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Demographic barometer

• Population of Transcaucasia: Trends and Prospects for Change (Part 1)
  • The population of Transcaucasia is growing slower than the global population overal.
  • Azerbaijan has the fastest population growth in Transcaucasia; its share has exceeded 60% of the region’s total population
  • The populations of Azerbaijan and Armenia continue to grow due to natural increase, while Georgia is experiencing natural decrease
  • The median age of the population in Transcaucasia is nearly four years higher than the global average—34.4 compared to 30.6 years

Q&A

• Russians’ Self-Assessed Well-Being
• Children and Money: Russians Reveal Their Formula for Happiness
• The Housing Issue: Russians on Housing Affordability
• Attendance at Religious Services in February 2026
• The Role of Religion in the Lives of Americans

In the vastness of Russia

• Mikhail Mishustin Announces the Size of Maternity Capital
• Mikhail Mishustin: The Number of Large Families in Russia Has Approached 3 Million
• Tatyana Golikova: Students Will Be Able to Receive 200,000 Rubles Upon the Birth of a Child
• Ministry of Health of Russia Sets the Optimal Age for Women to Give Birth
• State Duma Passes a Bill Banning Probation Periods for Mothers of Children Under Three
• Expanded Medical Care for Pregnant Women and Mothers in Russia
• State Duma Proposes Legally Defining the Concept of Men’s Reproductive Age
• Tatyana Butskaya Proposes Recognizing Great-Grandparents as Close Relatives
• State Duma Calls for Assessing Birth Rates in Regions with Abortion Restrictions
• State Duma Urges Preserving Women’s Right to Decide on Abortion
• State Duma Proposes Extending Family Mortgage Programs to Families with Children up to 16 Years Old
• State Duma Proposes Paying Fathers 500,000 Rubles for Caring for a Second Child
• The City of Kirov Plans to Introduce “Salaries” for Grandmothers on Childcare Leave for Grandchildren
• Mikhail Murashko: Tuberculosis Is No Longer an Epidemic Problem in Russia
• More Than 40% of Elderly Russians to Be Involved in Social Activity by 2030
• Russia’s Migration Service Tightens Control over Incoming Migrants
• The Number of Revoked Residence Permits in Russia Increased 18-Fold in 2025
• Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Proposes Completely Abolishing Migration Cards
• hh.ru: Moscow Did Not Make the Top 10 Most Promising Regions for Employment
• Survey: Gen Z Does Not Want to Move to Moscow
• India Expresses Readiness to Increase the Flow of Labor Migrants to Russia
• Russia and Kenya Plan to Conclude a Labor Migration Agreement

World News

• In Belarus, two free IVF attempts have been approved instead of one
• Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world for the ninth consecutive year
• In Switzerland, the number of supporters of limiting population growth has decreased
• The United Nations reported a slowdown in the decline of child mortality
• The World Health Organization: one in five tuberculosis cases in Europe goes undetected
• Expert Sadygzade: a prolonged conflict in Iran could trigger a wave of refugees to Europe
• Donald Tusk: Europe does not intend to accept refugees from the Middle East on a mass scale
• The Telegraph: Ukraine is facing a severe labor shortage
• Uzbekistan will send citizens for seasonal work to the United States
• Citizens of Tajikistan will undergo medical examinations at home before entering Russia
• The Wall Street Journal reported on Donald Trump reconsidering deportation policy for undocumented migrants

The newspapers write about

• RBC, Vedomosti, and Kommersant on tighter regulations for foreigners
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the transformation of migration policy
• Vedomosti on migration trends
• Kommersant on the declining attractiveness of Russia for migrants
• Tochno.st on the increase in the age at first marriage in Russia
• Izvestia on changes in the support system for large families
• RBC and Kommersant on recommendations to refer women not planning to have children to a psychologist
• Tochno.st on higher fertility among remote workers
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta on changes in the methodology for calculating child benefits
• Izvestia on children falling out of the social environment
• Kommersant on the decline in tuberculosis incidence
• Kommersant on the growing use of AI in medical treatment
• RBC on the increasing workload of school teachers
• TASS on population growth in Central Asia

Read books and magazines

• Statistics of road traffic accidents in Europe and North America
• Conference of european statisticians recommendations for the 2030 round of population and housing censuses
• Health and Human Development in the Republic of Bashkortostan
• The demographic handbook of Armenia, 2025
• Monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals Indicators in the CIS Region, 2020–2024
• Highlights from the journals “Economy of Region” and “Siberian Journal of Oncology”
• Contents of the journal Population, Space and Place

Profession: researcher

• Attitudes toward Life and Death: Cultural-Historical and Socio-Psychological Aspects. Meeting of the Demographic Section of the Central House of Scientists

New in the Reading Room

• Anatoly Vishnevsky. Russia Before a Demographic Choice