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of Russians were opposed to the sovereign internet bill, while 23 percent supported it, saying they believe the internet should be limited to the country’s borders, VCIOM said. The study also found that 18 percent of Russian citizens do not use the internet and 66 percent use it on a daily basis.
Russia population has contracted for the first time in 2018 in absolute terms. There were about 1,599,316 (10.9/1,000) births in 2018, a decline of 5.4% relative to the 1,689,884 (11.5/1,000) births in 2017. There were about 1,817,710 (12.4/1,000) deaths in 2018, a decline of 0.4% relative to the 1,824,340 (12.4/1,000) deaths in 2017. Consequently, the rate of natural increase declined from -134,456 (-0.9/1,000) in 2017, to -218,394 in 2018. Unlike the previous year, the decline in birth rates was relatively even across Russian and non-Russian regions in 2018 (e.g. Dagestan declined by 5.2%, which is similar to the Russian average). The population was estimated at 146,793,744 as of Jan 1, 2019, down from 146,880,432 exactly one year ago. This implies about 131,706 in long-term net immigration, down from 172,551 last year. If accurate, this would mark the first time since 2007 that the population of Russia has declined in absolute terms.
The average life expectancy in Russia has hit a new high in 2018, rising 0.2 years to reach 72.9 years, Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova told reporters on April 17. Russia’s average life expectancy has been rising with every passing year. In 2017, it stood at 72.7 years compared to 71.9 years in 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his State of the Nation Address to the Federal Assembly that one of the country’s goals was to reach an average life expectancy of over 80 years.
If the presidential elections in Russia were held next Sunday, then only 55% of voters would vote for Vladimir Putin, the Levada Center poll found - the lowest result in the entire history of research: in April 2014, 60% were ready to vote for Putin, 66% in January 2016, 62% in April 2017, and 70% in January 2018. In the elections in 2018, Putin won 76.7% of the vote.
At the same time, 19% of all respondents said that they would not take
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