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Russia's Demographic Challenge

Dec 3, 2012 | 16:42 GMT

Stratfor explains how Russia's diversifying population coupled with a proportional increase in the post-Soviet era population will pose the greatest challenge to the government.

Russia is facing a massive demographic shift. By 2030, Russia's population of 143 million people is estimated to fall by nearly 10 percent. However, it isn't the decline in population that is most significant but the future composition of that population that will shift Russia's political and social landscape....

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