Over the past three years, Russia has seized only 1.45% of Ukraine's territory, while its personnel losses far exceed any ...

Children attend a school ceremony in St. Petersburg. The Russian population is shrinking at an alarming rate, which could change the fabric of its society. The country recorded its lowest birth rate ...

The Russia-Ukraine war has accelerated the population decline. A shrinking population threatens Russia's economy and could result in worker shortages and low growth. Russia's economy has a dire ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin Russian President Vladimir Putin has been focused on dealing with Russia’s demographic crisis from his ...

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged ...

A leaked document from the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed on Monday that the Russian Federation’s casualties in Ukraine in 2025 total more than 281,550. The report provided a breakdown of ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has registered the first population increase since the chaotic years which followed the fall of the Soviet Union, bucking a long-term decline that has dampened economic ...

Bar an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine has been losing ground almost continuously since 2022. Russian advances ...

* Russia registers first annual population growth since 1995 * Rise helped by reducing infant mortality rates, migration * Population figures key to economic growth forecasts By Guy Faulconbridge ...