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…
(Reuters) -The United States has been helping Ukraine organize long-range attacks on Russian energy facilities for months in a joint effort to weaken the economy and force President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. American intelligence has helped kyiv attack major Russian energy assets, including oil refineries, well beyond…
