Russia is facing a severe demographic crisis that threatens to cripple its economy, with officials warning of a potential 3.1 ...

In 2024, births in Russia fell to 1.22 million — the lowest level since 1999 — while deaths increased by 3.3% annually, to ...

Russia needs to find the equivalent of 2 million workers a year over the next five years to fill vacancies left by people who ...

Officials have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that a demographic crisis could mean the country he leads will be short millions of workers by the end of the decade.

Russia is experiencing a severe labour shortage. But contradictory policies are worsening the situation, a think tank said. Russia is deterring potential workers by trying to send them to fight in ...

In 2022, Russia pulled in an estimated 19.1 billion rubles, or around $204 million from forced prison labor, The Moscow Times recently reported, citing dating from Russia's finance ministry.That ...

Satellite imagery shows expansion at Russia's Kazan Aviation Plant but production is being hampered by sanctions.

Russian lawmakers are planning to loosen restrictions on child labor, allowing kids as young as 14 to go out and find jobs to ease the labor shortage caused in part by the mobilization of 300,000 r… ...

Russia's defense industry is short tens of thousands of skilled workers, and 1970s laws on what jobs women can do aren't helping, data suggests. Russia's defense industry has a massive labor shortage.

In September 2023, though, the Russian central bank noted an increasingly frequent outflow of Russian labor – particularly in construction, agriculture, and transportation – to the four regions.

Russia, which reintroduced forced prison labor in 2017, has a prison population of around 400,000, as well as a system accused of perpetuating "extreme brutality and corruption," the UK MOD said. ...

Russia's war on Ukraine triggered a massive brain drain, and the toll it will take on the economy is coming into clearer focus. Since Vladimir Putin launched the invasion in February 2022 ...