Before opinions, a few facts:
- The population in Russia is missing the people between 20 and 30 years. They are simply not there:
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- Life expectancy is around 70 years, compared to nearly
80 average in Europe. In Ukraine is more than 73 BTW.
- People leave Russia more than they come. Like a lot more.
Net loss of one person every 30 seconds[19] One net migrant every 4 minutes
- Population has been declining steadily since the early 90s. Abortion is sky-high and natality very low. Russians do not want children (or more likely, they cannot afford children).
https://www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP162.html- One of the reasons why some (
https://www.ft.com/content/8c576a9c-ba65-4fb1-967a-fc4fa5457c62) argue Russia has a demographic crisis is the mortality in men and the war in Ukraine has made a significant impact on life expectancy of the young.
Does this look like a success from the government that claims to "protect the Russians"?
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