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Crude logic: This is how Putin wants to encourage Russians to have children
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Since bonuses and other financial incentives don’t help, Russia wants to boost the birth rate in another way. A new law aims to protect traditional family values.
Public and private advertising of childlessness in Russia is now prohibited under penalty of law. Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin signed a law that provides for heavy fines of up to one million rubles (around 9,300 euros) for each violation. This means that the idea of childlessness should no longer be spread on the Internet, in the media, in cinemas and in advertising. This should not be advertised, especially among young people, said Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma.
“A woman’s decisions not to give birth” are not affected by this law, he added. Rather, it is about “protecting the young generation from destructive influences”. Everything should be done to ensure that new generations of citizens in Russia grow up “with traditional family values.”
Russia: Law aims to boost birth rate
With this law, Russia wants to boost the birth rate, which fell to a 25-year low in the first half of 2024. The demographic crisis was recently exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, which apparently caused many people in Russia to postpone family planning.
The total population of Russia has continuously declined in recent years. While in 1990 there were just under 149 million people living in Russia, there are currently just under 144 million. According to calculations by statisticians, this number in the vast empire could shrink to 133 to 136 million by 2050.
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