Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described Russia’s fertility rate as ‘catastrophically low,’ warning on July 26 that it poses a serious threat to the country’s future, but the rate is still not as bad as the worst rates in Europe. As reported by bne IntelliNews in the Putin’s babies feature, President Vladimir Putin has focused on improving Russia’s demographics since his first day in office. Russia suffered from a demographic collapse during the chaos of the 1990s and despite a brief recovery in the boom years of the noughties, the population is still in decline. Putin has made improving demo…