"Demoscope Weekly" ## 973 - 974
In the issue: International migration according to 2022 estimates. One in three Russians reports having had the flu this autumn-winter. Women complaining more often about harassment from colleagues. Russians name country’s top 5 cities for a comfortable life in retirement. Labor mobility within the EU. Online education: 53% of Russians want to develop in their profession.
· International migration according to 2022 estimates
o The United Nations Population Division estimates that the number of international migrants has risen to 281 million, or 3.6% of the world's population
o People aged 25-64 make up 50 per cent of the world’s population and 66 per cent of international migrants
o ILO estimates that there were 169 million international labor migrants in 2019
o UNESCO estimates number of international student migrants is over 6 million people
o World Bank estimates international remittances increased to $794 billion in 2022
o Refugee numbers rise to 34 million
· One in three Russians reports having had the flu this autumn-winter
· Women complaining more often about harassment from colleagues
· Russians name country’s top 5 cities for a comfortable life in retirement
· Labor mobility within the EU
· Online education: 53% of Russians want to develop in their profession
· Natural decline in the population of Russia for 11 months of 2022 is 543.4 thousand people
· The largest number of marriages over the past 105 years was registered in Moscow in 2022
· Marriage as a union of a man and a woman is enshrined in the foundations of state cultural policy
· According to census, the number of homeless people in Russia has decreased sixfold over last 10 years
· About half of the unemployed in Russia are women
· Acceptance of applications for deferment from conscription for IT specialists has begun
· Employers hiring more older people
· One in five Russians wants to retire abroad
· HRC suggests limiting the granting of citizenship to participants in the resettlement program
· State Duma will consider bill on simplified acquisition of citizenship by scientists
· About 13.5% of deaths aged 20-39 are alcohol-related
· Mortality in traffic accidents in 2022 decreased by 6%
· Most of those dying from coronavirus in Russia had not been revaccinated
· Ministry of Health head tells of impact of COVID on the reproductive health of Russians
· More than a third of Russians have had the flu or SARS
· Influenza B has replaced swine flu
· Russians take antibiotics wrong
· Purchases of drugs for state clinics decreased by 8% in 2022
· Corvalol, iodine and aspirin have been added to the list of potentially scarce drugs
· Spending on health last year increased for 72% of Russians
· Abolition of "one family - one child" policy has not helped raise birth rate in China
· In Japan, only 16.5% of young people plan to get married
· More than 1 million protesters in France against pension reform
· Embassy of Sweden will resume issuing visas to Russian citizens
· Mexican authorities letting fewer foreigners into country
· Number of illegal EU border crossings highest since 2016
· More than 300,000 citizens have returned to Venezuela since 2020
· Kyrgyzstan bans foreigners from taking out more than $5,000 in cash
· China records 60,000 COVID-19-related deaths in a month
· Japan again records sharp increase in deaths from coronavirus
· WHO asks China to provide details on coronavirus pandemic
· Japan plans to downgrade COVID-19 status to seasonal flu
· Cholera affects up to four million people worldwide every year
· Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Advance, Kommersant and RBK on China’s population decline and India’s rise
· Nezavisimaya Gazeta on stimulating the birth rate in China and Russia
· Novye Izvestia on Russia’s ethnic composition according to census results
· Kommersant on traditional family values
· Nezavisimaya Gazeta on possible sanctions against Russians leaving the country
· Kommersant on innovations in the rules for the stay of foreigners in Kazakhstan
· RBK on the growth of money transfers abroad
· Nezavisimaya Gazeta on the lifting of covid restrictions in China
· Kommersant on the effectiveness of calls to "take care of yourself" during the COVID-19 pandemic
· Izvestia on the salary of doctors
· Novye Izvestia on the shortage of medicines and medical personnel
· Kommersant on telemedicine
· Kommersant on religiosity and bad habits
· Kommersant on grandparents
· The demographic well-being of Russian regions
· A comprehensive assessment of current economic development strategies, labor migration and remittances in the Republic of Belarus
· STEPS: prevalence of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2019
· Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators. 2022
· The demographic handbook of Armenia, 2021
· Through the pages of the journals Zdravookhraneniye Rossiyskoy Federatsii (Healthcare of the Russian Federation) and Ekologiya Cheloveka (Human Ecology)
· Contents of the magazine Genus
· 70 years since the birth of Sergei Sergeevich Artobolevsky
· Border territories of the Russian Federation: what can the state do and what does it want?
· Interview of Sergei Artobolevsky by International Life magazine