Russia's birth rate has plunged to its lowest level since Vladimir Putin came to power, according to statistics that show the country's growing demographic problem. Russia's Deputy Health Minister ...

Vladimir Putin at a perinatal center in Kaliningrad in 2011. Some female college students in Russia can now receive payments for giving birth to healthy babies. This comes as the country’s birth rate ...

Russia has moved to classify key demographic statistics following a dramatic collapse in its birth rate, which has plunged to levels not seen since the late 18th or early 19th century, according to a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is voicing concern about the ongoing internal problem of “falling birth rates” in his own country and suggesting state action to address the issue. Putin said in an ...