[Russia] - Less Russians Getting Married Despite State's Encouragement to Start Families &-- Official Data

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
by the broadcaster RTVI.Around 950,000 marriages were registered in 2023 compared to 1.05 million the previous year, the outlet said, citing
registrations
that some of the biggest drops in marriages were recorded in regions that the Defense Ministryhailed as the most successful at recruiting
current 146 million to around 130 million in the next two decades.