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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 leading Russian demographer.

For decades, Russia has been experiencing a plunging birth rate and population decline, which appears to have worsened amid its ongoing invasion of Ukraine—with high casualty rates and men fleeing the country to avoid being conscripted to fight.

Projections estimate that Russia's population will fall to about 132 million in the next two decades. The United Nations has predicted that in a worst-case scenario, by the start of the next century, Russia's population could almost halve to 83 million.

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I wonder whether people would downvote this if it was Nazis in 1940s huh

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Edit: I've jumped too far to reach to a conclusion here. Left for posterity.

So, what you're saying is that everyone who was alive in Germany at the end of WWII should have been murdered?

Look at yourself.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

should have been murdered?

where are you getting this? no one said anything of the sort. Saying that toxic cultural demise is a good thing is not equivellent to saying that people should be murdered.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oof. I see where I've gone wrong. I've jumped to erasing people who already exist and not just those who might never exist. Those aren't the same thing. (Not being sarcastic here, I'm acknowledging that fact.)

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I understand your point but no one's argueing that "russia should be literally deleted" - it's impossible. Culture of 140M people will literally never go away in our lifetimes apart from armageddon. What people do argue here is that the current version of russian culture is beyond redemption, that russia needs a cultural revolution akin to complete abandonment of everything russia stands for today. Hope that clears this up.