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.

  • @Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
    4•7 months ago

    The crisis is that without enough babies, there will not be enough young people to support the older people.

    So you didn’t read a word I said beyond the first sentence. Got it.

    • @Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      I do not understand your comment as my comment was building upon yours as you went down the billion support path and I just added the old age pension path.