In 2024, births in Russia fell to 1.22 million — the lowest level since 1999
Well duh… Who wants to bring babies into the world in Putin’s autocratic, war-happy Russia?
while deaths increased by 3.3% annually, to 1.82 million.
War-happy countries tend to have unfavorable deaths statistics.
Well duh… Who wants to bring babies into the world in Putin’s autocratic, war-happy Russia?
Even if you wanted to, it is quite hard to get your wife pregnant when you’re drafted into the army and shipped to Ukraine.
You do know that it’s quite possible for single women to have babies, right?
Yeah, but most people do have their babies with their long term partner, which they want to spend the next years together.
With Russian wages and Russian healthcare? Being a single mom and not being miserable is a Western luxury. One more reason you shouldn’t model your society on “traditional values”.
Single women still need a man to make a baby
Don’t worry China has a bunch of single men because of their stupid one child policy years ago, so the two countries can just exchange.
China is not waging a massive war right now. So if I were part of a Russo-Chinese couple, then I would prefer China.
Most Russians are too racist to consider an Asian partner.
And single women want to raise a child on their own? I mean, a few do, but most would prefer help.
War-happy countries tend to have unfavorable deaths statistics.
Only if war doesn’t go well.
Using USSR-era cannon fodder tactics only works if you have USSR-era population numbers.
Funnily enough the Soviets actually ran into manpower problems. Their population base was approximately the same as America’s at the time but their economy and agriculture was still industrializing.
The Soviets acted like they had the manpower of Imperial Russia before WWI. A century of pouring out their own blood and they still think they’re the most populated nation on the planet.
Throwing two whole generations of men into meatgrinder will do that
Bunch of conservatives here should head on over. Russia really is their end state.
Hopefully the people revolt, and tear the oligarchs from their compounds, so peace can return…
Putin thought he was playing Hoi4
He should have known that Superior Firepower is the best tree then.
He thinks Mas Mobe is still meta. And his speerhead showed he isnt a good hoi4 Player
Sadly, cynically, there’s still plenty of even poorer countries, some of which have thrown their lot in with Russia. There’ll be more lies and coercion to attract immigrants.
Still, nice to hear a glimmer of truth from the horse’s mouth.
GDP per capita of Russia is at about the global one. So there are a lot of alternatives for potential migrants. The biggest source for Russia is Central Asia and we are seeing a shift away from going to Russia in that region. For example the Uzbeks work with South Korea on 100k migrant visas.
Another huge part is that Russia is targeting migrant workers on a massive scale right now.
