For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has battled Russia’s aging and shrinking population. The demographic crisis predates his rise to power, and the nation recorded its lowest birth rate in 1999, the year before he took office. In 2005, Putin acknowledged the problem and stated that these demographic challenges required maintaining “social and economic…
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 fell to the lowest level on record. In 2005, Putin said demographic problems needed to be resolved while maintaining “social and economic…
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giant animals, according to scientists who study it. The North Atlantic right whale now numbers approximately 384 animals, eight more whales than last year, according to…
