Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine
Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine
Russia's birth rates have been falling for decades, and the war in Ukraine has made it worse.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is urging Russians to have more children.
"Large families must become the norm," Putin said in a speech Tuesday.
Russian birth rates are falling amid war in Ukraine and a deepening economic crisis.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is urging women to have as many as eight children as the number of dead Russian soldiers continues to rise in his war with Ukraine, worsening the country's population crisis.
Addressing the World Russian People's Council in Moscow on Tuesday, Putin said the country must return to a time when large families were the norm.
"Many of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, had seven, eight, or even more children," Putin said.
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but is he willing to guarantee a sack of potatoes for each one that dies in his war, and can we maybe get a few of those potatoes up front
maybe get a few of those potatoes up front
It's good to see such unbridled optimism in these dark times.
we bring our own sacks
No no, he's planning the next war now.😕