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Demographic Barometer

• The Population of Central Asia: Trends and Prospects of Change (Part 1)
  • The population of Central Asia is growing faster than the world population as a whole
  • Uzbekistan accounts for 44% of Central Asia’s total population
  • The main driver of population growth in the countries of Central Asia is natural increase, although in certain periods migration has also played a significant role

Q&A

• There Are No “Other People’s” Children: Russians on Adoption and Foster Families
• Child Support and Its (Non-)Payers
• Russians’ Attitudes toward IVF
• Telemedicine: Today and Tomorrow
• Will Online Alcohol Sales Increase Its Consumption? The Opinion of Russians

In the vastness of Russia

• Vladimir Putin Called Demography a National Priority of the Russian Federation for Years to Come
• A Register of Pregnant Women Will Become Operational in Russia on March 1^st
• The Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Warned About the Risks of Data Leaks from the Patient Registry
• Russian Public Opinion Research Center: Nearly One-Third of Russians Consider Family the Main Sphere of Self-Realization
• The Incidence of Breast Cancer Among Russian Women Has Increased by a Quarter Since 2015
• Mikhail Murashko Reported a Historic Low in Mortality from Cancer Within the First Year After Diagnosis
• Expert Sergey Boytsov: Mortality from Cardiovascular Diseases Is Declining in the Russian Federation
• Alcohol Consumption in Russia Has Decreased by 11% Over the Past Five Years
• In Moscow, 2025 Recorded the Lowest Road Traffic Fatality Rate in the Russian Federation
• A Register of Potential Centenarians Will Be Established in Russia
• Mikhail Mishustin Reported 840,000 Migrants Illegally Residing in the Russian Federation
• A Bill Has Been Submitted to the State Duma Proposing That Migrants’ Children Leave the Country at Age 18
• The State Duma Explained the Grounds on Which Indian Nationals Come to Work in Russia

World News

• The Prime Minister of Lithuania Called the Demographic Crisis a “National Security Issue”
• In Japan, a Decline in the Birth Rate Was Recorded for the 10th Consecutive Year
• Xi Jinping Set the Task of Stabilizing the Birth Rate in China
• World Health Organization: By 2030, the Prevalence of Tobacco Smoking in Europe Will Remain the Highest in the World
• The United Nations Was Urged to Adopt a New Definition of Famine in Vulnerable Countries
• Severe Air Pollution Increases the Incidence of Alzheimer's disease by 8.5%
• The Secretary-General of the United Nations: The World Must Move from Fear of Migration to Cooperation in Managing Migration Flows
• Nearly 60% of Americans Considered Donald Trump’s Measures Against Migrants Too Harsh
• The Wall Street Journal: For the First Time Since the Great Depression, More People Left the United States Than Entered It
• The Number of Irregular Border Crossings into the European Union Decreased by 60% in January

The newspapers write about

• “Expert” on the Government’s Performance over the Past Year
• “Kommersant” on the Declining Interest in the Voluntary Resettlement Program for Compatriots
• “Kommersant” on the Requirement for Migrants to Confirm a Minimum Income
• “Expert” on the Postponement of Motherhood
• “Expert” on Measures to Increase the Birth Rate
• “RBC” on a Slight Increase in the Birth Rate in South Korea
• “Kommersant” on Support Measures for Students with Children
• “Kommersant” on the Requirement to Undergo a Medical Examination after Home Births
• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” on the Declining Accessibility of Medical Specialists
• “Kommersant” on the Rising Incidence of Breast Cancer
• “Kommersant” on the Effectiveness of AI in Detecting Breast Cancer
• “Vedomosti” on the Role of AI in Combating Cancer and HIV
• “TASS” on Tobacco Control Measures
• “RBC” on Alcohol Consumption in Russia
• “Kommersant” on the New Procedure for Clinical Monitoring of Psychoactive Substance Users
• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” on the Declining Share of Employed Pensioners
• “TASS” on Population Preservation Measures in the Vologda Oblast
• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” on the Standard of Living of French Pensioners
• “RBC” on the Unified State Exam and the Attractiveness of Colleges
• “Novye Izvestia” on the Risks of Ghettos Emerging in Moscow

Read books and magazines

• Healthcare in the Republic of Tajikistan. 2025
• Regions of Russia: Socio-Economic Indicators. 2025
• From the Pages of the Journals “Narodonaselenie” and “Sociology of Medicine”
• Contents of the Journal “Population”

Profession: researcher

• Crisis Trends in Fertility in the Contemporary World (Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Publication of V. A. Borisov’s Prophetic Book “Fertility Prospects”). Meeting of the Demographic Section of the Central House of Scientists