Birth rate at lowest in 25 years, mortality rate up Putin's Russia wants to protect "traditional ... Alina Rzhanova, a 33-year-old who lives in Yaroslavl, 250 km northeast of Moscow, was once ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer.

That's why people are not having children. Not because someone somewhere wrote something," Alina Rzhanova, a 33-year-old from Yaroslavl, Russia, told Reuters.

Russia Bans 'Child-Free Propaganda' to Try ... Alina Rzhanova, a 33-year-old who lives in Yaroslavl, 250 km northeast of Moscow, was once determined not to have children but now has an eight ...

Ukraine-Russia war seen at critical juncture Russia poised for infantry assaults in south, Kyiv says Moscow has force of 50,000 in its Kursk region Kyiv scrambles to reinforce lines in the east ...

Russia rains missiles on Kyiv as Blinken pledges Biden government will do what it can for Ukraine before leaving office. Soldiers from the isolated communist state have no experience in modern ...

Russia orders citizens to leave breakaway Georgian state over 'crisis situation' Russia has advised all its citizens to leave a breakaway Georgian region after protesters stormed the parliament ...

Russia's lower house of parliament unanimously voted on Tuesday to ban what authorities cast as pernicious propaganda for a child-free way of life, hoping to boost a faltering birth rate. Official ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The attack ended a two-month pause in missile ...

By Nataliya Vasilyeva Officials said more than 30 drones had been intercepted over suburban areas of the Russian capital in what was the biggest such attack since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.