“Russia’s military take-over of Crimea and the incursions into Donbass — curtailed Russian fertility how?”
Exactly! The statistics in the article are interesting, but the causes the author claims? Make no sense. I think the writers ideological biases caused them to totally miss what is going on.
Yes the article is a translation of one intended for Russian audiences which already grasp the impact economic sanctions had had, and also the recession Russia was already in by the time Crimea was annexed.