As of 1 September 2025, only 3.17 million companies were listed in Russia's Unified State Register of Legal Entities, down from 3.29 million in 2023. Source: Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine ...

The Russian parliament is working on a law that would ban what the authorities cast as the harmful promotion of a child-free way of life with heavy fines for “childlessness propaganda,” a close ally ...

The Russian population is shrinking at an alarming rate, which could change the fabric of its society. The country recorded its lowest birth rate in the past 25 years for the first six months of 2024, ...

Russia’s lower house of parliament voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban what authorities cast as pernicious propaganda for a child-free way of life, hoping to boost a faltering birth rate. Official ...

Russia Birth Rates FILE - A family walks through Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) (Copyright 2024 The ...

For a quarter of a century, Russian president Vladimir Putin has grappled with his country’s declining and ageing population. The demographic crisis pre-dates his ascent to power, with the nation ...

Vladimir Putin is unlikely to be particularly cheered by the latest news about Russia’s birth rate. The first six months of 2024 saw the country record its lowest birth rate since 1999, according to ...

There are now three deaths for every birth in Ukraine, says the Guardian's Liz Cookman who visited three frontline hospitals to hear from new and expectant mothers. Russia's systematic targeting of ...

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 ...