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May 3, 2005
Russian Demographics

Here's an interesting quote, delivered by Russian minister of Regional Development Vladimir Yakovlev on April 21:

"Today in Russia there are 20 million males who are able to work. Out of these 20 million men: 1 million are imprisoned, 4 million are in the military or law enforcement agencies, 5 million are unemployed, 4 million are chronic alcoholics, and 1 million are drug addicts. So who is going to work?"



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