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Russia's population decline will accelerate.

Russia's population decline will accelerate. Poor health habits and inadequate health care are leading to a surge in death rates in Russia. A falloff in Russia's youth population is expected over the next two decades because women are becoming infertile after abortions, and potentially curable

diseases such as syphilis are spreading rapidly.--Futurist Update, Apr 2004

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