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Russia's Desperate Scramble To Stave Off Demographic Catastrophe
Newsweek ^ | Nov. 20, 2023 | Isabel van Brugen

Posted on 11/21/2023 3:17:35 AM PST by canuck_conservative

"It's a vast country, but there are not enough people. Not even mentioning the economy...We really need more people, this is obvious, everyone admits it," [Patriarch Kirill] said...

Authorities have also started to restrict access to abortion pills and emergency contraception amid a surge in demand that followed the beginning of the war in Ukraine...

Russia for decades has been experiencing a population decline, and this appears to have worsened amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, with high casualty rates and men fleeing the country to avoid being conscripted to fight...

It is estimated that Russia's population will fall to about 132 million in the next two decades. The United Nations has predicted that in a worst-case scenario, by the start of the next century, Russia's population could almost halve to 83 million, Newsweek previously reported.

State Duma member Sultan Khamzaev proposed in an appeal earlier this month to Tatyana Golikova, Russia's deputy prime minister for social policy, labor, health and pension provision, that authorities should offer payouts to Russian women who refuse to have an abortion...

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: abortion; accordingtoisabel; gayputinclown; globalistpropaganda; isabelvanbrugen; isabelvanpout; isabelvanpoutin; newsweak; populationdecline; putinsblunder; russia; thevanbrugen; weaknews
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Russia has one of the highest abortion rates in the World, plus the 100,000 troops lost in the Special Military Failure doesn't help ... then add in the million talented people who have already fled before they can be conscripted ...

plus nobody wants to emigrate there ... maybe Russia could take in all the Palestinians, they breed a lot?

1 posted on 11/21/2023 3:17:35 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

Send them our Mexicans.

CC


2 posted on 11/21/2023 3:18:51 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: canuck_conservative

Just for context, the population of Russia today is pretty similar to the US population during World War II.

A real demographic crisis is occurring in Western Europe where the ethnic European populations have a tiny fertility rate compared to the non-ethnic European, non-Christian populations. This passed the point of no return a very long time ago. They should be more worried than Russia.


3 posted on 11/21/2023 3:28:10 AM PST by Stingray51 ( )
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To: canuck_conservative

NewsWEEK. More anti-Russian hate from the Derp State Globohomos.


4 posted on 11/21/2023 3:29:57 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: All

This is happening in a lot of countries…..

Another “Russia is doomed article”

Meanwhile the average age of the Ukrainian solider is now 43 and Z again rejected any potential peace talks today

Video
Grim older Ukrainian soldiers at rally before they depart
Nov 2023
https://rumble.com/v3wxbf3-grim-older-ukrainian-soldiers-at-rally-before-they-depart.html


5 posted on 11/21/2023 3:33:37 AM PST by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: Stingray51

The population may be similar in the bottom line number, but the devil is in the detail.

160 million with 40 million under 15 and 70 million women under 40 (20 of whom are under 15) is much healthier than 160 million with 20 million under 15 and 45 million women under 40 (10 of whom are under 15).


6 posted on 11/21/2023 3:33:53 AM PST by Hieronymus
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To: canuck_conservative

“Important” observation #1: The earth’s population is too large. It’s unsustainable.
“Important” observation #2: Russia, China, Europe, etc. face demographic collapse. They don’t have enough people, and it’s a crisis.

Fact: In developed countries, reproduction rates are down and have been for some time. The number of young adults simply will not be large in the next few decades. The number of older adults who have largely ceased to contribute to the economy is going to continue to grow quite a bit. You can dig your way out of a demographic collapse, but it will literally take generations. This is a problem for the rest of the 21st century.

Solution #1: In the US and in Europe the chosen solution seems to be importing lots of immigrants from the third world and thereby transforming your developed country into a third world country with lots of people.

Solution #2: Intentional planning by the political class for how to have a society with lots of old people, fewer young people and appropriate expectations for what society can be reasonably expected to provide as the population changes. That’s called Leadership. It’s Management. It’s the thing we no longer know how to do. But it can be re-learned, and it won’t take generations to learn it.


7 posted on 11/21/2023 3:37:38 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: fieldmarshaldj
More anti-Russian hate from the Derp State Globohomos

only from a paranoid Russian stooge's point of view


8 posted on 11/21/2023 3:41:50 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
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To: canuck_conservative

Derp State Globohomo sez whut ?


9 posted on 11/21/2023 3:43:27 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: fieldmarshaldj


Is it true that the Gay Putin Clown Flag is banned in your Russia?


10 posted on 11/21/2023 3:46:52 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
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To: ClearCase_guy
“Important” observation #1: The earth’s population is too large. It’s unsustainable.

You'd have to connect the dots for me on this. I don't think we're anywhere near the Earth's carrying capacity for humans.

11 posted on 11/21/2023 3:47:01 AM PST by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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To: canuck_conservative; kiryandil
Another propaganda masterpiece by Isabel van Pout


12 posted on 11/21/2023 3:50:14 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: fieldmarshaldj

What’s not to hate?


13 posted on 11/21/2023 3:50:26 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: canuck_conservative
paranoid Russian stooge

Stop name calling.

14 posted on 11/21/2023 3:51:21 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston; fieldmarshaldj

“Only those losing debates attack the source rather than address and try to refute the points made by a source. You just proved you can’t refute the points made, not surprising in the least in your case.”

52 posted on 11/26/2022, 9:25:16 AM by Kazan

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4111940/posts?q=1&;page=53#53


15 posted on 11/21/2023 3:53:49 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
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To: canuck_conservative

I’m not interested in your fag flag sex fetishes, creep.


16 posted on 11/21/2023 3:55:23 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Oberon

The “unsustainable” global population is simply a Leftist talking point.
As is the “crisis” of a demographic collapse. It’s a political opinion about things.

On the one hand, the Left wants to drastically reduce the world’s population. Because they hate humanity. If they can reduce the world’s population to 500 million, they would be happy. This is frequently discussed.

On the other hand, the government wants a lot of tax revenue and lacks the large population of young workers that will provide that revenue. And (they tell me) there is a lot of work that “Americans won’t do” which is why the Left wants an open border and a massive influx of immigrants. It’s part of the “fundamental transformation” that the Left wants.

Too many people? Not enough people? The Left is constantly answering “Yes” to both questions.

But the demographic situation is factual. And people can have opinions about whether it is good or bad. But the key thing to do is to PLAN for a future of lots of older people and fewer young people. I don’t see a whole lot of really sensible planning going on.


17 posted on 11/21/2023 3:56:13 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Hieronymus

Yes, good point. A healthy society wants to reproduce. Do you have comparison of the Russian numbers with the Western European numbers looking at only the ethnic European populations? I have the sense that if you have take the immigrants (largely Muslim and/or African) out of the picture, Western Europe looks pretty awful demographically as well, perhaps worse but IDK.


18 posted on 11/21/2023 3:56:55 AM PST by Stingray51 ( )
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To: ClearCase_guy; canuck_conservative
“Important” observation #1: The earth’s population is too large. It’s unsustainable.

This is untrue

The world could easily support twice the population.

90% of the worlld’s population lives in the northern hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere is largely unpopulated.

A more important observation would be that certain extremely wealthy people who subscribe to the same error that you do are buying up the best farm land on Earth.

One might ask why.

19 posted on 11/21/2023 3:57:55 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Only those not turning their nations into Faggot & Tranny Central can answer that.


20 posted on 11/21/2023 3:58:09 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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