Russia’s population is shrinking rapidly. Putin is trying to put a stop to that - Putin has created several initiatives to encourage childbirth, such as one-time payments for pregnant teens, writes Ka ...

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia's shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged ...

Russia has been threatening Pokrovsk for more than a year. Instead of the full frontal assaults it used in earlier battles ...