Population Declines for 20th Straight Year
07 February 2013 | Issue 5063
The government reported on Wednesday that there were around 2,500 more deaths than births in Russia last year, representing a steep decline in the natural population loss but also a 20th straight year of natural decrease in the country.
Subscribing to The Moscow Times online
To receive access to this service, you will have to register and subscribe.
If you have any difficulties making payment, please contact us at payment@themoscowtimes.com
If you are already our paid subscriber please login
Paid access
Use your login and password to access to our paper in PDF format or make order.
|
A roundup of today's Russian-language newspapers.
|
108 years ago, on June 14, 1905, a mass revolutionary uprising took place onboard the Battleship Potemkin, marking the first, significant signs of discord in the Russian fleet.
|
|
The bill protecting "believers' feelings," which rights activists and analysts have called a "step back" for Russia, a legal "Pandora's Box" and a return to the Dark Ages, looks set to take effect in July after sailing through the State Duma with a unanimous vote on Wednesday.
|
His company's investment strategy and 160 years experience here have helped Dietrich Möller close deals and get ready for more.
|
|
Dozens of opponents of an animal rights bill called "cruel" by activists gathered at the public reception office of the State Duma on Thursday to petition Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin to revise the legislation.
|
Britain and Germany aim to use next week's summit of major economic powers to press Russia's leader to use his leverage with the government of President Bashar Assad to calm the fighting in Syria.
|