The big Russian mess

Russians, whose lives are shorter and poorer than they were under communism, have more abortions than births to avoid the costs of raising children, Bloomberg.com reported Tuesday quoting the country's highest-ranking obstetrician...The average Russian man now dies at 58.8, the shortest life expectancy in Europe and five years fewer than 15 years ago, the Statistics Service said. Russian women have the fourth-lowest life expectancy in Europe, 72 years, the service said, citing its own data and figures from the World Health Organization and European Union.  -- full article

 

I don't for one minute agree with the implication that Russians were better under communism - freedom is worth more than material wealth - but it's hard to believe how far down hill things have gone in this once great superpower.  They need real leadership, and strong support from the west.