Hopefully, Sweden will supply some Gripens.
Hopefully, Sweden will supply some Gripens.
RuZZia is a declining power.
“[Indicted War Criminal Little] Putin Wants Russians to Live Longer as Demographic Crisis Grows
President aims to boost life expectancy to 81 years by 2036
Russia’s population seen falling as much as 10 million by 2050”
“President Vladimir Putin set a goal for Russians to live longer even as the country’s population is set to shrink in a deepening demographic crisis that’s been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and his war in Ukraine.
Putin ordered the government to develop policies for raising life expectancy to 81 years in Russia by 2036, up from 73.4 years last year, in a new decree on national development goals.
The decree updates a goal Putin set in 2020 for life expectancy to rise to 78 years by 2030. The 71-year-old president was inaugurated Tuesday for his fifth term to 2030 and can potentially rule to 2036.
Putin’s targets are “unrealistic without stopping the war and sharply tightening the screws on strong alcohol and cigarettes, as well as doubling health care spending,” independent demographer Alexei Raksha said on his Telegram channel. The number of births in Russia last year was the lowest this century, according to his estimates.”