In Russia, they have proposed executing opponents of mobilization and those who interfere with the fight for the birth rate.
In a comment to our channel, philosopher Alexander Dugin clarified his position, which has shocked many, that Russia needs show trials, executions and bloodshed when establishing internal order. “I really do advocate mass executions, because we have a lot of internal enemies. These are officials, current and former, those who rose to power under Yeltsin and now continue to drink Russian blood. These are the same businessmen, artists, singers, even some of the military. Without a great purge, Russia is doomed to death,” believes Alexander Gelyevich.
He clarified that special attention during the purges should be paid to those who oppose “the fundamental tasks of our time.” In particular, against total mobilization (Dugin has long called for it, which has made him enough enemies ) and “the same total struggle to increase the birth rate .” The philosopher also demands punishment for all those who “insult True Orthodoxy and oppose the main religion for Russia.” Dugin added that “he has been frequently threatened with murder in recent days.” And he assured that he is “ready to die for a just cause. And he will even be glad if after his death a series of executions of true enemies of the people begins.”
It should be noted that the Kremlin does not want to comment on the philosopher's statements. “Vladimir Vladimirovich is interested in the opinion of Alexander Gelyevich from time to time, but I think not that much,” a high-ranking source in the Presidential Administration told us.
“In Russia, they have proposed executing opponents of mobilization and those who interfere with the fight for the birth rate”
Kyiv Independent reports:
“Russian losses in Ukraine are helping fuel a demographic timebomb that could see the country’s population reduced by half by the end of the century, experts have told the Kyiv Independent.
“The impact on Russian society is devastating,” said Harley Balzer, emeritus professor of government and international affairs at Georgetown University...
...According to Ukrainian figures, on Jan. 7, Russian losses passed another grim milestone, surpassing 800,000... According to Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, more than half of these losses — 427,000 — occurred during 2024, accelerating as the year progressed with no sign of slowing. Russian forces suffered their deadliest day since the start of the full-scale invasion on Dec. 19, taking 2,200 casualties. For comparison, the U.K. suffered 750,000 military casualties during the six years of World War II...
...“The Russian Federation was trapped long before its invasion of Ukraine in what I described as a demographic straitjacket,” Nicholas Eberstadt, who holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), told the Kyiv Independent.
Eberstadt says that in terms of many indicators such as urbanization, education attainment levels, and family formation patters, Russia presents as a “typical European country.”
“What’s not at all typical European is the very low level of human capital that we see in Russian Federation,” he says.
“Life expectancy for young men is on par with a fourth-world country. Life expectancy at age 15 for a Russian man right before the (COVID-19) pandemic was about the same as his counterpart in Haiti.”
A large study into why Russian males had such short life expectancies published in 2014 concluded one of the main factors in early deaths was excessive alcohol consumption.
Other factors cited in a more recent investigation last year by the independent Russian media outlet Cherta, included high rates of murder, suicide, car crashes, and other fatal accidents.
On top of this, Russia has long-faced a decline in birth rates which Eberstadt says started to go down after 2015.
“Demographers look at what they call a total fertility rate (TFR) which is births per women,” Eberstadt says, adding: “You need basically 2.1 in most countries to maintain your population.”
According to figures from the World Bank, Russia’s TFR was last at 2.1 in 1988. After declining steadily it began to rise again after 2000, but only reached a peak of around 1.8 in 2015, before falling again to 1.4 by 2022.
Recognizing the impending demographic timebomb, Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone to great lengths to encourage his people to have more babies...
...Yet even with these efforts, the Kremlin only hopes to reach a TFR of 1.8 by 2036, far below the 2.1 needed to sustain the Russian population, estimated to be around 146 million currently...
...“The number of dead soldiers, especially given how many of them are 40 to 60-years-old, is not the crucial thing here,” Balzer says, adding: “The crucial thing is what it’s doing to Russian society.”
Balzar points to the soaring rates of PTSD and alcohol and drug addiction among Russian soldiers returning home, as well as an increase in murder and violent crime incidents involving veterans.
“That’s not an environment where people are anxious to have more children,” Balzer says...
...Aside from declining birth rates, there’s also what Eberstadt refers to as the “Russian paradox.”
While the populations of developed nations, even while in decline numerically, continue to innovate and contribute to the fields of science, technology, and general progress, Russia remains somewhat of a backwater despite having relatively high levels of education.
“There’s a huge pool of talent in (Russia), really impressive talent,” Eberstadt says. “What’s mysterious, if not bizarre, is how little of that talent nowadays translates into productive knowledge or into economic wealth.”
Faced with half the current population, Russia will struggle even more to be what Balzer referred to as a “viable country.”
Although the future looks bleak for Russia, any negative effects of an impending demographic crisis are unlikely to occur soon enough to stop its ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.”