Between 1989 and 1999, the numbers of the Russian population fell from 392,000 to 142,000.

The family, however, has reluctantly accepted help from the center, which serves the area's large Russian population.

So the Russian population continues to dwindle, at the rate of 700,000 a year.

Today, only 10pc of the Russian population is employed in agriculture.

The growth of the Russian population was due to several factors.

Such a big growth of the Russian population could not be explained solely by natural increase.

Three years after market reforms started, the Russian population is still suffering.

The Russian population should not be left to cope on its own.

When he first proposed this the Russian population was declining by 700,000 people every year.

The average age of the Russian population is 39 and there are now 10.7 million more females than males.