Matviyenko: Depopulation of territories threatens Russia's security

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Matviyenko: Depopulation of territories threatens Russia's security


Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko called the population outflow from vast Russian territories a "strategic threat" to Russia's security. Speaking at the "Small Homeland – Russia's Strength" forum, she emphasized:



Depopulation of territories is a strategic threat for us; we cannot allow it.

Russia, reminded Matviyenko in an interview with RIA NewsHistorically, Russia has not been a country of megacities or agglomerations. And further depopulation of the land is unacceptable—neither from the standpoint of national security nor for the sake of economic development. People should not be crammed into apartments in a few large cities, cut off from their roots. We must strive for even distribution.

VTsIOM previously reported that hundreds of small towns in Russia could disappear due to population outflow. Young people are leaving for megacities, leaving empty streets and abandoned buildings in their place. Matviyenko directly linked this problem to demographics.

What does the speaker propose? Creating conditions for life. Safe playgrounds, well-maintained parks, modern public spaces, clubs, crèches, quality education, and healthcare:

Well, of course, families won't want to have children if, instead of a playground, there are rusty pipes sticking out in the yard.

Matviyenko called on municipal authorities to prioritize these issues. Any improvements, right down to the height of curbs, should be assessed based on the criterion of comfort for families with children.
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  1. + 91
    April 20 2026 16: 36
    What do people need your sites with clubs if they have nowhere to work or for pennies?
    1. + 85
      April 20 2026 16: 40
      People shouldn't be crammed into apartments in several large cities, cut off from their roots. We must strive for even distribution.

      Relocate Matvienko somewhere in the Far East! am The country will breathe a sigh of relief.
      1. + 18
        April 20 2026 16: 50
        Depopulation of territories


        Depopulation? Is there even a word like that in Russian? Or speechwriters (
        A speechwriter is a person who writes speeches and presentations for government officials, public figures, and businesspeople. Are you illiterate?

        Relocate Matvienko somewhere in the Far East!


        She already speaks a Far Eastern dialect. Depopulation.
        1. + 11
          April 20 2026 16: 53
          Quote: Sky Strike fighter


          Depopulation? Is there even a word like that in Russian? Or are the speechwriters illiterate?

          It's strange that you asked me this question, but I will answer.
          This is an inanimate noun of the neuter gender, second declension. Its meaning is "an action similar to the verb 'to become depopulated'" (to become depopulated). Fershteyn? wink
          1. +8
            April 20 2026 17: 06
            . Fershteyn?


            I am I.Naturlich.
            1. + 11
              April 20 2026 23: 02
              Valentina Matviyenko called the outflow of population from vast Russian territories a "strategic threat" to Russia's security. Speaking at the "Small Homeland – Russia's Strength" forum

              So why didn't she, following her Moksha roots, go and "settle" the vast expanses of the Penza region? No, she and her family clan privatized Kislovodsk.
          2. +1
            April 20 2026 17: 45
            It's not true, there is no such word, the correct word here would be "Depopulated" and nothing else.
          3. + 13
            April 20 2026 17: 48
            Citizens, get your tickets, otherwise you will be dismembered.
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          5. +2
            April 21 2026 22: 58
            about without-lu-zhi-va-ni-e
            Noun, inanimate, neuter gender, 2nd declension (declension type 7a according to the classification of A. A. Zaliznyak).
            Prefixes: o-bez-; root: -lyuzh-; suffixes: -iva-nij; ending: -e.
            Action by meaning of the verb: to become depopulated
        2. + 22
          April 20 2026 17: 13
          She wanted to say:
          "DEFATTING" the Russian electorate
          (There's no one to shear, the number of rams and sheep has dropped below the baseboard, the wool is thin)
          The whole essence of the “socially-oriented” state created over 26 years by the Matvienko-Tyutins (a collective image):
          20.04.26:
          Consideration of a bill to ban betting in bookmakers It was decided to postpone the hearings for minors, incapacitated persons, and participants in enforcement proceedings until the fallThe Ministry of Finance believes that its adoption will lead to loss of tax revenues to the budget of up to 27 billion rubles, and the bookmakers' audience will decrease by 30%.

          VS
          Carriers have started charging a fee for registering smartphone IMEI numbers; otherwise, the devices won't work. This is their way of increasing revenue.

          Russian authorities are making registration of gadgets mandatory: unregistered phones will be disconnected. The bill passed its first reading in the State Duma.It will track the location of smartphones, eliminate illegal imports, and generate 30 billion rubles for the budget. Registration is free for operators: simply add the field to your user data.

          И
          In Russia, the Federal Tax Service is launching automatic account monitoring to identify gray income.

          If the difference between income and official income exceeds 2,4 million rubles per year, the tax authorities will request an explanation. Concealing income is subject to fines and criminal liability. The audit covers regular transfers, identical amounts, and multiple senders, excluding transfers from relatives and one-time household payments. Those at risk include tutors, hairdressers, landlords, and sellers on social media.

          Classic👉
          1. -12
            April 20 2026 22: 04
            Quote: don_Reba
            She wanted to say:
            "DEFATTING" the Russian electorate

            Most importantly, she voiced a concern that concerns many Russian citizens. It seems many commentators, who try to distort Matviyenko's words, can't forgive her for this.
            1. +8
              April 20 2026 22: 50

              Yes, yes. And also about the shortage of nails.

              Quote: gsev
              Most importantly, she voiced a problem that interests many Russian citizens.

              She's been ruling like an unsinkable aircraft carrier for almost 30 years. And she created this problem.
              "many", "distort"🥱
              Laughter and disgust
              1. -4
                April 21 2026 13: 55
                Quote: don_Reba
                And this is the problem that created it.

                This problem was created by the perestroika foremen, from Gaidar to Nemtsov. Putin and Matviyenko may be slowly fixing things, but at least they're doing so without the distortions of the Stalin-Beria-style repressions.
        3. + 25
          April 20 2026 17: 49
          Quote: Sky Strike fighter
          Depopulation? Is there even a word for that in Russian?

          I'm generally against Anglicisms. For example,
          "Speaker of the Federation Council," which Valentina Matviyenko is, can be translated into Russian as "Duma chatterbox."
          1. +1
            April 21 2026 00: 12
            Quote: Andrey from Chelyabinsk
            I am generally against Anglicisms.

            👀
            What category do icicles and lasers belong to?

            The pharmacist, however
        4. + 15
          April 20 2026 19: 07
          You need to suggest that she start with yourself, your children and grandchildren.
          1. -1
            April 21 2026 00: 18
            Quote: Arkady007
            start with yourself and your children and grandchildren.

            She has only one child (but what children they are)
            has two higher education degrees in finance and credit and international economics.

            And a granddaughter, too.
            For natural reproduction of the population, a coefficient of 2,1 or higher is required.

            Madame Golikova immediately comes to mind, the one who oversaw medicine, now the national project: "Family."
            🥱 I can't decide: for better or for worse.
            DEPLOYMENT in one word
            1. +3
              April 21 2026 08: 03
              There is not a single project that Golikova has undertaken that has achieved a positive result for the country.
              - Healthcare optimization has completely failed, and we are currently working to restore the ruins.
              - The fight against COVID-19. Producing dummy vaccines for the army for profit, nothing more.
              1. -3
                April 21 2026 12: 45
                Quote: Arkady007
                There is not a single project that Golikova has undertaken that has achieved a positive result for the country.

                And that's why she's assigned projects.
                "Family"
                "A long and active life"
                "Shots"
                "New technologies for health preservation".
        5. -1
          April 22 2026 13: 51
          There's no word in Russian for "speechwriter," which you insert into your text. But "depopulation" does exist. You started discussing it, after all.
      2. + 31
        April 20 2026 16: 55
        Quote: Hunter 2
        Relocate Matviyenko somewhere in the Far East! The country will breathe a sigh of relief.

        Let her give me at least 5% of her stolen goods, I will populate everything myself. wink laughing winked
        1. + 19
          April 20 2026 17: 46
          Kolya hi Isn't it too much for just one person? There's enough for many.
          1. +4
            April 20 2026 19: 10
            Roma hi Well, we can't do without you, there are no options here, the rest... well, it's not just Matvienko, there are countless candidates, if we're talking about the entire forum, then two for each, one Duma will cover it. winked lol
            1. +2
              April 21 2026 02: 36
              Just watch the video of the searches at Kolesov's villas in Spain.
        2. + 10
          April 20 2026 18: 47
          And if her son gives up 5%, the entire forum can be moved there.
      3. + 26
        April 20 2026 17: 32
        Valya - a glass, eternal Komsomol member! Good morning, need a snack... I'm still not over her revelation about the nails. wassat
        1. +4
          April 20 2026 19: 04
          lubesky
          Today, 17: 32
          Valya, a glass, the eternal Komsomol member! Good morning, need a snack... I'm still not over her revelation about nails.

          hi It made me smile because I had this thought stuck in my head: I still haven't recovered from the last elections, I still feel a bit nauseous.
          We need to do what our people need, and not what we do here.
          And then I remembered that this was said by V. Chernomyrdin, but damn it, it’s still relevant.
          wassat
      4. + 15
        April 20 2026 17: 45
        She has something in common with Trump. She's as flamboyant as a spitfire. They built the model they wanted, and that's what it turned out to be, but people have children without regard for the swings, but when they have confidence in the future.
      5. +3
        April 20 2026 17: 49
        It's impossible to resettle people in Siberia to cut down forests for twenty years.
      6. + 12
        April 20 2026 17: 52
        And does Moscow think it's okay for the regions to fleece their budgets? Honestly. Just look at it, and you'll see it's a complete idiot.
      7. +7
        April 21 2026 10: 31
        Quote: Hunter 2
        Relocate Matviyenko somewhere in the Far East! The country will breathe a sigh of relief.

        I wonder if she's already set up nail production in Russia? She was so worried before.
        Industry and production facilities should be distributed evenly, as was the case in the USSR, and then the population should be "relocated" around them. But a private investor won't go to the boondocks; he demands every possible condition. This is what the State should be doing. But we don't have a State. We have clan-corporate groups, often affiliated and controlled from countries hostile to us. And we also have the Central Bank—a branch of the IMF in Russia that is uncontrolled, unaccountable, and ungovernable by the Russian authorities.
        This is not a State.
        This is the Colony.
        Sometimes a little rebellious.
        1. +1
          April 22 2026 11: 26
          Quote: bayard
          This is not a State.

          This is the state... And the state is an instrument of the ruling class (V.I. Lenin). The ruling class is the oligarchs and, as you rightly noted, clan-corporate groups. Everything is simpler. ++++++++
          1. +1
            April 22 2026 14: 24
            Quote: aybolyt678
            This state...

            The word "state" comes from the word "sovereign"—one who has the right to mint their own money (issue their own currency). If this function is delegated to an external/supranational institution, then it is, at a minimum, no longer a sovereign state under external financial control.
            Is there any control over the Central Bank in Russia?
            Not !!
            This IMF branch can't even be inspected; you can't even demand financial statements from them, let alone conduct a full (or any!) audit. Not to mention limiting the maximum permissible "discount rate" of this parasite by law or decree.
            We need a sovereign State Bank of Russia, subordinate to the Ministry of Finance, the Prime Minister, and the President. It works for the country and WITHOUT ANY INTEREST RATE. The nationalization of the country's financial sector is also overdue. Banks (all of them!) must be exclusively state-owned – industry-specific, specialized, and "commercial" – for small and medium businesses. With a legally (or better yet, constitutionally) established maximum interest rate for clients of NO MORE THAN 5%.
            Even the Jews' Torah states that taking more than 5% interest is haram. And since the Russian Federation's leadership is predominantly Jewish, they have no right to oppose such a maximum rate for religious reasons.
            1. 0
              April 22 2026 15: 46
              Definitely a plus! Only you are calling for the overthrow of the state system, for a revolution.
              1. +1
                April 22 2026 16: 48
                I would prefer a "revolution from above." Like what Stalin did to implement his program of civilizational advancement. Rumor has it that this could happen as early as this year. Our country is unlikely to withstand a revolution from below.
                1. 0
                  April 22 2026 17: 46
                  Quote: bayard
                  Comrade Stalin did this to implement his program of a civilizational leap

                  What year are you talking about, 36 or 49???
                  1. +1
                    April 22 2026 19: 11
                    About 1928, when Stalin’s program won and after Count Trotsky was expelled from the USSR.
      8. 0
        April 22 2026 11: 36
        Quote: Hunter 2
        Relocate Matviyenko somewhere in the Far East! The country will breathe a sigh of relief.

        Maybe we should just build a new capital somewhere in Siberia?
    2. + 36
      April 20 2026 16: 42
      Quote: Hishnik
      What do people need your sites with clubs if they have nowhere to work or for pennies?


      Questions for the government's economic bloc and the wisest, smartest oligarchy, accustomed to paying people pennies and doing nothing for decades to increase productivity, to technically re-equip production, and, as a result, to increase productivity and profits. It's easier to sell everything to everyone at insane discounts—we haven't learned any other way to sell, after all—to be double cows for anyone, even if it's not us who make money, but everyone else who makes money off us. And then they wonder where the budget will get the money. There's no need to squander it, for starters. It's easier not to use the money for development, but to hoard it, take it to the West like the 300 billion, where it can be "successfully" lost. It all starts with the mind.
      1. + 26
        April 20 2026 16: 58
        When you think back, just the Sochi Olympics and the football championship cost so much. I don't even want to mention the other wild projects.
        1. + 13
          April 20 2026 17: 02
          Quote: paul3390
          When you think back, just the Sochi Olympics and the football championship cost so much. I don't even want to mention the other wild projects.


          There's a lot of interesting information online about the business activities of Sechin and Siluanov. Anyone can Google who they appoint and where in their companies and who they fund for their projects. So, this is what it all led to. Matters of the heart are often confused with business matters.
        2. + 16
          April 20 2026 17: 45
          the Olympics in Sochi, and the football championship.

          I remember back then, only a few commentators criticized the waste of money, while the majority here on the site argued how beneficial it was for Russia to host the Olympics and championships.
          But I'll add: how much money was spent on tank biathlons and churches? I remember our chief priest bragging that three churches are being built in Russia every day. I really want to ask that priest: how did these thousands of churches help us win?
          1. -15
            April 20 2026 17: 59
            There will be no temples, there will be mosques, choose
            1. + 10
              April 20 2026 18: 12
              Quote: Dmitry Smirnov_2
              There will be no temples, there will be mosques, choose

              Sorry, but there's no connection here. But the fact that mosques are often built against local opinion—yes, that's true. It all comes down to government decisions, which is logical.
            2. +8
              April 20 2026 19: 09
              So what - is it impossible to do without both of them and without those at all? what
              1. +5
                April 21 2026 03: 45
                Quote: paul3390
                - is it possible to do without both of them and without those at all?

                These are essential items! More important than schools, hospitals, and defense... am
              2. -2
                April 21 2026 11: 49
                Quote: paul3390
                So what - is it impossible to do without both of them and without those at all?

                How do you propose then to manage the "suffering"? wink
        3. +6
          April 20 2026 18: 51
          The Olympics and the World Cup cost the country much less than Shoigu and his gang.
        4. +2
          April 21 2026 11: 46
          Quote: paul3390
          If you remember how much the Sochi Olympics and the football championship cost alone.

          The football championship is sacred. Under its cover, the pension reform was quietly "formalized." So, it has long since paid off for every person who didn't retire in five years. wink
      2. +7
        April 20 2026 18: 49
        They forgot to ask the main character, who is appointed by this government, like the oligarchy, where is his half - neighbors from the cooperative, friends from the judo section, the institute
      3. 0
        April 22 2026 11: 30
        Quote: Sky Strike fighter
        Questions for the government's economic bloc

        To make a cow produce more milk, you need to milk it more, and to make it economical, you need to feed it less. That's their logic.
    3. + 16
      April 20 2026 17: 22
      Quote: Hishnik
      What do people need your sites with clubs if they have nowhere to work or for pennies?
      She doesn't know history, but everything is moving toward a natural social structure. Soon our leaders will mature to the idea of ​​a residency requirement and the introduction of serfdom. And demographic problems will be solved by legislatively enshrining the right of the first night, as well as mandatory artificial insemination of women. In fact, this is where everything is heading: the land has long belonged de facto and de jure to the new boyars; all that remains is to see the matter through.
      1. +7
        April 20 2026 17: 31
        Quote: astepanov
        She doesn't know history,
        Does she really need to know history?
        Urbanization of the population across the planet has been going on for 300 years, and grandma only just found out about it.
        1. +5
          April 20 2026 19: 11
          Urbanization of populations across the planet has been going on for 300 years.
          Urbanization has been going on for more than 1000 years: crafts are like that: they love cities.
      2. +1
        April 21 2026 14: 15
        But you've described feudalism here, and that's not a natural structure at all. The most natural social structure is the tribal system, which is how some small indigenous tribes currently live.
    4. +8
      April 20 2026 17: 39
      Quote: Hishnik
      What do people need from your circle sites?

      It is immediately obvious that the official is aware of all the problems.
      Safe playgrounds, well-maintained parks, modern public spaces

      After all, it is precisely because of the lack of parks and playgrounds with swings that young people have been leaving the provinces en masse for the capitals and regional centers for the past 40 years.
      quality education and medicine

      You won't find this in every city anymore.
      "It's sad to sow in a field where tomorrow what was sown today may be torn up. How much longer are we destined to tread water?" K.D. Ushinsky
    5. +6
      April 20 2026 18: 05
      Hishnik
      Today, 16: 36
      What do people need your sites with clubs if they have nowhere to work or for pennies?

      hi A rhetorical question: the Russian elite have children and relatives of all ages.
      Let them, through their enthusiasm, hard work, and the investment of their hard-earned wealth from the nation's wealth, attract work collectives to work for the good of the Fatherland with decent wages and appropriate conditions.
      There are examples of this from the historical past of Russia and the USSR, when the children of senior and ordinary party workers were in the front ranks at the front and in the rear.
      Nowadays, the children of DAM, Matvienko, Kiriyenko, Fradkov, Patrushev and the entire elite are, with the help of their parents, cultivating lucrative positions with government contracts, state defense contracts, the Internet, various funds and investments.
      It turns out that they confuse personal wool with state wool.
      fool
    6. -1
      April 21 2026 12: 33
      Russia is threatened by capitalism, liberalism, and the immutability of power. Hello, dear Leonid Ilyich, everything is as before. This is where all the troubles come from. As long as the bourgeoisie and oligarchs are in power, nothing will change.
  2. + 15
    April 20 2026 16: 42
    Well, if Matviyenko herself is concerned about the problem, then everything will be fine.
    And if Narusova joins in, then it’s really easy!
    She is also a member of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building.
    1. +7
      April 20 2026 17: 10
      Well, if Matviyenko herself is concerned about the problem, then everything will be fine.
      And if Narusova joins in, then it’s really easy!


      Are you planning to give birth or something?
    2. + 11
      April 20 2026 17: 35
      What does the speaker propose? Creating conditions for life. Safe playgrounds, well-maintained parks, modern public spaces, clubs, crèches, quality education, and healthcare:
      Brilliant! We'll build some playgrounds and the women will all rush to have babies! The only thing stopping them now is the lack of playgrounds!
  3. + 21
    April 20 2026 16: 42
    So ensure the influx.
    You can't? Well, then admit it and resign!
    P.S. The influx isn't "valuable specialists," but rather a few valuable specialists. All your "valuable specialists" are only good at laying asphalt in the rain...
  4. +8
    April 20 2026 16: 43
    Well, the Chekists failed to manage the country. It's time to admit it and go.
    1. +5
      April 20 2026 17: 13
      Quote: Ivan Ivanov_36
      Well, the Chekists failed to manage the country. It's time to admit it and go.

      The previous ones couldn't cope with this either, and there are no others in the State Duma.
      1. +4
        April 20 2026 18: 53
        The previous ones had oil at 20, and the current ones at 100, the demands on them are different
        1. 0
          April 20 2026 18: 58
          Quote: canelo
          The previous ones had oil at 20, and the current ones at 100, the demands on them are different

          well, like this upon arrival current, industry and economy was destroyed through previous.
          1. 0
            April 20 2026 19: 15
            Oil prices have fallen - the economy is in ruins again, don't you see the correlation?
            1. +3
              April 20 2026 20: 07
              Quote: canelo
              Oil prices have fallen - the economy is in ruins again, don't you see the correlation?

              No, it's not. Because oil prices had already fallen in the early 80s, and if not for the Arab embargo on Western countries in the early 70s and the "tanker war," the USSR would have collapsed under Brezhnev. Economic reforms in the USSR should have been implemented back in the 60s, without the political liberalism of the 80s, following the Yugoslav model.
              So, the former, who did nothing with the USSR economy during the last 20 years of its existence and during the first 15 years of modern Russia, handed over the ruins to the new arrivals, calmly moving into secondary roles, subsequently merging with the liberals.
              With high oil prices in the 70s, the past did nothing to modernize the USSR economy.
              1. +2
                April 20 2026 20: 42
                So, did they just start perestroika? Did Gorbachev just wake up one morning and decide? The USSR had been having problems since the early 80s. They simply spent the first few years burying their leaders. And then they decided to do something. Whether it was the right thing to do is another matter.
                The past and present are one and the same. Who handed over power to the current president? Who were Sobchak and Chubais' subordinates?
                1. +2
                  April 20 2026 21: 10
                  Quote: canelo
                  So, did perestroika just start for no reason? Gorbachev woke up one morning and decided to do something about it? The USSR's problems had been brewing since the early 80s.

                  Not at all. The problems began back in the 60s. Europe was in ruins after WWII and only began to recover in the 70s. That's when we should have reached an agreement with Europe on economic cooperation on the continent. We squandered that period by ignoring our Arab friends, pumping oil to Europe without receiving technology in return, and failing to create joint European enterprises on Soviet territory (primarily the RSFSR). We squandered the petrodollars we received on Central Asia and aid to the Comecon countries.
                  Quote: canelo
                  Past and present are one and the same.

                  The methods varied. The former were the party elite, the new ones were the former "forest orderlies." By 1999, it was already clear that the country was heading for the abyss. The republics stopped contributing to the Russian Federation budget, the Republic of Tatarstan and the Republic of Belarus stopped sending recruits outside their republics, separatist sentiments were on the rise, and the Russian Federation was one step away from repeating the fate of the USSR. In August 08.1999, after the well-known events, a "deal" came to power, supported by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. So, "Tsar Boris" didn't hand over any power; he handed it over, just to be on the safe side.
                  1. +3
                    April 20 2026 21: 49
                    In 1999, oil prices soared. Money began to flow to the republics, and separatist sentiments faded. It's even possible to hold the Olympics at three times the cost of everyone else.
                    Now that oil prices have fallen, we can see what the company is really worth.
                    1. +1
                      April 21 2026 00: 37
                      Quote: canelo
                      In 99, oil prices started to rise. Money appeared.

                      Reserve funds have appeared.
                      separatist sentiments have died down.

                      What makes you think that? You haven't been beyond the Urals for a while? There's still no Soviet rule there since the 90s. Every subsidized region here still thinks they were robbed, while Moscow is living off their money.
                      It would be possible to even hold the Olympics at 3 times the cost of all the others.

                      That's what everyone says, those who have a short memory, like a fish, and don't remember what Sochi was like before, and "overcoming the pain" go there to vacation.
                      Oil prices now fell

                      Really? The EU and Asia-Pacific countries would argue with you. But that's true for a short time; after the war in the Middle East, it will fall and remain at a level favorable to the US.
                      We see what the company is really worth.

                      Share what you see? Do you think it's time to invite the former and liberals (who either joined forces with them or were kicked out of the State Duma under the current regime).
                      My memory is not short, I have something to compare with and I can roughly imagine how we will live under the past.
      2. +1
        April 21 2026 14: 31
        I disagree. Security officers do a very good job in their own countries, as can be seen in North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, and even China. But in Russia, there haven't been any security officers for at least 35 years.
    2. + 11
      April 20 2026 17: 16
      Quote: Ivan Ivanov_36
      Well, the Chekists failed to manage the country.

      These are not Chekists, but Chekushki...
    3. +6
      April 20 2026 17: 23
      This is the essence of the enemies of the USSR - you cowardly shifted the blame for what you did under the leadership of Gorbachev and Yeltsin onto the Soviet communists, and you shifted the blame for what you did under the leadership of this "leader" of yours onto the Soviet security officers, while you yourself are always "not to blame."
      1. +5
        April 20 2026 18: 51
        Here, I found something interesting, literally on topic:
      2. +2
        April 20 2026 18: 55
        And who are Gorbachev and Yeltsin - Republicans or Laborites?
        The problem with the CPSU was that it had degenerated. They started with Lenin and Stalin and ended with dwarf communists like Zyuganov.
        Putin, Patrushev, Miller - aren't they Soviet security officers?
        1. -5
          April 20 2026 21: 46
          Quote: canelo
          Putin, Patrushev, Miller - aren't they Soviet security officers?

          In some ways, Putin has been more successful than most of the rulers of the USSR and Tsarist Russia. Only under him did the real dealcoholization and decitonization of Russians begin. Nicholas II, Lenin, Trotsky, Kosygin, and Gorbachev completely lost the war to the green serpent. On the eve of Gorbachev's rise to power, Brzezinski predicted that southern Russia would become a zone of instability, where terrorists of all stripes would rule, not the Russian state. The fact that Brzezinski's prediction failed to come true is thanks to Putin, Patrushev, and Matviyenko.
          1. +6
            April 20 2026 21: 53
            Alcohol consumption in the country has been rising for the past five years. I think judging leaders by the rate of alcohol detoxification is humiliating for a great country like Russia.
            1. -6
              April 20 2026 22: 01
              Quote: canelo
              It seems to me that judging rulers by the rate of dealcoholization is humiliating for such a great country as Russia.

              I think this is the primary criterion by which a government should be judged. Why do people vote for Putin? He has effectively reduced crime and curbed all kinds of vices. The majority of the population is not opposed to reasonable censorship, whether in print or online, if it helps combat alcoholism, drug addiction, prostitution, fraud, or other vices. Napoleon is considered a great political figure. But one of his first decrees was a ban on pornography and the lifelong arrest of the Marquis de Sade, who was first sent to prison and then to a mental hospital, where he died. When France repealed its ban on pornography during the Khrushchev era, it began to lose the economic competition to Eastern countries.
              1. +9
                April 20 2026 22: 19
                Putin resembles Napoleon only in height.
                Calling a woman a shabby whore on a federal channel - is this a limitation of vices?
                Under the pretext of fighting for morality, it is very easy to shut up and exclude political opponents from elections.
                All the restrictions you're talking about exist in every developed country. But no one there is banning messaging apps and social media under the same pretext.
                And we need to fight for morality by our own example, but our officials' goal is to get a younger woman, or even more than one.
                1. -3
                  April 21 2026 13: 52
                  Quote: canelo
                  Calling a woman a shabby whore on a federal channel - is this a limitation of vices?

                  If Solovyov called a participant in the pornographic show "Dom-2" that, then it makes me happy and gives me hope that soon Russian Central Television will stop raising young people to respect a parasitic and dissolute lifestyle, as it has done since 1991.
                  1. +2
                    April 21 2026 14: 03
                    This says a lot about you as a man.
                    TNT, the channel that produced Dom-2, is owned by Gazprom Media, so it produced this "pornographic program" with public money. Why? Ask Putin.
                    Incidentally, they still produce exactly the same type of gear there. Everything remains unchanged.
                    1. -3
                      April 21 2026 14: 37
                      Quote: canelo
                      The TNT TV channel, which produced Dom-2, is owned by Gazprom Media, so it produced this "pornographic program" with public money.

                      Mid-level managers in structures like Gazprom are often staunch enemies of Putin. On television, until roughly the seizure of NTV from Putin's outspoken enemies, employees weren't shy about bragging to outsiders about running around foreign embassies and offering their services as foreign agents. Arab diplomats even agreed to turn down such applicants who offered their services to several embassies at once. In other words, traitors on television are so numerous that Arabs freely exchange lists of them between their diplomatic missions in different countries, not considering it necessary to keep their names secret. High-ranking television personalities often worked for Europe, Israel, and the United States. Somewhere after 2005, my acquaintances who tried to work for the Arabs were banned from television, so I know less about it now. But a relative of Hekmatyar's security guards recounted how, at corporate events at large state-owned companies, eight years ago, an FSB officer would run around the hall, humbly asking people not to shout anti-Putin slogans loudly and not to demand that the performers perform anti-Putin numbers for the entire audience to hear instead of the ones they were already performing. If Putin were to remove those who had sold out to the West from high positions, his other problems would be resolved much more quickly.
                      1. +2
                        April 21 2026 14: 39
                        Why haven't you dispersed it in 27 years? There was no time.
                      2. -1
                        April 21 2026 15: 39
                        Quote: canelo
                        Why haven't you dispersed it in 27 years? There was no time.

                        Putin considers the communists his main enemy. Even on the eve of the Second World War in 2019, he imposed the harshest sanctions against North Korea. During the 1998 default, Maslyukov demonstrated that the communists were capable of quickly rebuilding the economy and industry. This is what frightens high-ranking FSB officers more than Ukrainian drones, saboteurs, and internet scammers.
          2. +1
            April 21 2026 12: 00
            Quote: gsev
            Only under him did the real dealcoholization and decitonization of Russians begin.

            Was the rise in drug addiction modestly kept silent to avoid casting a shadow on the face of the Most Serene One? laughing
            1. -2
              April 21 2026 14: 03
              Quote: Sovetskiy
              On the rise of drug addiction

              Of course, there is a problem. But I no longer see drug dealers running rampant with such impunity as they did under Yeltsin and at the beginning of Putin's rule. I heard a Roma man from Savelovo say that all his female relatives who were drug dealers were jailed under Putin. I approve of the Taliban's methods against drug trafficking, but I'll leave the decision to use them or others to Putin's discretion. Although I've heard that drug trafficking is being dealt with very poorly in Chechnya. In Ossetia, Muslim extremists promote drug trafficking as a means of enslaving Christian peoples. The CIA, the US State Department, ISIS, and the SBU often act as a single drug mafia organization.
    4. +9
      April 20 2026 17: 42
      Quote: Ivan Ivanov_36
      Well, the Chekists failed to manage the country. It's time to admit it and go.

      What kind of Chekists are these? The Chekists were the ones who managed, but these lousy liberals who infiltrated their ranks successfully plundered and monetized everything the Chekists had created. These are opportunists and unprincipled formalists who destroyed the system from within.
      The problem with the Chekists is that they neglected the work of identifying werewolves and opportunists and did not carry out targeted work to cleanse the party ranks. As a result, those who came to power put their personal wool above the wool of the state and, for small favors, contributed to the collapse of the great state of the USSR.
      They are still the same formalists.
      The Chinese have taken this experience into account, and there, in the corridors of power, high-ranking party functionaries periodically disappear, sometimes right during a live broadcast, are escorted out of the meeting room right during a plenum, and sometimes there is a whiff of gunpowder smoke every now and then.
    5. 0
      April 21 2026 10: 48
      Quote: Ivan Ivanov_36
      Well, the Chekists failed to manage the country. It's time to admit it and go.

      What kind of Chekists are they? They use that word deliberately to boost their authority.
  5. + 24
    April 20 2026 16: 43
    Oops! Whose policies led to this outcome? Aliens are probably to blame.
    1. +8
      April 20 2026 17: 30
      Quote: Vulpes
      Perhaps the aliens are to blame.

      So that's... Well... Ummm, that means. Ah! Wow! Obama, that's it. Well, and Biden. And that, what's his name, well, Trump, of course! Well, and NATO, of course, with damned gayrope. They, the bastards, planned all this. And the column. The fifth or seventh, I'm not sure. But the other day they said on TV that they did, yes!
      Solovyov himself said so! And Solovyov is a real boss, yes!
    2. +5
      April 20 2026 18: 59
      Borka the drunk! He's cursed! And the Polovtsians and Pechenegs did their part too...
  6. + 30
    April 20 2026 16: 45
    They're closing schools, hospitals, and the post office, and why the hell should people continue to live there? To put a slight twist on the famous words of one great man: "They're terribly distant from the people, these Matvienkos."
    1. 0
      April 21 2026 15: 46
      Why should she be close, her income doesn't allow it...
  7. + 19
    April 20 2026 16: 46
    She really doesn't understand Luo. Or she understands everything. But she pretends that she has nothing to do with it.
    1. +9
      April 20 2026 19: 00
      Well, look how old she is, at that age they don’t give her a driving license.
      But Russia can be governed
  8. + 12
    April 20 2026 16: 47
    playgrounds, well-maintained parks, modern public spaces, clubs, crèches, quality education and healthcare


    Well, if all this were built in any problematic city, people wouldn't go there. The worst thing is that she actually thinks so. An official of that level voices these ideas: the main thing is "that everything is beautiful," despite the fact that the solution to this problem is to build an ugly machine-tool, metallurgical, or some other enterprise employing 20 people in each such problematic city... and at first everything will be ugly, but then suddenly you see a school here, a microdistrict here, a pharmacy here, a park there... because people will have money... at least some...
  9. + 15
    April 20 2026 16: 47
    Decent work for decent pay, developed infrastructure, and good transportation accessibility are important, but I believe a different set of values ​​is also needed. For example, I'm not a loser for living and working in, say, a village, but a successful person, and I'm not an idiot who breeds poverty, but a great father/mother.
  10. + 22
    April 20 2026 16: 49
    Even in a village with the most well-equipped playground, medical center, and modern school, there won't be any youth if there aren't jobs for them... They leave for the cities to be able to earn money.
    1. 0
      April 21 2026 15: 59
      This simple idea doesn't rise above the regional level. Moscow lives in a world of pink ponies, and the higher the level of power, the more detached from reality it becomes. Therefore, politicians' statements are rare, and mostly written on paper, but occasionally, their own gems emerge, like Matvienko's now, or Klitschko's before. I understand that their national affiliations differ, but their level of objectivity is the same.
  11. + 23
    April 20 2026 16: 50
    There are a ton of problems. The main ones are the virtual impossibility of a young family acquiring a home, let alone a car. Then there's the extreme high cost of children's goods. And the icing on the cake is the wife's often inability to work, since all kindergartens and elementary schools, according to inspections, are open until 17 p.m. at best. No, technically they can be longer, but the teachers insist on picking her up as early as possible. Who would need a woman like that at work then? And of course, there are the endless school extortions. Then there are all sorts of clubs and sections, which, even if free, still require a lot of money and time. And thanks to the beloved guarantor, grandparents can't help out like they used to, forced to toil until they drop dead.

    So, a man has to work like a workhorse for two, and yet his salary isn't enough to support himself. Even a family with two children is a life of bondage and a complete collapse in living standards, especially if they're forced to take out a mortgage. So what's the point of procreation?

    I can see this perfectly well, because I have two grandchildren. And if I hadn't bought them an apartment, I don't even know how my youngest son would have managed. He certainly wouldn't have had enough money for the mortgage, either. He has two children of different sexes, so he needs at least a three-room apartment. Where does a young family get that kind of money?
    1. -9
      April 20 2026 17: 06
      Quote: paul3390
      There are a ton of problems. The main ones are the virtual impossibility of a young family acquiring a home, let alone a car. Then there's the extreme high cost of children's goods. And the icing on the cake is the wife's often inability to work, since all kindergartens and elementary schools, according to inspections, are open until 17 p.m. at best. No, technically they can be longer, but the teachers insist on picking her up as early as possible. Who would need a woman like that at work then? And of course, there are the endless school extortions. Then there are all sorts of clubs and sections, which, even if free, still require a lot of money and time. And thanks to the beloved guarantor, grandparents can't help out like they used to, forced to toil until they drop dead.

      So, a man has to work like a workhorse for two, and yet his salary isn't enough to support himself. Even a family with two children is a life of bondage and a complete collapse in living standards, especially if they're forced to take out a mortgage. So what's the point of procreation?

      I can see this perfectly well, because I have two grandchildren. And if I hadn't bought them an apartment, I don't even know how my youngest son would have managed. He certainly wouldn't have had enough money for the mortgage, either. He has two children of different sexes, so he needs at least a three-room apartment. Where does a young family get that kind of money?

      In my time, children of different sexes lived in the same room and nothing happened, everyone grew up to be decent people, liberal fairy tales from developers about each child having a room.
      1. + 16
        April 20 2026 17: 51
        And in even more distant times, each of your ancestors had a personal palm tree - are you suggesting we follow their example?

        Alas, you don't want to see the colossal difference. Our parents raised their children in dorm rooms because they knew things would only get better. They'd give them an apartment, and everything else would follow. And in the foreseeable future, at that.
        And the current generation knows just as well that things will only get worse. Today's government views you solely as a source of income; it doesn't need you for anything else... What's there to breed about?
  12. + 18
    April 20 2026 16: 51
    What does the speaker propose? Creating conditions for life. Safe playgrounds, well-maintained parks, modern public spaces, clubs, crèches, quality education, and healthcare:

    So what's the catch? Create the conditions. You've been in power for decades. Uninterrupted and uninterrupted. Starting with the president, United Russia with its constitutional majority, and other long-serving members of the Duma.
    Well, of course, families won't want to have children if, instead of a playground, there are rusty pipes sticking out in the yard.
    Blah blah blah.
  13. +1
    April 20 2026 16: 52
    Well, there you have it! "You did a fantastic job!" (From OSP Studio)
  14. + 12
    April 20 2026 16: 53
    The old woman carried the Communist Party on her shoulders, but when she got tired, she abandoned it.
    United Russia keeps dragging it out – she's tired of spouting more nonsense. I predict Vanya will soon give up too, because the "native" population is already having a hard time understanding the mammoth old woman's language...
  15. + 16
    April 20 2026 16: 53
    So, Valyukha, work on it. Promote the creation of new jobs, social and cultural amenities, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, and clinics in emptying towns and villages. Make it so people don't want to leave for the big cities. They need to work, not just talk. And see the problem when no one else does. Well, screw it. You'd be better off pushing the idea that young people from the provinces shouldn't be admitted to capital universities. Then you'll get the idea to take away the passports of residents of these towns.
    1. + 10
      April 20 2026 17: 40
      Quote: Igor Belobrov
      You need to work, not chatter.

      Grandma is 77. She has never worked a day.
      My whole life I've been involved in politics and language work. Komsomol-party work-deputy-Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Apshechka-governor-head of the Federation Council.
  16. + 12
    April 20 2026 16: 54
    In fact, when a person lives somewhere remote, they need communication and the internet to communicate with the outside world, obtain necessary information, and stay in touch with family. So as not to feel cut off from society and the global information sphere. When 87 billion rubles are allocated not for developing the internet across the country, but for blocking existing internet networks, that is, to worsen people's lives. Then what kind of territorial resettlement are we even talking about? Maybe they were talking about deporting people from the country altogether? Then everything is being done correctly. No communication and internet, no people. What's so good about the internet? You live in some remote village, turn on the internet, and you're up to date with all the events, news, educational programs, technical and construction projects. You can search for buyers for your goods throughout the country and even the world.
    Whether you produce honey or cheese or harvest pine cones—or something else, like raising chickens or ducks to order—you don't need to sell your goods cheaply to suppliers; you can sell them for much more. Or if you need to buy something, you need to search online again, using relevant resources. Or you work remotely.
    You cut off the Internet - activity disappears, devastation sets in.
    P.S. Spend 87 billion on making people's lives worse?!
  17. + 10
    April 20 2026 16: 57
    To avoid population outflow, serfdom must be introduced.
    1. +9
      April 20 2026 17: 17
      Sooner or later, United Russia, with its conservative foundations, will reach this point; they'll just call it something else. Something like a sovereign, attached citizen, analogous to a sovereign democracy.
  18. + 10
    April 20 2026 16: 59
    Russia... has not historically been a country of megacities and agglomerations... People should not be crammed into apartments in several large cities, cut off from their roots. We must strive for even distribution.

    I wonder how quickly, after such excursions into the past, someone in the State Duma will start putting forward ideas for the return of serfdom (what if it worked!), or, at the very least, remember that, in Soviet times, villagers weren't even allowed passports? Until the mid-1970s! And if you want to go somewhere, get a permit from the speaker! And don't forget to return on time!
    Everything new is well forgotten old)
    In general, we are waiting for fateful proposals from Tereshkova!
    She can...)
  19. + 16
    April 20 2026 17: 00
    I woke up p... when the night had passed.
  20. + 10
    April 20 2026 17: 00
    Depopulation of territories is a strategic threat for us; we cannot allow it.
    Messenger has been shut down, now the country needs to be surrounded by barbed wire to prevent anyone from escaping.
  21. + 11
    April 20 2026 17: 01
    Russia's security is threatened by Valentina Ivanovna Tyutins (born in Shepetovka, Ukrainian SSR), and all sorts of sudden billionaires like Sergei Matvienko.

    Well, and other similar grandfathers and grandmothers, with their offspring in the 1st, 2nd, and probably already in the 3rd generation, if you take ™️ The Yeltsin, Yumashev, and Dyachenko families.
    The former head of the Karelia Cheka and his offspring won't let me lie...
  22. +2
    April 20 2026 17: 01
    Quote: Igor Belobrov
    So, Valyukha, work on it. Promote the creation of new jobs, social and cultural amenities, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, and clinics in emptying towns and villages. Make it so people don't want to leave for the big cities. They need to work, not just talk. And see the problem when no one else does. Well, screw it. You'd be better off pushing the idea that young people from the provinces shouldn't be admitted to capital universities. Then you'll get the idea to take away the passports of residents of these towns.

    And make them work for labor days, so that the money doesn’t run off somewhere.
  23. + 10
    April 20 2026 17: 05
    The woman is not from our planet...or she's just being stupid...
  24. + 11
    April 20 2026 17: 11
    People shouldn't be crammed into apartments in several large cities, cut off from their roots. We must strive for even distribution.

    Tell your son, he's been hanging around money his whole life: sometimes in investment funds, sometimes in commercial banks...
    1. +2
      April 20 2026 19: 06
      He doesn't want to raise the village...
  25. + 11
    April 20 2026 17: 11
    Meanwhile, the authorities have been busy with "optimization." For example, they're building a large school for 1.5 children in a large village. Small schools in smaller villages are being closed, and children are being transported to the larger school by special transport. It would seem like a noble goal—to improve the quality of education and save budget money. But after such a scheme, children won't return to their home villages after finishing school. Medical stations and hospitals have also been optimized. Small villages and towns are dying without a central village production base, schools, and hospitals.
  26. +5
    April 20 2026 17: 17
    Valentina Matviyenko. One son. One granddaughter. It's the same for many now, just for different reasons. Who should they settle with? Migrants? The experience was negative.
  27. +7
    April 20 2026 17: 18
    We urgently need to start replacing paving slabs in small towns ten times over. And we have the SVO going on, while everyone on the front lines is from the outskirts, from small towns and villages, from megacities like Moscow and St. Petersburg and the surrounding areas, vacationing in Courchevel, while the children of government officials live abroad. How many of our guys and civilians are dying all over Russia, where there is no five-layer air defense system. Besides, Moscow is safer; no one from the outskirts will come rushing in with rallies and banners. God forbid another Prigozhin approaches the Government House or the Kremlin. It's quiet and peaceful, so much for "depopulation."
  28. + 14
    April 20 2026 17: 18
    This is a real clinic. That's what it means to be a party protégé. In the USSR, there was a social elevator—anyone from any family could rise to any position. People earned their positions through their hard work, knowledge, and intelligence. Yes, there were some: the director of a bathhouse, the director of a theater tomorrow. A metaphor.
    She doesn't understand the basics: existence determines consciousness. Although, as she herself is a clear example, there's no connection to the real situation in the country. She gets five thousand for lunch, while pensioners get that much for a week, including all the bills, medications, housing, food... BD. In that exact order.
    1. +4
      April 20 2026 19: 07
      Have you seen the cost of her wardrobe? What 5000 for lunch? The order of the numbers is different. And her son's is even more so.
    2. +2
      April 20 2026 19: 13
      Quote: Samoyed
      She needs five thousand for lunch.

      To set the table...
  29. + 11
    April 20 2026 17: 21
    Russian officials remind me of Ludwig Aristarkhovich from Nasha Rasha. He would shit under his neighbors' doors and then be surprised. So these guys will first shit under their fellow citizens and then be surprised.
  30. +8
    April 20 2026 17: 23
    I came to my senses)))) Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko has one child - a son, Sergei, born on May 5, 1973.
    Why didn't you make your contribution? You have a coefficient of 1, you're out! You're staying on for a second year.

    To ensure minimum population reproduction (ensuring the replacement of generations), the total fertility rate (TFR) should be in the range of 2–2,15 children per woman.

    and these people still teach us how to live)))))
  31. +2
    April 20 2026 17: 23
    Valentina Matviyenko called the outflow of population from vast Russian territories a "strategic threat" to Russia's security.


    "Did Mamai pass?"
  32. +8
    April 20 2026 17: 23
    What's the point of all these new playgrounds and children's activities if people literally have nothing to live on? So, the paradox arises: developers complain that no one is buying their apartments, all because people have no money. And the situation is only getting worse: NTMK, one of the city's key enterprises, has announced layoffs. Where are people supposed to go? They're forced to drop everything and move as far away as possible—even to the countryside—just to find some kind of work. This isn't life, it's a constant struggle for survival...
  33. +7
    April 20 2026 17: 24
    Passports must be confiscated, fugitives must be caught and returned... Everything has been thought up long ago.
  34. +8
    April 20 2026 17: 27
    They live on a completely different planet there; grandma should be knitting socks for her retirement. We've been fighting for two years now over the road where the school bus runs, it's full of ditches, the Ryazan regional government is telling us to get lost, the school's closed, there's no work to be done, the district hospital is a mess, there aren't enough doctors, they've assigned paramedics, but all they can do is take your blood pressure.
  35. +5
    April 20 2026 17: 38
    "80th birthday... Wow, she's already 80!"
    Uncle Mitya. "Love and Doves."
  36. +7
    April 20 2026 17: 44
    Another show-off blah-blah, IMHO
  37. +4
    April 20 2026 17: 50
    The immediate question is, "Where's the money, Zina?" How they love to make decisions in their offices and blame demographics. They should at least once go out to the outskirts and see how people live. You can say anything about their salaries, but they think ours are just as good.
    1. +5
      April 20 2026 19: 09
      They like to solve people's problems without money. They need money themselves.
  38. +5
    April 20 2026 18: 03
    Those are the windbags up there. They're incapable of anything except getting rich. If salaries in the villages were higher than in Moscow, everything would be the other way around; people would flock from Moscow to the villages.
  39. +4
    April 20 2026 18: 09
    Don't make it complicated - the lady is simply knocking out money for "projects" so that her friends can use the budget and return the cash to Moscow.
  40. +4
    April 20 2026 18: 22
    We were unwanted there. We weren't paid, and we felt like second-class citizens compared to those with connections.
    I still remember how a child asked for a shawarma for 150 rubles (now he won’t even look at it), and I, a teacher... was thinking about buying it, filling up, or making it to the weekend in my wreck using a lamp, and how many cigarettes were left in the pack...
    And at this time, the son of the guy from his school was asking his dad: - So, should we go to the pizzeria again, like yesterday, or for burgers?
    Here in the big city, we were treated humanely, paid for our knowledge and skills, not our last name. Should we go back to those "slave owners" and their C-grade children, who consider themselves white, to rule over us?
    Or have they disappeared there, and after their "effective" management, we'll have to spend the rest of our lives rebuilding everything, working our asses off again under terrible conditions? No, they haven't disappeared. They're still there because no one needs them here, and their connections don't work.
    And the playgrounds are awesome, of course. I can even guess whose kids will be having fun there. By the way, ours was torn down—some boss put a shopping center and restaurant there (which we couldn't afford).
    People have pride and this is not a case where you can just take everything back.
  41. +4
    April 20 2026 18: 24
    This is simply a statement of fact and a "protocol" expression of concern regarding the regulations. Where is the Federation Council's decision on the need to adopt a state plan for population conservation and regional development?
    Any sensible, ordinary citizen understands that without a state program and state support, the population outflow situation, even at its current level, cannot be contained and will continue to worsen.
    It seems to me that she doesn’t understand at all what she’s talking about: neither the scale of the disaster, nor the root causes of its occurrence, nor the ways to solve it.
    What, curbs and playgrounds?!?!?! What are you talking about, Matvienko?! The entire social sector is simply completely destroyed! Completely and completely! There are no jobs!
    At the collapse of the USSR, the Komi Republic had a population of almost 1,2 million. But during the years of the movement under the banner of "democracy," led by effective reformers and optimizers, the population dropped to just over 700. Half a million lost. Any remaining life is concentrated in cities and regional centers, while villages and towns have almost completely disappeared following the closure of collective farms, schools, kindergartens, post offices, and community centers. Without normal social and living conditions, with clear state guarantees, you can't drag people back even by a rope.
    1. -5
      April 20 2026 19: 13
      In 2000, the population of the Komi Republic was still the same 1,2 million. And the movement under the flag of "democracy" ended in 2000. So don't blame the wrong people.
      1. +7
        April 20 2026 20: 44
        Under the Soviets, from 1926 to 1991, the republic's population increased from 207.314 to 1.262.024, representing an increase of 1053024. From 1991 to the 2000 you mentioned, there was a decline to 1018674, a decrease of 247,000. The current population is 714,000, according to data from the beginning of 2025. I assume it's lower, as the Committee on Statistics has not yet published updated data for 2026.
        As you can see, under the Communists there was a clear growth, but under the reformers and optimizers there was a more than clear decline.
        I still don't understand what you wanted to say, since going against statistics is not much fun.
        1. -1
          April 20 2026 21: 18
          Can't you read? From 1991 to 2000, the population of the Komi Republic barely declined. 1135 in 2000—look at the statistics. And after 2000, as you say, there was no longer any "democracy" movement. So there shouldn't be any questions about democracy.
          1. 0
            April 20 2026 22: 38
            Quote: canelo
            And after 2000, as you say, there was no longer a "democracy" movement. So there shouldn't be any questions about democracy.

            Wow! Communism has arrived?!!! belay
            Thank you Andrey, you enlightened me! fellow
            1. -2
              April 20 2026 22: 57
              There are gaps in your logic. Democracy is contrasted with authoritarianism. And communism with capitalism. And you're comparing warm with soft.
              1. +3
                April 21 2026 00: 15
                Quote: canelo
                There are gaps in your logic. Democracy is contrasted with authoritarianism. And communism with capitalism. And you're comparing warm with soft.

                Sir, the gist of my original comment is as simple as a tarpaulin boot: under the USSR, the population of the aforementioned republic steadily increased, while under the victorious "democracy" it has steadily declined. Whether you call this post-Soviet period developed or premature capitalism, the essence of what I said (or wrote for you) remains the same.
                You can endlessly chew over the concepts, but the point is that since 1991, the population of the northern and equivalent territories has fallen from 18 million to 4,5 million. If you like the phrase "under the capitalists," then so be it, I don't care, but the people involved in this process, who brought democracy to Russia, carried out reforms, and built this pseudo-capitalism, are the same ones who were in the 90s and the 2000s.
                Both democrats and capitalists are a great evil for Russia, since the best rates of development in its history, no matter how you look at it, fell during the period of socialism.
                1. 0
                  April 21 2026 11: 37
                  But the people from the North were driven out with the knowledge of the Americans by Gaidar, Chubais and other damn reformers (a Volga for each)
                  1. +3
                    April 21 2026 11: 54
                    Quote: vacuum cleaner
                    But the people from the North were driven out with the knowledge of the Americans by Gaidar, Chubais and other damn reformers (a Volga for each)

                    With their knowledge and with their indirect participation, when the entire industry of Russia suddenly became unprofitable.
                    I lived in the Urals and the North for half a century and witnessed the entire process of dispossession with my own eyes, from the closure of collective farms, logging companies, and coal mines to the downsizing of military units and the closure of penal colonies, which, in addition to their penal functions, also served as city-forming institutions, providing all the social and municipal infrastructure. Everything was completely destroyed.
                    To revive the North and bring people back there now would require trillions of dollars in investment, and even that is not guaranteed to work, given that "there are nine months of winter there, and the remaining three months are spring gradually transitioning into autumn."
                    Now this is a land of pre-retirement and pensioners with nowhere and no money to go, and Matviyenko, with her curbs and playgrounds, intends to hold back the dispersing population. Alas, our Fatherland no longer has Stolypins with their program for settling Siberia and the Far East.
  42. +6
    April 20 2026 18: 31
    "If they don't have bread, let them eat cake"—that's Matviyenko's idea of ​​what needs to be done to prevent the provinces from turning into deserts. It's like the French queen's idea: they're too far removed from the people. What's needed first and foremost is proper work.
  43. +9
    April 20 2026 18: 42
    This lady is long overdue for retirement, she periodically spouts nonsense without realizing it.
  44. +8
    April 20 2026 18: 48
    Overblurring of territories...
  45. +3
    April 20 2026 19: 09
    Depopulation. There's no such thing as puddling. Depuddling, the process of removing puddles, is where you can attach a name. It's good she didn't say dehumanization.
  46. + 14
    April 20 2026 19: 14
    And so, the Second World War is already in its fifth year? Who would have guessed that the fifth year of the Second World War is the very reason for its depopulation. And of the very best of the nation, at that. Of course, older men over 50 are also dying, but the majority of those fighting are men between 30 and 40—men who could have fathered more children.
  47. +2
    April 20 2026 19: 51
    Matviyenko called the population outflow from vast Russian territories a "strategic threat" to Russia's security. People shouldn't be crammed into apartments in a few large cities, cut off from their roots. We must strive for even distribution. Matviyenko called on municipal authorities to prioritize these issues. Any improvements, right down to the height of curbs, should be assessed based on the criterion of whether they are comfortable for families with children.

    It's hard to say something like that... It's probably indigestion, and apparently, there's no way around medicine: either "A myocardial infarction—that's the scar"© or "Oh, it's storming today. The elements are raging..."©. And what about the "imported" migrants, so essential to the economy, who, it turns out, are very "cut off from their roots"? What should we do with them? They're no longer being effectively helped?
  48. +4
    April 20 2026 20: 01
    What does the speaker propose?

    The speaker is engaging in hypocrisy.
    Pharisaism — is a combination of external correctness of rituals and norms with internal formality, hypocrisy, and disregard for the true moral essence. In simple terms, Pharisaism is this is a behavior when a person demonstrates external piety, righteousness or integrity, but at the same time acts formally, selfishly or hypocritically.
  49. 0
    April 20 2026 20: 17
    Depopulation of territories is a strategic threat for us

    So, it's a deliberate government policy to push populations into megacities. There, infrastructure spending per capita is lower than in small towns and rural areas. It saves the budget.
  50. +1
    April 20 2026 20: 32
    Quote: lubesky
    Valya - a glass, an eternal Komsomol member

    Why is 5 rubles allocated every day for Valentina Matviyenko's lunch?

    This is not counting the salary of 2,000,000 per month (2019 data). Now it is probably even more.
  51. +2
    April 20 2026 20: 58
    Another body of the king decided to give out another game
  52. +4
    April 20 2026 21: 02
    So grab your daughter-in-law and put her in the incubator. Let her spawn three times a year. The money allows her to breed peacefully, not work until she drops. And the granddaughter too.
    By the way, she's just 17. They're trying to persuade serfs to have children at 16. So let them set an example with their granddaughter.
    And why did this lady only have one child? And her son, the billionaire, also only had one. Wasn't there enough money? Didn't they have enough living space?
  53. +6
    April 20 2026 21: 05
    as a result of the post-communist era of rule -
    And no matter how many times you multiply, my friends, you are still not fit to be settlers.
    What remains of the Russian Empire, as well as of the USSR, is the Russian Federation, which will soon have no one to populate, although it is quite possible that the Central Asian "comrades" will prevent this from happening and Moscow will turn into a real aul
  54. +6
    April 20 2026 21: 20
    First, these geniuses promote the construction of human-vacuum cleaners, and then they start to turn on their brains - one definition - effective managers!!!
  55. +5
    April 20 2026 21: 23
    Really? Who was involved in optimization before this, that villages and towns were dying and people had to move to the cities.
  56. +3
    April 20 2026 21: 47
    You have depopulated it, the rulers are either idiots or enemies.
  57. +5
    April 20 2026 22: 25
    On the thief and the hat burns.
    Who is to blame for such an antisocial policy of confining everyone to cities by destroying infrastructure, schools, hospitals, factories, and enterprises?
    This is not to mention the paranoid policy of deliberate humiliation and strangulation of the indigenous Russian people.
  58. 0
    April 20 2026 23: 10
    Russia "about money" makes no sense. Want Russian meaning? GET MONEY, LOANSHARERS, AND SPECULATORS OUT OF OUR LIFE AND EXISTENCE! Don't let even a trace of them, along with "banks-markets-investments," ever appear here.

    One cannot, while following God and tradition, indulge in the "thousand devils" of personal consumption and debauchery. It seems the Federation will be torn apart, piece by piece, due to the "cognitive dissonance" between non-Russian money and Russian meaning...
  59. +1
    April 20 2026 23: 41
    Well, this process of depopulating Russia is being successfully carried out by a team of multi-move players and a universally beloved ruler with no alternative.
    What's all the fuss about? You're getting what you wanted. Things will only get worse. But the question arises: once you finish off the majority of the indigenous Russian population, aren't you afraid of being driven out of the country by hordes of irreplaceable specialists from Asia and elsewhere?
    1. 0
      April 20 2026 23: 46
      Quote: Stas
      you will be driven out of the country

      And they themselves don't really want to stay in this country; they've long since deposited all their money with "partners" who, of course, really screwed them over, but who pays attention to such "trifles"?
      1. 0
        April 20 2026 23: 59
        Where else will they get their money if not from Russia? They'll flee to the West, and if need be, they'll quickly be stripped of their food supply. Like Berezovsky and many others.
  60. +4
    April 21 2026 00: 00
    Valentina Matviyenko said... How much and what has this man said in his long (may the Komsomol god bless her) life! Hasn't she said enough?
    1. +3
      April 21 2026 02: 41
      You haven't heard of the Ministry of Happiness yet.
      "Let's create a Ministry of Happiness in Russia!"
      An important proposal from Valentina Matviyenko: our country needs to adopt a law on universal happiness. The Cabinet of Ministers also lacks a Ministry of Happiness.
      At the same time, the Federation Council Chairperson complained that the support group on this issue is still small.
      "Immediately pass a law on universal happiness. I dream of it, and have even suggested it: let's create a Ministry of Happiness in Russia," Matviyenko said, answering a question about what law the country needs to pass right now.

      I wonder if they undergo annual medical examinations?
  61. 0
    April 21 2026 07: 33
    The solution is very simple: take away passports, prohibit movement, force women to become pregnant, etc.
  62. 0
    April 21 2026 07: 33
    All her activities, along with those of other rulers, have led to a situation where Russia, the richest country in the world, ranks 69th in terms of standard of living. Start with yourselves. When will you finally get your fill, you monsters?
  63. +1
    April 21 2026 07: 44
    Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko called the outflow of population from vast Russian territories a "strategic threat" to Russia's security.

    Just noticed? How did you know the devil is in the hole? How much longer can you keep lugging money to Moscow and making half the country out of it? Isn't it clear that for government officials, the privilege is the country's development, and the country isn't the capital but the entire country, starting with the regions, from which they draw all the resources, including human resources; they are the country's breadwinners! When will these bureaucrats finally get enough? Stop lining their pockets and bank stashes abroad, masquerading as patriotism! Now, every eighth person in the country is a Muscovite.
    Isn't it time to sweep the oligarchs' bedfellows out of the government with a broom?
  64. +2
    April 21 2026 08: 54
    I'm crying.... She herself, together with her party, set up a policy that is leading to the depopulation of Russia, and then she immediately begins to suffer from it.... Complete bullshit!
  65. +3
    April 21 2026 09: 14
    Matviyenko: Depopulation of territories threatens Russia's security

    The conclusion is clear: Russia's main enemy is the Russian official, no matter what he wears - a suit, a uniform, or a judicial robe.
  66. +2
    April 21 2026 09: 16
    Valyukha understood that without serfs it's not kosher))? And the serfs are scattering abroad. So what if our elite has a comfort zone there, then the ungrateful common people will look there too))) close the borders, take away passports wink Everyone, Max Shadaev on your phone))
  67. +2
    April 21 2026 10: 19
    Quote: Sky Strike fighter

    She already speaks a Far Eastern dialect. Depopulation.

    We speak normally in the Far East, it couldn’t be otherwise, because we, the Far Easterners, have relatives among you “beyond the Urals” and came from Russia. wink

    Earlier, Mikhail Shakhnazarov commented favorably on an official from Krasnoyarsk Krai who proposed "educating" the population...
  68. 0
    April 21 2026 10: 36
    Matviyenko: Depopulation of territories threatens Russia's security

    Yeah, they came to their senses. There wasn't a problem like that before. They just noticed. winked
  69. 0
    April 21 2026 11: 32
    It's terrible what Matviyenko, whose whole life is spent in power, says. And wow, I just found out about this. Same with the nails. It turns out we import them from China. (I'm not sure, but I think she said that.)
  70. 0
    April 21 2026 11: 36
    If only she could bring her son back to Russia from his Italian villa for 10 million euros, and then maybe the depopulation of the territories would decrease a little.
  71. +1
    April 21 2026 12: 36
    You're an idiot. The most important things in life are a stable, decent salary and affordable housing. Then people won't leave. But when some scum "bought out" even the city-forming enterprises for pennies, then plundered and closed them, then people had nowhere to go. So they flocked to the big cities "to work." You're the only one who earned a good pension, while everyone else gets pennies. So make do as best you can. And keep your parks and squares near your home; people will find somewhere to relax themselves, as long as they have something to do with it.
  72. +2
    April 21 2026 12: 41
    Madame Matvienko teaches others, but her own son refused to improve the demographic situation in Russia...he helps Italy.
    You should have kept quiet.
  73. +2
    April 21 2026 12: 43
    Valyushka's problem is not related to that. It's enough to achieve zero inflation so that the population's savings don't burn out, and so that a family doesn't spend more than 40% of their income on food, clothing, and utilities. But once real STABILITY is achieved among the people—in jobs, prices, and savings growth—then they'll start having babies like crazy. Breaking down the social problem of stability into poor schools, poor healthcare, and everything else is obscuring the obvious. But stability is impossible under the current political conditions of the dictatorship of big capital. I hope capital will soon understand that it can't protect itself from the rest of the world. And the world doesn't need it when it, along with a weak people, can be ruined and the people taken for themselves. People without a vision or prospects for the future don't care who's in power. But there's no power. So either share a piece with the people, or the foreigners will take it all.
  74. +2
    April 21 2026 13: 56
    It's like a heavy smoker smoking in a room saying that smoking is dangerous... Especially passive smoking.
  75. +3
    April 21 2026 14: 13
    And who did this? Who banned villagers from selling their produce? Who banned them from planting their own potatoes? Who banned them from collecting dead wood? Who banned the sale of medicines at first-aid posts, and then optimized the first-aid posts? And so on...
    .
    For the sake of a penny profit, they dispersed the villagers, and now, to attract millions for each, they will have to invest.
  76. +2
    April 21 2026 16: 24
    I was born in a small town in the vast expanse of Russia. In Soviet times, it had a population of 25, over 15 factories and plants, a major railway hub, schools, kindergartens, playgrounds, clubs, and sections. Everyone studied on a single shift, meaning there were plenty of schools. Now, one and a half factories are operating, and the average salary is 20-25 thousand rubles, but that's a grind, and not for everyone. The vast majority of the working population works shifts in Moscow: two months on, two weeks off at home. It's a mixed blessing. Almost all my classmates have left for the big cities. Almost all the young people have been incarcerated, and more than once. Nearby collective and state farms were declared bankrupt by decree, preventing farmers from getting a chance to rebuild their businesses. Generally, businesses are immediately exploited; you can get a foot in the door through resale, some services, construction. And that depends on how you negotiate with the administration. The hospital has virtually no doctors or medicine, and treatment or childbirth are simply life-threatening. There's nothing like that in the area. Schools have been closed and are overcrowded. Former factories and plants are looted and destroyed, as if they'd been bombed. There are no prospects, and the population is aging. Much more could be written, but anyone who lives in Russia already knows this, and those who live in Moscow are uninterested.
  77. 0
    April 21 2026 16: 34
    About the megacity. For example, in Vladivostok, a new district was built on the site of a former taiga (the forest was cleared), i.e., according to plan. For a population of 44,000, this district has only two schools with 800 students each, for a total of 1600 places for approximately 20,000 children. The education is terrible, there's a teacher shortage, but there are some advantages: if a student hasn't taken physics in all their years of schooling, they don't have to take the Unified State Exam. Or math isn't taught even in the final grades. It's unbelievable to even hear about such a thing, especially in a big city. Schools throughout the city are also overcrowded, and urban densification is underway everywhere. There's nowhere to park, there are constant traffic jams, etc. I especially want to emphasize that this is according to the urban development plan. What's the point of ranting about how a 15-fold reduction in school capacity will have a devastating impact on the birth rate? Or do you think the government isn't aware of this? Or after reading the article or comments, will they think about it?
  78. +3
    April 22 2026 08: 26
    Really, what have you personally done to increase the population? Besides talking and passing anti-people laws?
  79. +2
    April 22 2026 10: 22
    Is MatVienKa the same one who shares "the same history, the same culture, the same traditions (c)" with the Wahhabis of Central Asia?? Does she want to resettle (or, as Vasiliev puts it, "canalize") the remaining 30% of the population of the "brotherly republic"??? 😂😂😂 It's not good to hear such talk from her mouth. It would be better if she just put food in her head, she doesn't need to speak with her mouth.
  80. 0
    April 22 2026 11: 46
    The hypocrisy of those in power has hit rock bottom once again. They've done and continue to do so much to ensure families don't have children. The price of housing alone says it all. There are no jobs, but there are social services where you can "earn money." But the most important thing is "to make sure your suit fits," meaning parks and squares where you can walk with your children. For parents who have nowhere to live with their children. And there's no hope of one. Rent an apartment? And if you lose your job and can't find another? Out on the street! The healthcare that existed. Yes, there are many things that existed in the terrible USSR, but they're missing in the welfare state. For which we thank the legislators and lawmakers!