Russian losses in Ukraine are helping fuel a demographic timebomb that could see the country’s population reduced by half by the end of the century, experts have told the Kyiv Independent.
“The impact on Russian society is devastating,” said Harley Balzer, emeritus professor of government and international affairs at
Putin is 72. A child born today will be too young to be a worker or a soldier by the time Putin dies. I suppose Putin may want a higher birth rate for ideological reasons but I don’t see how he would derive any practical benefit from it.