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Demographic Barometer

• International migration and demographic development of the main regions of the world
  • International migration plays important role in achieving sustainable development goals
  • Migration growth has become most important factor in population growth of Europe, North America and Oceania
  • Highest intensity of migration growth in first quarter of 21st century was observed in Oceania
  • In the absence of migration growth, the population of Europe, North America and Oceania will be significantly smaller by the middle of the century than according to the average variant of the UN forecast for 2024; the population of other regions of the world, on the contrary, will be larger, but not significantly

Q&A

• National projects - 2024
• Perception of domestic violence
• Is there a problem of gender inequality in Russia?
• Wives are more likely to rejoice at their husbands’ career successes than husbands are at those of their wives
• Gender stereotypes among Europeans
• Russians name factors allowing them to achieve longevity

In the vastness of Russia

• Mishustin approves unified plan to achieve national goals by 2030
• Indicators for assessing the effectiveness of the authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation have been defined
• Sobyanin: Moscow spends more than 100 billion rubles annually on benefits for large families
• 41 regions in the Russian Federation must increase fertility to national average by 2030
• Putin believes birth rate in the Russian Federation is insufficient
• A massive number of Russian maternity hospitals were closed in the Year of the Family
• Authorities responded to reports of maternity hospital closures with data on the growth in their number
• Kotyakov assessed demographic impact of fictitious divorces
• Murashko gives expected healthy life expectancy in Russia
• In the Russian Federation, the number of deaths due to COVID in 2023 decreased by 10 times
• It will become more difficult for foreigners to obtain a residence permit in Russia
• Foreigners will be considered undesirable in the Russian Federation if their children are considered likewise
• 21 regions will reduce the permissible share of foreign workers for 2025
• In Russia, foreigners have been issued more than 200 thousand study visas since the beginning of the year
• Ministry of Education and Science will create register of agencies for recruiting foreign students
• Putin bans schools from accepting children of migrants who failed Russian test
• Russia to create register of controlled persons from among migrant offenders
• More than 80 thousand migrants were forcibly expelled from the Russian Federation in 2024
• Ministry of Internal Affairs accepting applications from illegal migrants to regularize their status in the Russian Federation
• In the Russian Federation, the number of crimes committed by migrants has decreased by less than 1%
• Government is not ready to tighten entry rules for convicted foreigners
• Putin: Central Asians need to be prepared in advance for work in Russia
• Medvedev sees risk in emerging ethnic enclaves

World News

• Now known how much the world's population has grown in a year
• US reports record 23-year population increase
• Israel's population exceeded 10 million people for the first time in 2024
• The day when only one child will remain in Japan has been named
• China launches campaign to stimulate fertility
• Taiwan records record low fertility in 2024
• Taiwan reports closure of 14 educational institutions over year due to low birth rates
• In South Korea, the number of newborns increased for the first time in nine years in 2024
• The number of illegal entries into the EU has decreased for the first time in three years
• Germany can’t keep up with new citizenship applications
• Ukrainian expert calls departure of 5.3 million citizens of the country abroad a serious blow
• Over last nine months, over 1 million citizens have returned to Afghanistan
• Antibiotic resistance will lead to 40 million deaths by 2050
• US may leave WHO on the day of Trump's inauguration

The newspapers write about…

• TASS on world population dynamics
• Kommersant on the need to increase fertility
• TASS on the demographic results of 2024 and prospects for next year
• TASS and RIA Novosti on new national projects
• Kommersant and Argumenty i Fakty on changes in migration policy
• TASS and Novye Izvestia on the rules for enrolling children of foreign citizens in schools
• Novye Izvestia on migrants being deemed unwelcome due to the offenses of their children
• Forbes on migrant jobs in Moscow
• RIA Novosti on the current state of the institution of marriage
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the year’s results in healthcare
• Esli byt’ tochnym and RBK on HIV incidence and the fight against it
• Kommersant on the prospects for treating cancer
• Expert on the economic and socio-demographic consequences of COVID-19
• Novye Izvestia on the outbreak of swine flu
• TASS on the possibilities of AI in medicine
• Novye Izvestia on vape ban
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta on low unemployment and labor shortages
• RBK on new multidimensional poverty indicator

Read books and magazines

• Leading causes of death and disease burden in the Americas: noncommunicable diseases and external causes
• Pensions at a glance Asia/Pacific 2024
• Global status report on road safety 2023: country and territory profiles
• Women and men of Russia. 2024
• Women and men of Kazakhstan 2019-2023
• Through the pages of the journals Demograficheskoye Obozreniye (Demographic Review) and Rossiyskiy Onkologicheskiy Zhurnal (Russian Oncology Journal)
• Contents of the journal Demographic Research

Profession: researcher

• In memory of Richard Easterlin
• Interregional migration and its impact on the demographic development of Russian regions. Meeting of the Demographic Section of the Central House of Scientists