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Demographic barometer

• Morbidity of the population of Russia, 2023–2024
  • According to the Sample observation of the state of health of the population conducted in 2024, 16% of the population aged 15 and older experience difficulties in everyday life, 27% experience pain or discomfort
  • In 2023, morbidity increased in all major classes of diseases, except for respiratory diseases and complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period
  • The number of cases of acute upper respiratory tract infections decreased by 18% in 2023, the number of cases of acute intestinal infections increased by 4%
  • The incidence of tuberculosis and HIV infection is gradually decreasing
  • In 2023, the prevalence of alcoholism and drug addiction in Russia decreased slightly
  • In 2024, 14,400 people died in road accidents, 164,000 were injured

Q&A

• From schoolroom to maternity leave?
• How Russians talk about reproductive health: one in four is silent, one in two is embarrassed
• Women are for a later age of motherhood and fatherhood than men
• Is it acceptable to place elderly relatives in a specialized institution?
• Russian Orthodox Church: religious belief and churchgoing

In the vastness of Russia

• Ministry of Labor: by 2032, the number of women aged 30-39 in the Russian Federation will decrease to 7.5 million people
• In 20 years, Russia will face a new demographic hole
• “Demographic menu” created for families from Russian regions
• Golikova calls on Russian employers to pursue pro-family policy
• In Russia, the age of a mother at the birth of her first child has increased by 4 years
• Russians planning to have children later
• Kremlin calls for introducing a culture of having many children to improve demographics
• Rosstat conducting experiment to tie birth calculations to place of registration
• Deputy Butskaya: increasing fee for divorce will only reduce the number of marriages
• Ministry of Health explains procedure for medical termination of pregnancy
• Diseases of reproductive system detected in 5% of girls and 4% of boys aged 15-17
• Murashko calls toxic body positivity harmful
• Ministry of Health presents statistics on causes of death of Russians in 2024
• Murashko: the number of smokers in the Russian Federation has halved since 2009
• Vasiliev: Russian language exams for migrants have brought the treasury 2.5 billion rubles
• Bill on genomic registration of migrants submitted to State Duma
• Bill on ban on self-employment for migrants submitted to State Duma
• Fines for illegal employment of migrants may be increased in Russia
• Russian Ministry of Labor shortens list of professions eligible for simplified residence permit from 203 to 29
• In Yamal, labor of foreigners with work licenses has been restricted in several fields
• Government approves transfer of data on migrant children in schools to Ministry of Internal Affairs

World News

• Serbia discusses family support measures
• WHO warns of increase in number of outbreaks of dangerous diseases throughout the world
• Sharp temperature changes will affect twice as many people by the end of the century
• Hungarian parliament adopts constitutional amendment recognizing only two sexes
• Merz: future German government to take new course in migration policy
• Serbia announces slowdown in brain drain
• UNICEF: about 3,500 child migrants have died in the Mediterranean over 10 years
• Washington Post learns of Trump's plans to deport 1 million migrants over year
• Washington Post: US authorities use health insurance data to search for illegal migrants
• Most French residents support restricting asylum rights
• NU: 1,700 refugees from Ukraine may be deported from the Netherlands

The newspapers write about…

• RBK and Izvestia on the fight against illegal migration
• Ura.ru on migration policy
• Kommersant on reducing the list of professions eligible for simplified residence permit
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta on attracting migrant workers from India
• Expert on satisfaction with place of residence
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the impact of human capital on economic growth
• TASS and Izvestia on measures to support fertility
• RBK on changes in statistical recording of births
• URA.RU on support for large families
• Kommersant on expanding the list of possible complications after abortion
• Die Welt on global depopulation
• Izvestia on family tax payments
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta and TASS on expanding the age limit of youth
• TASS on the relationship between psychological age and health
• Kommersant on allowing paramedics to perform the functions of obstetricians-gynecologists
• Kommersant on recognizing nutritionists with higher medical education as professionals
• Kommersant on restricting access to US medical databases
• Esli byt’ tochnym on estimates of slave labor in Russia
• TASS on cholera treatment
• TASS on the history of HIV and its treatment

Read books and magazines

• Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2025. 2023 data
• Life strategies of families with different numbers of children: from two I’s to a family WE
• OECD regions and cities at a glance 2024
• Women and men in Georgia 2024
• Business. Employees. Family. A compilation of corporate practices
• Through the pages of the journals Sotsialnye aspekty zdorovya naseleniya (Social aspects of population health) and Vestnik MGU. Seriya 5. Geografiya (Vestnik MSU. Series 5. Geography)
• Contents of the Journal of Marriage and Family

Profession: researcher

• Demographic sessions at the XXV Yasinskaya (April) international scientific conference of the National Research University Higher School of Economics
• The impact of HIV infection on demographic processes in Russia. Meeting of the Demographic Section of the Central House of Scientists