Re: Putin: Western Civilization "going extinct"

lol If anyone is going extinct due to low birth rates, it's Russia

You need to upgrade your firmware, it's outdated.

Nope. Russia is dying. Its demographics are poor. Its economy is royally screwed. Putin is a crappy leader with no understanding of how economies work and instead tries to suppress freedom of speech thinking that silencing dissent will save his country. He is also anti Bitcoin. It's funny but also pitiful really...

In 2015 Russia's per capita GDP fell to $8447 a year. That's below the world average and less than $200 more than China. Russia is finished.

Russian demographics are better than its surrounding areas and improving.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia

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As of 2014, Russian TFR of 1.750 children per woman[8] was the highest in Eastern, Southern and Central Europe. In 2013, Russia experienced the first natural population growth since 1990 at 22,700 people. Taking into account immigration, the population grew by 294,500 people

Only by spending billions to encourage people to have children.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-13143523
Money they can't afford to spend because their economy is shrinking rapidly. And even despite this, their population is expected to fall roughly 5% in the next 15 years or so. All while the economy continues its death throes.