re: Russia faces slow motion financial disaster

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Other than David Duke types, who the frick wants to move there?

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Lots of Central Asian Muslims. Russia will have the largest population of Muslims in Europe by 2050, accounting for 30% of the entire European Muslim population. Two of the three largest immigrant communities in Russia are from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, majority Muslim countries. If we expand that a bit, 5 of the top 7 immigrant communities in Russia are from Muslim majority countries.

Given the paltry fertility rate and the short life expectancy of ethnic Russian men, and combining that with Russia's own Muslim population from Dagestan and Chechnya having high birth rates, there is the high possibility of a major demographic transition in Russia. Why people pretend Russia is the last bastion of the West is very interesting, as they've never been really considered "West" in the traditional definitions, and without a major change to their demographic trends, they will continue to rely on immigration from Central Asia.