• FAS uncovers 2.8-billion-ruble cartel conspiracy in implementation of national projects
• About 60% of Russians on a pension continue to work
• In Russia, demand for blue-collar jobs has grown by 45% in 2024
• Russian oil companies no longer have enough workers
• Russia sees sharp increase in size of proposed salaries
• Are couriers’ wages overtaking those of engineers?
• At the beginning of 2024, there were 6 million foreigners in Russia
• Almost 400 foreigners have lost acquired Russian citizenship after tightening of Criminal Code
• Starting May 1, private companies will not be able to conduct Russian language exams for foreigners
• The number of people convicted of organizing illegal migration in 2023 increased by 27%
• Incidence of HIV and tuberculosis in Russia at historical low
• Russians have begun drinking less in terms of pure alcohol
• In Russia, retail sales of cigarettes decreased in 2023
• In pilot regions, the number of abortions up to 12 weeks decreased by 24%
• Ministry of Health removes antibiotics and hormones from standard treatment of ARVI

World News

• Population of India is 1.442 billion people
• Number of births in Germany is lowest since 2013
• The total number of children in Japan has fallen for the 43rd year in a row.
• In Germany, the difference in life expectancy between rich and poor areas has increased
• Georgian parliament considering possibility of banning marriage for those under 18
• Workforce in Ukraine has fallen by more than a quarter in two years
• Are there too few people working in Germany?
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan reports mass refusals of entry into Russia
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan advises its citizens not to travel to Russia
• Kyrgyz authorities have recommended that citizens avoid traveling to Russia
• EU to strike deal with Lebanon to reduce refugee influx
• EU allocates €1 billion to Lebanon until 2027 in exchange for reforms and fight against migration
• UK has begun detaining illegal migrants to be sent to Rwanda.
• Sweden intends to increase the number of deportations of migrant criminals
• Immunization has saved more than 150 million lives over last 50 years
• 463 human deaths from avian influenza reported in 23 countries over 20 years
• Next pandemic will likely be caused by flu virus
• Three out of four COVID-19 patients received unnecessary antibiotics
• Heat-related deaths in Europe have increased by 30% over past two decades
• Women more likely than men to suffer from non-fatal health problems
• Did China subsidize US opioid epidemic?

The newspapers write about...

• Nezavisimaya Gazeta, RBK and Moskovsky Komsomolets on new national goals and projects
• Kommersant and Rossiyskaya Gazeta on national project healthcare goals
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta on Russia’s demographic challenges
• Kommersant on potential for fertility growth
• Kommersant on the future of demographic policy
• Novye Izvestia on the growth of natural decrease
• Novye Izvestia on the epidemiological consequences of floods
• Kommersant on anti-vaxxers
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta on preventing dangerous infections with vaccines
• Esli byt’ tochnym on the increase in measles incidence rates
• Novye Izvestia on dengue fever
• Kommersant on using mass medical exams to assess reproductive health
• Novye Izvestia on healthcare system audit
• Bloomberg, RBK, and Novye Izvestia on the percentage of Russians who have returned
• Kommersant on tightening rules for migrant worker stays
• Kommersant on checks of Tajik migrants at the border
• Kommersant and Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Russian language exams for foreigners
• RBK on court sentences for foreigners
• TASS on the British idea to send illegal migrants to Rwanda
• RBK on improving methods for assessing the income and expenses of Russians
• Novye Izvestia on the labor market deficit
• Novye Izvestia on filling the shortage of health workers
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the decline in labor mobility
• Kommersant on increased staff turnover
• Kommersant on the training of medical personnel in classical and medical universities
• Kommersant on a comfortable visa regime for qualified foreigners
• Novye Izvestia on the slowdown in the dying out of the Non-Black Earth Region thanks to dacha owners
• Esli byt’ tochnym on victims of terrorist attacks
• Novye Izvestia on attitudes towards the death penalty

Read books and magazines

• Comparative population history of Eastern Asia
• Levels & trends in child mortality report 2023
• Population and housing census of the Kyrgyz Republic 2022. Book II part 3. Migration of the population of the Kyrgyz Republic
• Population prospects of countries in special situations. Tracking demographic change among the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states
• A focus on adolescent peer violence and bullying in Europe, Central Asia and Canada
• Through the pages of the journals Sotsialnye aspekty zdorovya naseleniya (Social Aspects of Population Health) and Vestnik MGU. Seriya 6. Ekonomika (The Bulletin of Moscow State University. Series 6. Economics)
• Contents of the magazine Genus

Profession: researcher

• Labor migration from Central Asia to Moscow. Meeting of the Demographic Section of the Central House of Scientists
• Happy birthday to Natalya Georgievna Dzhanaeva
• Happy birthday to Vladimir Izyavich Mukomel
• Vladimir Nikolaevich Arkhangelsky turns 70
• Congratulations to Vladimir Kozlov on the birth of Elena the Beautiful!

New in the reading room

• Decree on national development goals of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030 and further until 2036