We’re approaching the point of no return. Forceful measures are urgently needed

Edward Slavsquat

Jun 21, 2023

Russia’s demographic troubles pop up semi-regularly on this blog, most recently in May (“How deep is Russia’s demographic hole?”).

I spend an obscene amount of time reading Russian media (I suppose someone has to?), and over the last several weeks, a clear trend has emerged: Every corner of Russian media is screaming about the country’s worsening demographic crisis.

The pro-military hardliners at Military Review, Russia’s business press, the “normie” publications—they’re all saying basically the same thing: This is a huge problem, the government is not doing enough to solve it, and if we don’t solve it soon, there will be catastrophic consequences.

Below is a chronology of recent news stories on this topic.

April 23

Business/finance outlet finam.ru highlighted the growing demographic crisis in an article published on April 23, and pointed to how this problem could affect Russia’s labor market:

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