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timelets ([personal profile] timelets) wrote2015-01-26 01:01 pm

The human aspect of "putin as a process"



The current economic crisis in Russia is going to delay family formation and reduce fertility rate among the 20–35 generation. Popolation-wise, Russia's conflict with Ukraine, which is likely to drag out for years, is going to cost millions of Russian lives, due to premature deaths caused by economic hardship, alcoholism, emigration, and unborn children.