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2003-11-14 Europe

Russia on the edge of demographic catastrophe

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Posted by Steve White 2003-11-14 1:16:16 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Heck, they can start taking all the folks who want to come here for all I care. We're gonna be full up in about 20 years.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-11-14 7:42:19 AM|| 2003-11-14 7:42:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I read a statistic that the abortion rate in Russia has been ridiculous for years. Something to teh order of three abortions for each live birth. I vaguely recall that repeated abortions can result in eventual sterility. It's like demographic suicide.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-11-14 8:27:09 AM|| 2003-11-14 8:27:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Demographic shifts are crap. When the population gets lower attitudes about overpopulation are likely to change and people are likely to have more babies.

Posted by Yank 2003-11-14 8:44:01 AM|| 2003-11-14 8:44:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 to follow up on yank - a lower population would relieve housing shortages in Russian cities, historically one of the reasons for small families in urban Russia and central Europe.

Though that might not impact TB, HIV etc. Of course a govt that figures out the importance of public health might. If Uganda can get HIV under control, why not Russia?

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-11-14 9:31:35 AM|| 2003-11-14 9:31:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 In Siberia there are already more illegial chinese than ethinic Russians.

Posted by Dan 2003-11-14 9:53:21 AM|| 2003-11-14 9:53:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Russia should: (i) Sell the Kuril Islands to Japan in return for Japanese participation in building a bullet train from Moscow to Vladivostok. Sell them the Sakhalin Island as well if they want it. (ii) Take the British Hong Kong constitution and laws and apply them to Vladivostok to promote trade and make the area a huge commercial hub. (iii) Promote immigration into the region with cheap land deals. Especially among non-Chinese to offset the demographic shift in thefar east Dan mentioned. (iv) Sell the Russian pacific fleet or make it into a tourist attraction (watch out for tetnus). Russia is in no position to power project and building up a friendship with Japan and their big fleet is more useful anyway at this point.

Eastern Russia could be their California if the Russians treated it right if they followed Yank's 4 point plan!

Posted by Yank 2003-11-14 12:15:07 PM|| 2003-11-14 12:15:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Global Warming is gonna do wonders for Siberia.

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-14 2:02:09 PM|| 2003-11-14 2:02:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 A few thousand children are adopted from Russia every year by Americans. Some families still have 5 or 6, but the last couple end up in an orphanage. It's best if they have their children while young due to the lack of quality med care.

I'm glad we got our daughter when we did.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-14 9:09:42 PM|| 2003-11-14 9:09:42 PM|| Front Page Top

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