For a quarter of a century, Russian president Vladimir Putin has grappled with his country’s declining and ageing population. The demographic crisis pre-dates his ascent to power, with the nation ...

A third of Russia’s population should be tested for HIV every year, its health minister has urged, in a sign an epidemic ...

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged ...

Russia should test roughly one-third of its population for HIV each year to curb the spread of the virus, Health Minister ...