I submit that Russia has sucessfully stopped its progress toward the abyss and has reversed direction. America as a whole has rejected the brake pedal and is stabbing at the accelerator.
Putting it in perspective. Russia is losing a half a million people per year.
They have a higher death rate than birth rate, and they now have more people dying than being born.
America, at present, is keeping a consistant level population long term (not taking immigration into account). The population will continue to grow long term as well. Taking immigration into account, the American population is steadily growing, at a rate higher than the overall world population growth rate.
This means that while europe is shrinking, America will be more powerful in 2050 than she is today, if the direction does not change.
Yes, America has applied the brakes, but this will not change 50 years of heading in the right direction due to population momentum. Russia has not only arrested their momentum, but have been heading in the wrong direction now for about 50 years.