Haunted by demographic holes Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov weighs in on Russia’s declining population
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Haunted by demographic holes Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov weighs in on Russia’s declining population
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The population holes created by World War 1 and the fall of the Soviet Union are now culminating in a dangerous trend of population decline. Putin has highlighted population growth as one of, if not the most important problems facing Russia. Population growth is one of the keys to improving long-run economic productivity. One can see why Russia, being one of the least productive nations in the world, has significant incentive to reverse the current population trend.
