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Russia's economy faces a demographic disaster and risks seeing its population reduced by half by the end of this century, think tank says (www.businessinsider.com)
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That decline has been exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war. More than 300,000 Russian troops had died or been injured by the end of 2023, US intelligence officials estimated, and about a million Russians fled the country after Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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[-] snowby@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And anyone can help contribute today. Donate to Ukraine.

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