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Thanks to Anatoly Karlin via Twitter for alerting me to the latest information about Russian demographics.
FORBES: Russian Demographics Update: Reports of the Bear's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
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More generally, what really infuriates me about most discussions of Russian demographics is the complete and utter lack of perspective.
FORBES: The Global Post and Russian Demography: Still Sloppy, Still Hackneyed, Still Wrong
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Finally, my thesis adviser in grad school has researched Russian demographics for over 30 years, including during the Brezhnev period when basic demographic indicators were state secrets (he had to painstakingly assemble estimates by laboriously pouring over specialized virology and immunology journals which had a few data points scattered throughout them).
FORBES: A Case Study in the Fecklessness and Idiocy of Russian Liberalism
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David Satter, a Russia watcher much more respected and well-known than your humble author, recently made some extremely odd commends about Russian demographics in an interview with Katherine Jean Lopez of National Review Online about his new book It Was a Long Time Ago and It Never Happened Anyway: Russia and the Communist Past.
FORBES: David Satter's Curious Understanding of Russian Demographics
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Russian demographics have now improved to the point that if the trends of the first half of 2012 hold for the rest of the year, that is if the birth rate for the whole year increases by around 6.7% and the death rate for the whole year decreases by around 2.9%, then Russia will actually record a small natural increase in population.
FORBES: Russia is on Track to Record Natural Population Growth in 2012
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Secondly, on another personal note, I have in the past worked with Russian academics who specialize in the field of healthcare and demographics.
FORBES: A Case Study in the Fecklessness and Idiocy of Russian Liberalism