Russia's Vanishing Men and Demographic Collapse

Russia’s greatest threat isn't a foreign army or an economic sanction. It’s an enemy from within: a demographic death spiral so severe it threatens to hollow out the nation from the inside out. A country that spans 11 time zones is running out of its most vital resource—its people.

This documentary unpacks the catastrophic story of Russia's population collapse. We go beyond the headlines to reveal a crisis decades in the making, from the infamous "Russian Cross" of the 1990s to Vladimir Putin's failed attempts to boost birth rates. Discover the heartbreaking reality of Russia's vanishing men, lost to a grim cocktail of despair, alcohol, and war, creating one of the largest gender life expectancy gaps on Earth.

We then explore the phenomenon of Russia's "hollow heartland," where tens of thousands of villages now stand as ghost towns, their populations drained by the magnetic pull of a few megacities.

Finally, we reveal how the 2022 invasion of Ukraine became the ultimate accelerant, pouring gasoline on a raging demographic fire. Through staggering casualties and a historic brain drain of its best and brightest, Russia may have pushed its future past the point of no return. This isn't just a forecast; it's a structural collapse happening right now.

Join us as we analyze the numbers, the history, and the human stories behind a superpower in freefall.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - An Empire's Collapsing Population
1:42 - The "Russian Cross": Seeds of a 30-Year Collapse
3:17 - A Nation of Vanishing Men
4:15 - The Hollow Heartland: Russia's 20,000 Ghost Towns
5:24 - A War That Poured Gas on a Demographic Fire
7:25 - The Demographic Collapse Numbers Following the Ukraine Invasion
8:15 - A Future of Decline: What Happens to Russia Next?

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