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Russian demographic barometer

The first demographic results of 2017 in the EU

• o The population of the EU-28 at the beginning of 2018 reached almost 513 million people

• o In 2017 migration increase, as in 2015, was the only factor in the growth of the population of the EU-28

• o The number of births in the EU-28 stabilized in 2013-2017 at the level of 5.1 million people, or 10 per 1000

• o In 2017 in the EU-28 almost 5.3 million people died - 2.6% more than the year before

• o Half the population of the EU-28 has reached the age of 43 years or older

Take care of women!

• 13 UN agencies will work together to fight tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis in the WHO European Region

• Surrogacy, adoption and organ donation - ethical issues

• Investigative Committee defends rights of the fetus

In the vastness of Russia

• Medvedev acknowledges that the Russian Federation needs better conditions for having children

• Government intends to reduce Russian mortality by 2024

• Russian regions with highest and lowest mortality named

• Golikova comments on Kudrin’s remarks about the high level of poverty in Russia

• A salary ranking of Russian cities

• Average income of a working pensioner in Russia estimated at 46 thousand rubles

• State Duma Committee supports tax breaks for pre-pensioners

• Medvedev justifies raising the retirement age in a scientific article

• Government will not change formula for calculating pensions before 2025

• Russians will be switched to new funded pension without being asked

• Putin says pension reform will not bring income to state

• According to Auzan, "The reform will not patch the hole in the Pension Fund"

• Old age in Russia begins at 63, say Russians

• About 5,000 Muscovites over 50 got married in 2017

• Russians living in an unregistered marriage will be eligible for benefits to pay for utilities

• Ministry of Justice clarifies situation concerning creation of a single electronic database of the registry office

• 28% of Far East residents would like to leave the region forever

• Will moving the capital help the Far East?

• Russians can visit 119 countries without visas

• 56% of Russians are against restricting the entry of visitors from other regions

• Consumption of hard alcohol is the main reason for the low life expectancy of men in Russia

• Ministry of Health supports raising the age for buying alcohol to 21 years

• Government will again allow the sale of alcohol at gas stations

• Infant mortality has inexplicably increased in regions with perinatal centers.

• The Ministry of Health has presented an explanation for the increase in infant mortality in a number of regions.

• Inspections to take place in subjects of the Russian Federation with a high infant mortality rate

• Russians name the diseases they’re embarrassed to tell doctors about

• Russia ranks second in number of deaths while taking selfies

• Genome of Russians to be considered as personal data

• Government wants to switch Russians to electronic passports

• Almost half of young Russians have never heard of Stalin’s repressions.

World news

• China is considering abolition of fertility restrictions

• In Belarus, more than 2 million senior citizens

• Citizens of Belarus will be able to take part in census online

• Heterosexual couples in Britain will be able to register a civil partnership

• Romanian referendum on same-sex marriage fails due to low turnout

• California has required that women be included on corporate boards

• Lithuania risks losing 15% of its citizens at one stroke

• Ukraine needs discussion on dual citizenship

• Ukraine against legalization of dual citizenship with Russia

• Introduction of ID-card and biometric passport in Belarus postponed until 2020

• In 2019, the United States will issue up to 200 thousand visas to Russians

• Albania and the EU have concluded an agreement on joint border management

• Emigration of Armenian citizens slows down after political changes

• Poland losing popularity among Ukrainian migrants

• Denmark will attract more foreign workers due to lower wages

• Austria may withdraw from UN Global Compact

• Australian authorities intend to force immigrants to settle in sparsely populated areas

• Italian authorities will forbid migrant-owned shops from staying open after 9 p.m.

• Lukashenko demands lifting of ban on night-time sale of alcohol

• Great Britain gets world’s first minister for suicide prevention

• Obesity will become one of the leading causes of cancer by 2035

• Malaysian Prime Minister decides to stop spying on citizens' personal lives

• Are there more fools and geniuses among men than among women?

The newspapers write about…

• “Economy Times” on demographic challenges

• “Le Figaro”, “Forbes” and “Fontanka” on pension reform

• "Bloomberg" on the US pension system

• "Komsomolskaya Pravda" on aging

• “Novye Izvestiya” on emigration from Russia

• “Moskovskiy Komsomolets” and “Sohu” on refugees

• "Le Figaro" on Islamism in France

• “Deutsche Welle” on labor migrants

• “Ukrainskaya Pravda” on the repatriation of Latvians

• “El Mundo” on self-harm

• "The Guardian" and "Russkaya Germaniya" on alcohol consumption

• "The Insider" on infant mortality

• “Apostrof” on ambulance service in Ukraine

• “Hespress” on telemedicine in Morocco

• “Forbes” on the role of pharmaceutical companies in US politics

• “Novye Izvestiya” on import substitution

• "Die Welt" on the plague

• “Russkaya sluzhba BBC” on regulating the birth calendar

• “Folha” on surrogacy

• "IQ.HSE" on paternity

• “Regiony Onlain” on survival and a base income

• "IQ.HSE" on age discrimination

• “Pravmir”, “Le Figaro”, “The New York Times” and “The Guardian” on violence

• “Reflex” on political correctness

Profession: researcher

• 160 years since the birth of Peter Ivanovich Kurkin

•    P.I. Kurkin. Total mortality in the Moscow Province

Read books and magazines

• Global tuberculosis report 2017

• Behavioral aspects of alcohol consumption in adolescents: trends and social inequalities in the WHO European Region, 2002–2014

• Austria. Health Systems in Transition

• Malignant neoplasms in Russia in 2017

• Healthcare facilities and morbidity of the population of Ukraine in 2017

• Through the pages of the magazines “Narodonaseleniye” ("Population") and “Rossiyskiy vestnik perinatologii i pediatrii” ("Russian Bulletin of Perinatology and Pediatrics")

• Contents of the “European journal of population”