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Russia's population decline spells trouble

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May 7, 2008
 
Orenburg Cossack USA wrote:
<quoted text> You keep using the word mongul quite a bit. Are sure your not a mangoloid child? I think you are!
Of course I am... and still, I´m more intelligent than you mongol russian rat bastard.
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May 7, 2008
 
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I think Viking is very crazy
Hopefully, the dream will come true when Germany and Russia unite and use Sweden as toilet paper, but by that time they will all be wearing Burkas'. I give it a few months. By the way I got a lot of relatives in your city.

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May 7, 2008
 
Orenburg Cossack USA wrote:
<quoted text> Idiot. I guess that's why you're headed for a civil war. What are you going to do when you lose and the Eastern Uks whipe you out? No dream for real!
Give us back our ancient name, robbers!
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May 7, 2008
 
Orenburg Cossack USA wrote:
<quoted text> You keep using the word mongul quite a bit. Are sure your not a mangoloid child? I think you are!
The inzest viktim Sweden_Licking has Today no sleeping tablet of nurses get))) O my God))
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May 7, 2008
 
Orenburg Cossack USA wrote:
<quoted text> Idiot. I guess that's why you're headed for a civil war. What are you going to do when you lose and the Eastern Uks whipe you out? No dream for real!
No man that was meant as a joke! The man is funny!

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May 7, 2008
 
German wrote:
<quoted text> The inzest viktim Sweden_Licking has Today no sleeping tablet of nurses get))) O my God))
Is our little russian turk that is trying to be tough again? Do you want a new slap in the face germ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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Orenburg Cossack USA wrote:
<quoted text> Hopefully, the dream will come true when Germany and Russia unite and use Sweden as toilet paper, but by that time they will all be wearing Burkas'. I give it a few months. By the way I got a lot of relatives in your city.
Dream? You are hallucinating on heroin! Poor little Oren...

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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#559
May 7, 2008
 
Heroin was invented by Ancient Ukrainians for anesthetics. So you have to write Ukrainian heroin.
Or at least uheroin.
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May 7, 2008
 
Priorities for Russia's New Administration

by Gregory Feifer

Despite the proliferation of fancy cars and luxury shopping areas such as this one in Moscow, much of Russia's population is near-destitute.


NPR.org , May 6, 2008 · Here are some of the most pressing problems facing the new government of Dmitri Medvedev:

Corruption. Official corruption has skyrocketed under Putin. Last year, Russia tied for 143rd place out of 179 — along with Indonesia, Gambia and Togo — in a global survey of corruption perceptions by Berlin-based Transparency International. The state runs much of the country's oil and gas industry and is swallowing ever-larger parts of other sectors of the economy. State officials now control vast amounts of money, and businessmen say bureaucrats have taken the place of organized criminals as the main impediment to market competition.

Health. Russia's population is dying out. Infant mortality rates and low life expectancies — the average Russian man lives only to the age of 58 — are prompting a demographic crisis at a time the government is cracking down on much-needed migrant labor from other countries. Rampant alcoholism and diseases such as HIV/AIDS have grown under Putin. As first deputy prime minister, Medvedev spearheaded a so-called national program to improve Russia's health care, but experts say the project has been window dressing on a Soviet-era system that's practically in ruins.

Poverty. Moscow's streets may be jammed with Mercedes, Bentleys and BMWs on their way to fancy restaurants and luxury shops with some of the highest prices in the world, but much of Russia's population is near-destitute. The population in many parts of the countryside is vanishing as people move away from areas with no jobs, while the yawning gap between the super rich and the vast majority of Russians is ballooning. Russia is awash with money from its massive energy resources, but 12 percent inflation last year is making life increasingly difficult to afford even for the tiny middle class. Prices for some food products doubled in 2007 and are expected to continue rising this year.

Infrastructure. Tens of billions of dollars of Russia's energy wealth are channeled abroad each year, but very little is being spent on rebuilding decaying Soviet-era infrastructure. Roads and housing in much of Russia are in a dreadful state. Manufacturing has never recovered from its post-communist collapse, and most of the products Russians buy are imported. But economists are especially worried about the state-owned energy industry. They say not nearly enough is being invested into developing natural gas fields and oil deposits, and that Russia may not be able to supply even its own energy needs in just a few years.

Foreign policy. Russia's relations with the West are so bad some Russia observers are talking about a new Cold War. Putin has boosted his popularity at home by opposing Western countries on almost every issue, including sanctions against Iran and independence for Kosovo. Moscow led opposition to the United States over the war in Iraq and has threatened to direct nuclear missiles against Europe if Washington builds its planned missile defense system there. Moscow also has imposed trade embargoes and cut energy supplies to pro-Western, former Soviet states Georgia and Ukraine. Russia's bloated and corrupt military may be in shambles, but Moscow believes its energy wealth entitles it to respect on the world stage — and the Kremlin has looked to the old Soviet model of obfuscation and intimidation. Experts say Russia would be far better served by integrating with the international community. One political analyst says Russia's foreign policy priority is to simply stop pretending it's a superpower.

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#562
May 7, 2008
 
Get lost, my clon. You cannot cheat American people here with your stupid tricks. They are smarter than you hope.

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Show us some links as to how we are so involved in the Russian White Slave Trade. Russians will sell their mothers, sisters, wives, girl friends, etc... just to buy more vodka and buy a new car.
That I can post links about seeing how I have done so on this forum several times. Of course you have no links StepOnYa to back up your post.
And lucky Americans eventually had a chance to buy them real wives from ex-USSR
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May 7, 2008
 
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Russian President Vladimir Putin recently directed his nation's parliament to develop a plan to reduce the country's falling birthrate. In a speech to parliament on May 10, 2006, Putin called the problem of Russia's dramatically declining population, "The most acute problem of contemporary Russia."
The president called on parliament to provide incentives for couples to have a second child to increase the birth rate in order to stop the country's plummeting population.
Russia's population peaked in the early 1990s (at the time of the end of the Soviet Union) with about 148 million people in the country. Today, Russia's population is approximately 143 million. The United States Census Bureau estimates that Russia's population will decline from the current 143 million to a mere 111 million by 2050, a loss of more than 30 million people and a decrease of more than 20%.
The primary causes of Russia's population decrease and loss of about 700,000 to 800,000 citizens each year are a high death rate, low birth rate, high rate of abortions, and a low level of immigration.
High Death Rate
Russia has a very high death rate of 15 deaths per 1000 people per year. This is far higher than the world's average death rate of just under 9. The death rate in the U.S. is 8 per 1000 and for the United Kingdom it's 10 per 1000. Alcohol-related deaths in Russia are very high and alcohol-related emergencies represent the bulk of emergency room visits in the country.
With this high death rate, Russian life expectancy is low - the World Health Organization estimates the life expectancy of Russian men at 59 years while women's life expectancy is considerably better at 72 years. This difference is primarily a result of high rates of alcoholism among males.
Low Birth Rate
Understandably, due these high rates of alcoholism and economic hardship, women feel less than encouraged to have children in Russia.
Russia's total fertility rate is low at 1.3 births per woman. This number represents the number of children each Russian woman has during her lifetime. A replacement total fertility rate to maintain a stable population is 2.1 births per woman. Obviously, with such a low total fertility rate Russian women are contributing to a declining population.
The birth rate in the country is also quite low; the crude birth rate is 10 births per 1000 people. The world average is just over 20 per 1000 and in the U.S. the rate is 14 per 1000.
Abortion
During the Soviet era, abortion was quite common and was utilized as a method of birth control. That technique remains common and quite popular today, keeping the country's birth rate exceptionally low. According to a Russian news source, there are more abortions than births in Russia.
The online news source mosnews.com reported that in 2004 1.6 million women had abortions in Russia while 1.5 million gave birth. In 2003, the BBC reported that Russia had, "13 terminations for every 10 live births."
Immigration
Additionally, immigration into Russia is low - immigrants are primarily a trickle of ethnic Russians moving out of former republics (but now independent countries) of the Soviet Union. Brain drain and emigration from Russia to Western Europe and other parts of the world is high as native Russians seek to better their economic situation.
http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulatio...
Paying money for women to have children quite sad. This is not working in other countries for long. Only temporary baby boom. Then back to the same old problem. Fewer people better for environment. Less pressure on mother earth.
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May 7, 2008
 
Jampa wrote:
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Paying money for women to have children quite sad. This is not working in other countries for long. Only temporary baby boom. Then back to the same old problem. Fewer people better for environment. Less pressure on mother earth.
You are smart and can save the Earth. Show example and smash your head against a brick wall. Less pressure on mother earth.
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May 7, 2008
 
German wrote:
<quoted text> The inzest viktim Sweden_Licking has Today no sleeping tablet of nurses get))) O my God))
LOL
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Dream? You are hallucinating on heroin! Poor little Oren...
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
In the photo you keep using that big guy forgot men in Sweden can't show their faces. Remember the burka! Or your woman will beat you. Or is that what is happening to to him a small little Swedish women is kicking him in his nuts. Use a different photo next time. Remember you have a new religion Muslim!
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And lucky Americans eventually had a chance to buy them real wives from ex-USSR
Why so many Russian women on Youtube want to marry Americans?

Why so many Russian mail order brides advertising?
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Why so many Russian women on Youtube want to marry Americans?
Why so many Russian mail order brides advertising?
To get a US passport or green card. After the marriage they'll wait a while and divorce you. But life in Russia is a lot better now and a lot of them don't want to leave.
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Krishnamurty wrote:
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This quote is an example of another racist Russian chauvinist emigre posting Germany or usina proxie server to simulate a post from Germany.
This is precisely the Russian chauvinist and neofascist attitude and mindset that the Ukrainian democracy is distancing itself from.
All of those words are just BS.

The reality is that Russian population grew cos of migration to Russia, Ukrainian population dropped. Nobody wants to live in a democratic Ukraine where the democracy is a peace of shi...t, the government is fighting with the president and v/v, inflation is 35% per year and nobody cares about people.
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Of course I am... and still, I´m more intelligent than you mongol russian rat bastard.
Looking at the limited amount of words above and in all other your posts I doubt you are...

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#573
May 9, 2008
 
Krishnamurty wrote:
Swedish_Viking, you are an idiot. I have long been quelling my temper but eventually now I lost it.
There were no Swedish Vikings at all. All the Viking were Zaporozhye Cossacks. Those your Swedish ancestors were our servants and a$$$ cleaners.
That's it!
Were have you studied history? On your out door lavatory? There are plenty of reading about Vikings on the internet and they are all sure about ONE thing. Vikings came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. When the norvegian viking king Harald hairfair braggs about his ancestry, he braggs about being a descendant of the Swedish Viking kings, the Ynglingaätten.
History and archelogy says onle one thing - Swedish vikings founded russia. Tee name is from the Swedish area - Roslagen, i.e. Ros lagen which means "the rowing teams".

I live at a place where this Viking king is buried.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anund

Mind your temper and LEARN!

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