Multi-Factor Analysis of Internal Demographic Threats for Russia

The article is devoted to the problem of demographic security in Russia. Based on the analysis of Rosstat statistics on fertility, mortality, abortion, urbanization, morbidity, and life expectancy, the paper shows a narrowed type of population reproduction in Russia, at which mortality is significantly higher than the birth rate. Moreover, the state considers the migration factor as the only mechanism of population replenishment in the light of the projected further decline in the population. Its strategy does not say anything about the possibility of increasing the birth rate through the prevention of abortion and the need to support positive forms of reproductive behavior of young people. The article also provides a snapshot of the analysis of data on population loss and growth by region of Russia, concludes the ongoing process of urbanization and the danger to public and state security of a large urban agglomerations, a striking proof of which was the COVID-19 pandemic.