Oh no, I didn't mean that Putin made the Russian birthrate go beyond ours. He just managed to increase it by encouraging the population to, well, have kids.. This isn't something we even attempt here! Immigrants are obviously the best way to increase the birthrate so there's no point trying anything else!stratokaster wrote:Actually, the total fertility rate in Russia at its highest was still significantly lower than in the UK, and the trend already has reversed (the birth rate has started to fall again thanks to Russian reckless economic and foreign policies). Also while demographic situation in Russia has improved in recent years, the country attracted about 4 million immigrants over last 18 years, mainly from the Central Asian countries. Those communities are very visible in large Russian cities and often provoke displeasure of the locals (who are predominantly Slavic). Everyday xenophobia is very widespread in Russia even among the educated, with racial slurs widely used in everyday conversations. Violent attacks on non-Whites are also not rare, with many high-profile cases not properly investigated because Russian police is also predominantly xenophobic.
Yes, Russia is multicultural in many city areas, although Putin takes a far different attitude to it than us : "Russia does not need minorities, minorities need Russia!".
Hold on a second. DanielT's posts are very open to interpretation. When he says that Munich has changed immeasurably in the past 7 years he could mean 1 of 3 things :
- It's changed due to the abundance of those who lean towards the far right.
- It's changed due to the abundance of people whose origin is not Germany.
- Something completely different.
