Russian-speaking immigrants are the second largest immigrant group in Portland after Spanish speakers yet are mostly invisible, said Tatiana Osipovich, a professor of Russian at Lewis & Clark.

At least 200 Ukrainians and their supporters showed up Thursday afternoon in downtown Portland to protest the Russian invasion. The group chanted in Ukrainian and sang the national anthem.

Fatima Magomadova has been in Portland for more than 20 years. She immigrated to Portland from Chechnya in the 1990s. She said conflict with Russia that began in 1994 escalated into war two years ...

President Vladimir Putin urged Russian women to bear up to eight children as Russia faces a population crisis, worsened by the ongoing war with Ukraine and rising soldier casualties.. What ...

The Russian leader has suspended the All-Russian Population Census until 2029. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 1, 2024. Mikhail Metzel/AP Photo ...

In the past year, Russia had its most significant peacetime population decline of all time. Since last October, Russia’s natural population has declined by 997,000, according to The Washington Post.