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Originally Posted by wkllaw
I understand that the immigrants aren't the solution, but Putin has been making quite a bit of effort to convince the young to have more children. He created a summer camp for kids that actually encouraged having sex amongst teenagers and I can imagine the population stabilizing, maybe not in 5 years, but I think it should stabilize in a few decades.
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At 112 million in 2050. Maybe.
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Like I said, Russia has handled the Dutch Disease of oil and gas pretty well and they are pushing to diversify their industry. I'm not sure how much success they're having, but they certainly are doing better than the countries in OPEC.
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Is it a diversification of the industrial sector? Or simply growth of the service sector on trickle-down effect income from gas and oil?