In the Kremlin commented on the report of the accounting chamber about the demographics
The Russian leadership is aware of the negative demographic trends, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
The Russian leadership is aware of the negative demographic trends, said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
reporters asked him to comment on the data of the accounting chamber on the reduction of residents for the fourth consecutive year due to the increase in natural decline And fertility decline.
He also reminded that Vladimir Putin's own views have mentioned many times that the country is in the so-called demographic hole, because the most important historically.
"This is the pit, which, firstly, is the war years of the great Patriotic war, then pit early 90-ies related to the collapse of the Soviet Union. And these two holes at the present time, that is, they coincided, for this reason there is such negative dynamics. " said the press Secretary of the head of the country.
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