Today’s Wall Street Journal had a piece on this. They argued that the population of ethnic Russians is still declining, and the rising birth rate is only due to Moslem immigrants.
Odd that you would trust the news pages of the WSJ, which lean left. Moreover, the WSJ editorial board hates anyone whose last name is “Paul” and libertarians generally. It is about as GOPe a publication as there is, and they are infected with Bill Kristol style foreign policy and a view of domestic policy that tells them that McConnell has it about right.
I don’t trust the WSJ, especially the news stories on sensitive issues, and I often wonder why I subscribed.