Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
“First of all, Orthodox Christians should get pregnant, en masse.” The Church asks to make adjustments to the struggle for the birth rate in Russia
Measures to combat the birth rate, including tough ones, should, first of all, affect Orthodox families. The corresponding request of Patriarch Kirill has already been transmitted to the Kremlin. “The Church appealed to us, called on us to separately engage in increasing the birth rate among Russians and Orthodox people. We have taken note of this request, we are thinking about how to organize everything,” said a source in the Presidential Administration, who deals with demographic issues.
These words were confirmed by the Russian Orthodox Church. “We have problems with the birth of new Orthodox people. For example, there are no problems with Muslims, there are even a lot of them. But there are catastrophically few Orthodox Christians born. Therefore, first of all, Orthodox Christians should get pregnant and from the Orthodox, en masse. Vladimir Vladimirovich was asked to do something to achieve such a goal,” a source close to the patriarch told us. He is sure that “in this matter, it is necessary to act by the method of carrots and sticks.” On the one hand, payments to Orthodox parents at the birth of a child, maternity capital should be made “at least 2-3 times higher than for Muslims or some atheists.” On the other hand, severe restrictions (a ban on abortion, the sale of condoms only with passports, and others) should also primarily affect the parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church.
“There are also things that everyone will have to do, regardless of faith, for example, pay a tax on childlessness. But to correct imbalances in the birth rate and at the same time increase it is the most important task,” the representative of the Church added. According to him, the Kremlin is thinking about how to fulfill the request of Patriarch Kirill.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6201
Perhaps these offspring should be called the Brood XIV and engage in an eternal periodic war?
Russian-Azerbaijani relations continue to deteriorate. Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed on September 4 that Azerbaijan could help restore bilateral relations with Russia by releasing 13 Russian citizens in Azerbaijani detention.[15] Azerbaijani authorities detained Russian citizens and conducted a raid on ethnic Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg in June 2025 after Russian law enforcement conducted a raid on the regional headquarters of Russian state-owned propaganda outlet Sputnik in Baku.[16] The Russian MFA issued a separate statement on September 4 rejecting reports that Russia had not compensated Azerbaijan for the December 2024 Azerbaijani Airlines Plane crash, which was likely the result of Russian air defenses shooting down the passenger plane.[17] The Russian MFA stated that a Russian insurance company had made insurance payments to the families of those killed in the December 2024 Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash. The Azerbaijani MFA responded to Zakharova’s September 4 statement and stated that it is wrong for Zakharova to portray the detentions of Russian citizens as the reason for deteriorating bilateral relations and to place the release of the Russian citizens as a condition for improving bilateral relations.[18] The Azerbaijani MFA named Russia's failure to take responsibility for shooting down the Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 as the reason for deteriorating bilateral relations. The Azerbaijani MFA also criticized the Russian MFA's September 5 statement that Russian insurance companies paying individual families satisfies Azerbaijan's demand that the Russian Government compensate Azerbaijan for the lost aircraft.[19] The Russian MFA responded to the Azerbaijani MFA on September 5 and rejected the Azerbaijani MFA's claim that Zakharova had named the release of the 13 detained Russian citizens as a condition to improving relations but emphasized that this release would help normalize bilateral relations.[20] The Russian MFA claimed that the investigation into the December 2024 plane crash is still ongoing. Bilateral Russian-Azerbaijani relations have deteriorated since the December 2024 plane crash and faced further strain due to the mutual detentions in the summer of 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said that it is impossible to conclude a peace agreement with the current Ukrainian government, effectively eliminating the possibility of serious peace negotiations. Putin said on September 5 at the Eastern Economic Forum that he “do[es] not see much point” in negotiating with Ukraine, as it will be “impossible” to reach an agreement with Ukraine.[1] Putin falsely claimed that even if Russia and Ukraine conclude a peace agreement, Ukraine must lift martial law and hold presidential elections ahead of a national referendum to codify the agreement, and that the Ukrainian Constitutional Court must then make a decision on the referendum. Putin claimed that Ukraine lacks the “political will” to make an agreement at all, however, and that the Ukrainian Constitutional Court is non-functional as Zelensky is still in power, effectively reiterating his false claims that Zelensky and the current Ukrainian government are illegitimate. Putin and other Kremlin officials have repeatedly rejected the legitimacy of Zelensky and his government, deliberately misreading the Ukrainian constitution.[2] Putin's statement is part of his continued effort to portray Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials as partners with whom Russia cannot negotiate or sign a final peace agreement.[3] ISW has long assessed that Putin is uninterested in meaningful negotiations to end the war and instead sought to delay or prolong negotiations, and his September 5 statements are now attempting to justify Russia's refusal to negotiate at all.[4] Putin is attempting to make peace negotiations impossible and falsely deflecting the blame onto Ukraine.
Medvedev also accused Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland of increasing military activity along the Russian border and urged Russia to increase its border protection in response to Finland's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and increased military activity in the Baltics.[8] Putin's accusations ignore Russia's own electronic warfare (EW) jamming operations that have significantly affected the Baltics and other states along Russia's western border in recent months, including jamming the GPS of planes carrying government officials.[9] Putin and other Russian officials continue to reject Western security guarantees for Ukraine and to aggressively posture against NATO allies in an effort to dissuade European states from supporting Ukraine, including through post-war guarantees, and to demand that Russia have a veto over any Western security guarantees for Ukraine.[10] Ukrainian forces continue to strike Russian military and energy infrastructure in Russia and occupied Ukraine. The Ukrainian General Staff and Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) reported that elements of the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), Special Operations Forces (SSO), and Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) struck the Ryazan Oil Refinery on the night of September 5.[11] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the strikes hit the ELOU-AVT-6 primary oil refining unit, which has an estimated oil refining capacity of six million tons per year out of the Ryazan Oil Refinery's entire refining capacity of 17.1 million tons of oil per year.[12] Geolocated footage published on September 4 shows a fire at the Ryazan Oil Refinery's ELOU-AVT-6 and AVT-4 refining units.[13] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Ryazan Oil Refinery is one of the four largest oil refineries in Russia and produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, liquified gases, and other petroleum products.[14] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Ukrainian SSO also struck an S-400 air defense system in Kaluga Oblast and that preliminary reports indicate that the strikes damaged a Russian command and staff vehicle and a control point. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) struck a Russian military warehouse containing ammunition and drones in occupied Luhansk City.
Putin and other Russian officials continue efforts to degrade Western unity and deter Western support for Ukraine, including undermining potential postwar security guarantees. Putin also stated at the Eastern Economic Forum that Russia will consider any foreign troops in Ukraine to be legitimate targets if the war in Ukraine continues.[5] Putin claimed that he “simply do[es] not see any point” in deploying foreign troops to Ukraine after the war because Russia will “respect those security guarantees” that Russia and Ukraine develop. Putin's statement threatening to strike foreign military assets in Ukraine is an attempt to provoke fear in the West about a possibility that European states are not considering. European member states of the Coalition of the Willing have consistently reiterated that any peacekeeping contingents that deploy to Ukraine will only do so after the conclusion of a long-term peace deal and even then would only operate in unspecified rear areas rather than on the frontline.[6] The Kremlin is also intensifying its effort to deter Western states from taking actions unfavorable to Russia writ large, including supporting Ukraine. Russian Security Council Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev accused Finland on September 5 of senselessly “interfering” in Ukraine and reiterated that Russia cannot accept security guarantees for Ukraine if Russia feels its opinions are not considered.[7]
So it is the low birth rate of “certain” Russians that concerns the state and the church?
The more this war continues the more the comparisons to Nazi germany and Russia become apparent.
Untermensch
Lebensraum
Hitler youth
Gestapo
Gott mit Uns
Deutschland Uber Alles
Good update, wish they knew how to use paragraphs better to make it more readable
That is copy of text published here more that two weeks ago.
more than..
lol shocking 😂🍈🤡
Was tongue in cheek response😂
He’s [ 🦠 ] up to his old tricks - disregard all of his posts. He loves to copy paste posts by others as a block or just repost old ones to make people think its fresh material. Anything to disrupt, disinform, misinform, get people kicked, force deletion of this thread - etc.
Ukrainian drones+missiles hit high value targets in Crimea. Yesterday, they destroyed key Russian radar installation and 3 military Mi-8 helicopters. Kyiv deployed its new “Flamingo” cruise missile to hit a Russian base. Financial losses of $50M for Putin
Curious isn’t it🤔😎
Well heck, I just found the Russian GDP 553 drones, 29 cruise missiles, and your 3 helicopters and radar unit, not to mention room some “smoking accidents”at refineries😎
I see this is the third or fourth day of casualties over 1,000 as opposed to the 800, 900 figures for past month or two. I guess the commanders have given up on the hope that peace might come soon, so are sending their troops to their death without qualms. So as a conjecture, I would say 10 to 20% of commanders have SOME regard for their troops lives. The rest are just trying to survive themselves by attacking with greater vigor, and less care, with probably fewer supplies as well.
Navy, not USAF.
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