Birth rates have plummeted, and labor shortages have worsened because of the war in Ukraine. The demographic crisis is threatening the country's long-term economic stability. Russia is staring down a ...

Russia is widening its search for foreign workers as it faces a severe labour shortage driven by an ageing population, low ...

The Russian population is shrinking at an alarming rate, which could change the fabric of its society. The country recorded its lowest birth rate in the past 25 years for the first six months of 2024, ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has taken a new initiative to tackle the country's rapidly declining birth rate in the face of the war with Ukraine, which is estimated to have caused 700,000 ...

Russia's birth rate hit a 25-year low in the first half of 2024, with 599,600 births. The demographic crisis worsened due to the Ukraine war, causing many to delay having children. Incentives like ...

The Russian government has approved a measure that cuts the quota for residence permits for foreigners in 2025 by almost half even as the number of workers entering the country has fallen to a 10-year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia could face a labor shortage of nearly 11 million people by 2030, its labor minister said. Birth rates have plummeted, and ...

Russia is staring down a long-term economic threat that could outlast both the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions: a deepening demographic crisis. On Tuesday, Labor Minister Anton Kotyakov ...