Russian Births In 2023 Falling To Levels Comparable To Those At Start Of 19th Century – OpEd

Rosstat, the Russian state statistical agency, says that the number of births in the Russian Federation fell by three percent year-on-year during the first six months of 2023 and that the decline is accelerating, with 6.7 percent fewer children born in June 2023 than in the same month a year earlier...