Russia: Return of the empire or death of a nation?
- Russia covers nine time zones and fies Poipu te echt ees almost 7,000 miles end to end.
-The current Russian population:143 million. With the annexation of Crimea: 146 million.
- By 2030, the Russian population will have shrunk to136 million.
- By 2050, it will likely have shrunk to below 120 million and perhaps as low as
MS milan (roughly the size of Mexico Natural population growth of Russia since 1950 or Philippines today). == Birth rate ™==Death rate == Natural growth
- Putin has also promised to increase military spending by $770 billion between now and 2020.
- Putin has also overseen the building or reconstruction of 23,000 Russian Orthodox Churches. And urged Russians to have lots of children (offering financial incentives).
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Sources: United Nations; American Enterprise Institute; Globe & Mail
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