European population growth has slowed over the last thirty years, with a steadily decreasing excess of births over deaths. Net migration is now a major contributor and in some countries plays a decisive role in maintaining positive population growth. This general trend is common to most European...

Avdeev (Alexandre), Blum (Alain), Zakharov (Serguei), Andreev (Evgeny).- The reaction of a heterogeneous population to perturbation. An interpretative model of mortality trends in Russia The rapid increase in mortality in Russia during the past ten years is perplexing. Several authors have...

Avdeev Alexandre, Monnier Alain.- Russian nuptiality: a little-understood and complex phenomenon The first part of this article takes the form of a presentation of the fundamental characteristics of Russian nuptiality over the last three decades. Russia was for long characterised by an early and...