Population census postponed
The planned 2010 Russian population census will probably be postponed until 2012. The reason is the economic crisis.
- We are preparing to postpone the population census from October 2010 to October 2012, Deputy Head of the State Statistic Service Aleksandr Surinov told Prime-TASS. The reason for this is the ongoing world economic crisis.
A population census will cost no less than 10 billion RUB. 17 billion RUB have been earmarked for preparation and implementation of the census in the federal budget.
The census cannot be conducted in 2011, because it is an election year with large federal expenses. According to Russian law, a population census should be held at least once every 10th year. The last census was held in 2002.
The next Russian population census might reveal that the population is much larger than accounted for. As BarentsObserver reported, a “rehearsal” census in three regions in October 2008 showed that two percent more people were living in these areas than officially registered. In the 2002 census 1.8 million unregistered persons were found
