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Contents of Demoscope Weekly issue

¹ 1135 - 1136

Demographic barometer

  • Population Projections for Russia According to the UN 28th Revision. Part 1
    • According to UN Estimates, Russia’s Population by Mid-Century Will Be Between 123 Million and 149 Million Within a 95% Confidence Interval
    • The Total Fertility Rate May Range from 1.07 to 1.97
    • Life Expectancy at Birth May Range from 77.5 to 87.2 Years for Women and from 66.7 to 78.8 Years for Men
    • Net Migration in Russia May Range from -300,000 to 1 Million People per Year

Q&A

  • Pregnancy by Contract
  • Women on Corporate Support for Family and Parenthood
  • 80% of Men Want to Take Leave During the First Months of Their Child’s Life
  • Accessibility of Quality Medical Care
  • Social Mobility in Russia: Monitoring

In the vastness of Russia

  • Payments of 1 Million Rubles upon the Birth of a Child Have Been Introduced by 227 Russian Enterprises
  • Maternity Capital for the First Child Will Increase to 778,500 Rubles in 2027
  • Parents Have Begun Receiving Pension Points for All Children up to the Age of 18 Months
  • Five Regions Leading in the Use of Maternity Certificates Have Been Named
  • The Agency for Strategic Initiatives Named the Five Leading Regions in Population Preservation
  • The Agency for Strategic Initiatives Named the Regions with the Highest Satisfaction with Medical Care During Childbirth
  • The Average IVF Success Rate in Russia Declined in 2025
  • Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Maintains a High Birth Rate
  • Moscow Leads Russia in the Number of Maternal Deaths
  • Ministry of Health: Russia Ranks Among the World Leaders in Combating Childhood Cancer
  • Murashko Reported a 40% Decline in the Number of Recurrent Myocardial Infarctions in Russia
  • Russian Academy of Sciences Academician Estimated the Limit of Human Lifespan at 120–125 Years
  • The Ministry of Health Named Four Regions Where Alcohol Consumption Has Increased
  • Regions with the Highest Share of Smokers Have Been Identified
  • Russia Entered the Top Ten Countries Where Road Traffic Mortality Has Halved
  • The Number of Patients with Obesity in Russia Has Almost Doubled over Five Years
  • Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund: The Number of Doctors in the Compulsory Health Insurance System Increased by 15,000 in 2026
  • The Investigative Committee of Russia Reported a Decline in the Number of Crimes Committed by Migrants
  • Russia Ratified an Agreement with India on Labor Migration

World News

  • WHO: More Than 57% of Countries Have Banned Age Discrimination
  • Finland Proposed Raising the Retirement Age to 70
  • WHO Noted That Average Life Expectancy Is Approaching Pre-COVID Levels
  • Bloomberg: Summer Heat Led to More Than 34,600 Deaths in Western Europe
  • Heat and Pregnancy: Climate Change Threatens the Health of Mothers and Newborns
  • The Number of Children with Obesity Worldwide Has Quadrupled Since 1990
  • WHO Explained What Is Associated with About 16% of Maternal Deaths Worldwide
  • WHO Reported Thousands of Suspected Plague Cases Worldwide Each Year
  • Nearly 55,800 Measles Cases Have Been Reported in the Americas Since the Beginning of the Year
  • The Number of Confirmed Ebola Cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Has Exceeded 9,000
  • The British Journal The Lancet Compiled a Risk Pyramid for Humanity
  • Ukraine Reported a Population Decline of 800,000
  • Moldova Said It Is Ready to Receive a New Influx of Refugees from Ukraine This Winter
  • Argentina Launched a “Golden Passport” Program
  • The UN Announced the Number of Migrant Children Who Arrived in Europe in 2025

The newspapers write about

  • "Kommersant" and "RBC" on Abolishing the Russian Language Exam for Migrants in Advanced Development Territories
  • "Vedomosti" on the Growing Labor Shortage in Russia
  • "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" on Population Outflow from the Russian Far East
  • "Vedomosti" on Single-Person Households
  • "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" on Unrealized Fertility
  • "RBC" on the "Motherhood Penalty" Among Russian Women
  • "Izvestia" on the Lack of Medical Preparation for Pregnancy
  • "Vedomosti" on the Decision to Promote the Image of Large Families in Advertising
  • "Vedomosti" and "Kommersant" on the Risk of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment
  • "Izvestia" on the Long-Term Impact of Childhood Conditions on Individual Health
  • "Izvestia" on Combating Infant Mortality
  • “Åsli byt tochnym” on Cases of Plague Infection in Russia
  • "TASS" on the Accuracy of Demographic Projections Made 60 Years Ago
  • “Åsli byt tochnym“ on the Dominant Generations in Russian Regions
  • "Lenta.ru" on Millennials
  • "TASS" on Student Protests in France
  • "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" and "Izvestia" on Declining Fertility Worldwide
  • "Econs" on Population Ageing
  • "Izvestia" on Anxiety Among Children
  • "RBC" on Declining Academic Performance Among Children Due to Gadgets
  • "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" on Polarized Views Among Russian Youth

Read books and magazines

  • Health workforce migration in the WHO European region: country case studies from Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Ireland, Malta, Norway, Republic Of Moldova, Romania And Tajikistan
  • Health at a glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2026
  • Demographic Yearbook of the Kyrgyz Republic: 2021–2025
  • V. P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky. An Essay in Higher Geography. Selected Works on Anthropogeography and Theoretical Geography. Volume 2
  • On the State of Sanitary and Epidemiological Well-Being of the Population in the Republic of Tatarstan in 2025
  • From the Pages of the Journals "Demographic Review" and "Moscow University Bulletin. Series 5. Geography"
  • Table of Contents of the Journal "Population and Development Review"

Profession - researcher

  • 90th Anniversary of the Birth of Boris Borisovich Prokhorov
  • The Science of Happiness
  • 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Aron Yakovlevich Boyarsky
  • Contemporary Depopulation-Related Family Size: Problems and Prospects. Meeting of the Demographic Section of the Central House of Scientists

 
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