The Russian population falls this year. How many? More than 1 million people
Moscow: Russian population decreased by more than one million people in 2021, the Rosstat statistical body reported Friday, a historic decline that was not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The ongoing demographic problem has been exacerbated by the rosstat figure which shows more than 660,000 has died with Coronavirus since health officials recorded the first case in this country.
The new numbers continued the trend to decline from the previous year when the Russian population fell more than half a million.
The Covid-related death figure published every month by Rosstat is much higher than the death figure released by a separate government website, which is dedicated to tracking pandemics in this country.
The number of government websites only takes into account the deaths in w...