U.N. : Russia Must Adapt to Shrinking Population

[LuvNewcastle]

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=11256149

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's population has fallen by 6.6 million since 1993, despite the influx of millions of immigrants, a United Nations report said Monday, and by 2025 the country could lose a further 11 million people.

The result could be labor shortages, an aging population and slower economic growth, the U.N. said.

Recent Kremlin efforts to reward women for having more babies have caused a surge in the birth rate, the report said, but won't make much difference in the long term.

It urged Russia to reduce its high mortality rate - similar to that in parts of sub-Saharan Africa - through reform of its public health system and by encouraging lifestyle changes - especially a reduction in alcohol consumption.

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According to a 2007 U.N. report, in 1950 what is now the Russian Federation had the world's fourth-largest population. By 2007, the report said, Russia ranked ninth globally, behind Bangladesh and Nigeria. By 2050, the U.N. estimates, Russia will rank 15th, with a population smaller than that of Vietnam

[anonymous171]

1. OVERPOPULATION WILL KILL US A--wait what? nt

[NickB79]

2. Let me guess: you also think one cold winter disproves global warming too, right?

Or did you forget your :sarcasm:?

[Selatius]

3. Watch, capitalists will insist Russia adopt the US health care model: Private health insurers.

Just watch.

They gutted the entire infrastructure of Russia after it opened up its economy to outside investment. Government firms were often sold off in blatantly rigged auctions where firms worth tens of billions went on sale for mere hundreds of millions. Often, the new owner would simply turn around and sell the firm off in pieces at a higher price becoming an instant billionaire. Hundreds of billions in the Russian economy was simply siphoned out.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. That's what it looks like.

They've already been getting a lot of cheap foreign labor in the country -- largely Tajiks, who are resented by the native population. Now they're going to need more labor and many of the natives will probably not want to provide services to them, just like many whites in this country resent services provided to minorities. Private insurers and hospitals will be the answer.

[jeffbr]

4. By 2050 Russia will be overrun by Chinese seeking relief from thirst and starvation

when global warming really kicks in.

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[thunder rising]

7. I request that we volunteer 6 million H1-B to go to Rus--wait, what the DoD would fall apart?

[DeSwiss]

8. So it turns out.....

...we bury them. Figures.



- K&R