The fear surrounding Islamists in Russia also concerns long-run demographic trends. The Islamic population in the Russian Federation is growing rapidly because of high birth rates, while the European population is growing much more slowly and will ultimately decline because of relatively low birth rates. ==
Com’on you telling me what you red in American press about Russia?)) It is like I will tell you what I red about America in Russian press.
The demographic trends in Russia are public knowledge, even in Russia, and are widely discussed there. Putin introduced a pro-natalist policy a few years ago to increase birth rates. There was a short-run upward blip, and then the birth rate flat-lined again.