Russia Reform Monitor: No. 2137
Moscow versus the World Wide Web, again;
ore rights for the FSB, less rights for Russians
Moscow versus the World Wide Web, again;
ore rights for the FSB, less rights for Russians
Xinjiang residents forced to submit DNA samples;
China, ASEAN reach Code of Conduct "
framework"
Tight security planned for Xi's trip to Hong Kong;
Chinese copper mine project in Afghanistan still on hold
Crimea's coming water crisis;
How the Kremlin manages eastern Ukraine
The latest numbers are in, and the forecast for Russia's demographic health is bleak. According to official figures released by the country's state statistics agency, Rosstat, in late May, Russia had 70,000 fewer births during the first four months of 2017 than it did a year earlier.