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Demographic Barometer

• European Union 2025 Population Projection (Main Assumptions)
  • Scenario projections are based on the idea of partial convergence of indicators in EU-27 countries
  • Differences between EU-27 countries in life expectancy at birth decreased to 8.2 years in 2024
  • Differences in average life expectancy will decrease to 4 years for men and less than 3 years for women by the end of the century

Q&A

• Dating in the Digital Age
• Social Orphanhood - and How to Prevent It?
• Russia - Our Multinational State
• Language Proficiency
• Work and Leisure

In the vastness of Russia

• Golikova Reported Positive Demographic Trends Over the Past Year
• Golikova: New Family Tax Payment Will Cover More Than 4 Million Russian Families
• Ministry of Finance Working on Reducing Family Mortgage Rate with Birth of Subsequent Children
• Expert Lebedinskaya: Number of Fathers on Parental Leave in Russia Has Increased Manyfold
• Kremlin Linked Demographic Growth with "Atmosphere of Favorability"
• State Duma Committee Approved Draft Law on Free IVF for Widows of Combat Veterans
• Russians Began Undergoing Medical Check-ups and Examinations More Frequently
• 68 Regions Are Fully Prepared for First Stage of Creating Healthy Longevity Centers
• Ministry of Internal Affairs Named Regions with Highest Traffic Fatality Rate in 2026
• Russia's Most Sober Regions Named
• Ministry of Health Reported Twofold Reduction in HIV Incidence in Russia Over 10 Years
• Number of Saved Heart Attack Patients in Moscow Has Increased Over 15 Years
• Reshetnikov: "Reasonable Migration" Needed for Economic Growth
• Government Submitted to State Duma Draft Law on Ministry of Internal Affairs' Right to Approve Professions for Labor Migrants
• Russia Revoked Almost 8,300 Residence Permits in First Quarter
• Volodin Spoke About Plan to Revoke Residence Permits from Migrants with Low Employment
• Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Announced Fourfold Increase in Number of Repatriates in 2025
• Ambassador Grigoriev: Russia Remains Main Destination for Migrants from Tajikistan
• Expert Ergashev: Number of Labor Migrants from Uzbekistan to Russia Will Decrease

World News

• INCE: Moldova's Population May Decrease by 27% by 2040
• Number of Children in Japan Fell to Historic Low
• Single Japanese Began Receiving Compensation for Dating App Expenses
• SCMP: Population Decline in China Will Reach 60 Million People Over 10 Years
• Germany Recorded Lowest Number of Newborns Since 1946
• COVID-19 Claimed More Than 7 Million Lives Over Six Years
• WHO Reported Approximately One-Third Reduction in Hepatitis B Incidence Worldwide
• Ukrainian Refugees Sharply Worsened HIV Situation in Poland
• US Department of Health and Human Services Intends to Seek Reduction in Use of Pills for Depression Treatment
• Lukashenko Called to Stop Population Outflow from Regions "Once and for All"
• Insider: Ukraine Actively Recruiting Migrants Due to Labor Shortage
• UN: About 8,000 People Died on Illegal Migration Routes in 2025
• Number of Migrants in European Union Reached Record 64 Million People
• Number of People Wanting to Move to US Fell to Record Low
• US Accused UN Agencies of Facilitating Illegal Immigration to Western Countries

The newspapers write about

• "Kommersant" and "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" on Tightening of Migration Policy
• "Kommersant" on Decrease in Number of Foreigners in Russia
• "Kommersant" on Results of Experiment on Organized Recruitment of Labor Migrants
• "RBC" and "Vedomosti" on Increase in Fees for Migrants
• "Kommersant" on Transfer of New Functions in Migration Management to Ministry of Internal Affairs
• "Kommersant" on Prospects for Legislative Regulation of Migration
• "RBC" on Tightening of Portuguese Citizenship Acquisition
• "Yesli Byt Tochnym" and "Expert" on Pensioners in Labor Market
• "Vedomosti" on Support for Large Families
• "Vedomosti" on Right of Large-Family Russian Women from CIS to Early Retirement
• "Vedomosti" on Factors in Realization of Reproductive Plans
• "Vedomosti" on Demographic Losses from COVID-19
• "Kommersant" on Increase in Procurement of HIV Medications
• "Kommersant" on Increase in Demand for Cancer Insurance Policies
• "Vedomosti" on Correlation Between Overall and Alcohol-Related Mortality
• "Vedomosti" on Decrease in Traffic Fatalities
• "Yesli Byt Tochnym" on Number of World War II Participants and Veterans
• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" on Consequences of Population Aging
• "Yesli Byt Tochnym" on Portrait of Russian Municipality
• "Yesli Byt Tochnym" on Demographic Portrait of Crime Victims
• "RBC" on Fertility Decline in Europe
• "Nature" on Demographic Development of Europe After Fall of Western Roman Empire

Read books and magazines

• Levels & trends in child mortality report 2025
• Handbook of health and migration in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Global hepatitis report 2026
• Measuring population and housing: practices of UNECE countries in the 2020 round of censuses
• Children of Kazakhstan 2020-2024
• From the Pages of Journals "Sociological Studies" and "Economics and Organization of Industrial Production (EKO)"
• Contents of Journal "European Journal of Population"

Profession: researcher

• 95th Anniversary of Birth of Andrei Gavrilovich Volkov