From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/24/2005 1:47 PM DEPOPULATION COULD LEAD TO RUSSIA´S DEMISE 25.10.2005 - 00:11:20
Federation Council speaker Sergei Mironov said that the main social problem in Russia is the demographic crisis it is experiencing and said that if Russia does not solve it, Russia will cease to exist as a nation...
Speaking on the Russian NTV talk show ´´Voskresnyi vecher,´´ Federation Council speaker Sergei Mironov said that the main social problem in Russia is the demographic crisis it is experiencing and said that if Russia does not solve it, Russia will cease to exist as a nation.
´´The problem is called the ´Russian Cross´ because the crossing at one point of the falling curve of the birthrate and the rising curve of mortality.
If the present trend is not reversed, in 75 years the population of Russia will fall to 45 million from the present 143.5.
It is clear in the tough competition of the 21st century that it is impossible to hold such a huge territory with such a small number of people.
So Russia will disintegrate into smaller states,´´ Mironov said.
He rejected the suggestion that Russia´s demographic situation can be saved by intensive immigration, as it was in the United States and other countries.
´´Then we will lose our identity -- it is not our way,´´ Mironov said.
He suggested that population growth can be stimulated by encouraging childbirth and increasing the prestige of being a parent.
He added that those are the ideas formulated by President Putin in his annual address to the country.
Meanwhile, while speaking at a government meeting on 17 October, Putin called for a radical improvement in pre-natal care in Russia.
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