"Demoscope Weekly" ## 891 - 892

In the issue:
Preliminary demographic results of 2020 in Russia (part I). Success or failure? Interview of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vadim Pokrovsky in Meditsinskaya Gazeta. Women and smoking. Rights of women and men.

Russian demographic barometer

·           Preliminary demographic results of 2020 in Russia (part I)

·          The number of deaths in Russia increased by 18% in 2020; the crude death rate rose to 14.5 ‰

·          The number of deaths in Russia in November-December 2020 increased by more than 1.5 times compared to the average for the same period in 2015-2019

·          The number of deaths in 2020 increased in all regions of the federation

·          According to Rosstat, in April-December 2020, 162.4 thousand deaths were registered with an established diagnosis of COVID-19

·          Infant mortality in Russia continues to decline, dropping to 4.5 ‰ in 2020

Take care of women!

·         Success or failure? Interview of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vadim Pokrovsky in Meditsinskaya Gazeta

·          Women and smoking

·          Rights of women and men

In the vastness of Russia

·         Mortality in Russia turns out to be significantly higher than expected

·          Excess mortality in St. Petersburg caused only by pandemic

·          Tyumen will become a million-plus city ahead of schedule

·          Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Moscow Region are the regions with the highest quality of life in Russia

·          The number of Russian orphans in 2020 decreased by 6.6%

·          Putin suggests considering introduction of food stamps for the poor

·          More than 1.8 million families receive payments for children under three

·          Proposal in Russia to introduce maternity capital for a third child

·          2.5 million families have never used maternity capital funds

·          Ministry of Finance proposes to expand program of preferential mortgages at 6%

·          Ministry of Labor proposes to expand list of applicants for early retirement

·          Putin gives instructions to develop measures to find jobs for the unemployed

·          Federation Council suggests taking a look at in-demand professions so as to prevent "dependence on migrants"

·          Suspension of flights with Great Britain extended until March 16

·          Number of foreign tourists entering country in 2020 decreased by 93%

·          Foreign students allowed to come to Russia

·          Stateless persons will be issued certificates for 10 years

·          In 2020, the number of expelled foreigners dropped three-fold

·          Medvedev urges to pay attention to ethnic enclaves in Russia

·          More than 10 million doses of vaccine produced in Russia

·          45% of Russians over age 60 have been vaccinated against coronavirus

·          Immunity after Sputnik Light will last up to five months

·          Russian epidemiologists have created a test for the "British" strain of coronavirus

·          Number of smokers in Russia down from 39.4% to 27.3%

·          61% of women killed in Russia died at the hands of a partner or relatives

·          Simplified procedure for receiving disability status has been extended until October 1

·          Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation proposes to store fingerprints of citizens up to 100 years

World News

·         Population of Ukraine decreased by 300 thousand people over year

·          Egyptian President urges citizens not to have more than two children

·          Number of births in South Korea decreased by 10% in 2020

·          Fertility in Moldova down by almost 15%

·          Wealthy Parisians live longer than their neighbors

·          More than 215 thousand residents of the DPR have received Russian passports

·          Number of foreign citizens in Italy has reached 10% of the population

·          Texas court blocks Biden's decision to suspend deportation of migrants

·          US COVID death toll exceeds nation's casualties in three wars

·          WHO reports worldwide decrease in mortality from coronavirus

·          World has lowest number of COVID infections since October

·          Will the coronavirus pandemic end early next year?

·          WHO identifies four versions of the origin of the coronavirus

·          Doctors compare deaths from COVID-19 and flu

·          Do antibodies to COVID-19 last at least nine months?

·          UN calls for global coronavirus vaccination plan

·          WHO plan to fight coronavirus requires nearly $2 billion

·          200 million doses of coronavirus vaccine distributed worldwide

·          Romania will send 20 thousand doses of vaccine to Moldova free of charge

·          Belarus completes vaccination of doctors against COVID-19 with first dose

·          EU asks to study effectiveness of vaccines against new strains of COVID

·          WHO authorizes use of AstraZeneca vaccine in emergency situations

·          Guinea announces new outbreak of Ebola

The newspapers write about...

·          Gazeta.Ru on the slowdown in the spread of coronavirus

·          RBK on coronavirus mutations

·          Forbes and Der Spiegel on vaccination

·           Russkaya sluzhba BBC and Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Russian coronavirus vaccines

·          Die Welt on excess mortality

·          Le Temps on post-Covid syndrome

·          Lenta.ru on the demographic problems of Russia

·          Novaya Gazeta on alcohol consumption

·          TASS on Malthusianism and an “Uninhabited Earth»

·           Resett on the number of conscripts

·           Kommersant on residence permits of unlimited duration for highly qualified foreign specialists

·          RBK on innovations in the geography of job recruiting

·           Kommersant on prospects for a cross-industry flow of workers

·          Forbes and Lenta.ru on gender inequality

·          Open Democracy on generational conflict and manipulation

·          TASS on loneliness

Profession: researcher

·          Remembering Vladimir Samuilovich Gelfand

o     Tolts M. The Perm enthusiast of the revival of demography: Vladimir Samuilovich Gelfand (1926 - 1996)

o    V.S. Gelfand. Marriage groupings by newlywed nationality

·          150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Nikolaevich Prokopovich

o     Prokopovich S.N. National economy of the USSR. Chapter II Population

Read books and magazines

·         United States. Health Systems in Transition

·          Public health and healthcare in the Kyrgyz Republic 2015-2019

·          Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on migrants and remittances in Central Asia

·          Migrant integration statistics - 2020 edition

·          Total morbidity of the population over  working age (from 55 years for women and from 60 years for men) in Russia in 2019

·          Through the pages of the journals Demograficheskoye Obozreniye (Demographic Review) and Vrach (Doctor)

·          Contents of the journal Demography

New in Appendices

·         Life expectancy by sex and regions of Ukraine in 2019 - new table

·          Total fertility rate by regions of Ukraine in 2019 - new table

·          Life expectancy at birth by sex and regions of Kazakhstan - new tables: 2018 and 2019

·          Set of indicators from the Annual Demographic Report Population of Russia expanded with 11 indicators in 7 tables