The Desolateness of Russia

The birth rate in European Russia has collapsed. In the Caucasus and those areas, which are much more Muslim, you see a much higher increase in the birth rate. So that's something that Demoraphs has talked about, you know, that what's Russia going to look like in 50 years time, ethnically. But I think that's a very interesting point that Sasha picked up on is that countries that have no hope in the future see that reflected in two things. One is the mass emigration of the middle classes, which is what he's talking about. The other is an incredibly desolate place, number one, number two, an incredibly dangerous place. Because it's when you