Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine

Business Insider, via Yahoo! News ^ | November 30, 2023 | Tom Porter

[Timber Rattler]

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.

"Let us preserve and revive these excellent traditions. Large families must become the norm, a way of life for all of Russia's people. The family is not just the foundation of the state and society; it is a spiritual phenomenon, a source of morality."

"Preserving and increasing the population of Russia is our goal for the coming decades and even generations ahead. This is the future of the Russian world, the millennium-old, eternal Russia," Putin continued.

Putin's remarks come amid decades of falling birth rates in Russia that its invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent economic fallout have only made worse.

[JonPreston]

[SgtHooper]

I hear Lazamataz is already over there, offering his services! Could we defeat the new Russia with all those Lazzarooskies running around!?

[ransomnote]

The Russians have lost far fewer than ‘hundreds of thousands’ and have lost fewer than the Ukraine.

I think the Russians are wise to look ahead, and plan for the future. Sadly, Zelensky doesn’t care what happens to Ukraine - his single focus is serving his masters and so he uses Ukrainian citizens as cannon fodder.

[kiryandil]

a stupid, pointless invasion of a neighboring country

The Russian army is in the Russian Federation, repelling an offensive by the Armed Farces of The Ukraine.

[kiryandil]

So you’re claiming that Putin (or his double) did NOT make those specific remarks at the World Russian People’s Council in Moscow this week?

That's "The Putin" to you, snek.

[Pox]

And as we and other countries have discovered, once that’s ingrained in multiple generations, it’s not going away without a fight, and probably never going away.

Civilization has gone loopy, and the only fix will be when civilization collapses and goes back to its roots to begin anew, IMO.

[Pox]

I”m happy to see I’m not the only one to have observed this phenomenon.

[kiryandil]

So in other words if you don’t like what is being reported, it must be propaganda. If you do like what is being reported, it must be true.

What is it with you angry Canadians, angry Brits and angry Aussies?

The Commies running (ruining) your countries aren't keeping you busy enough?

[JonPreston]

The Putin :)

[kiryandil]

“Fertile Myrtle”

[McGruff]

I might want to check out one of those hot Russian brides.

[kiryandil]

Some things never change...  

[JonPreston]

I wonder if these angry malcontents have any idea of their amusement value :)

[kiryandil]

They wore wool instead of lycra in those days. Ow.  

[ronniesgal]

she is just awful IMHO.

[Allegra]

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Russians to lrarn gteater love. Good news.

[cabojoe]

At least Russia still has women that can have children. Ukraine is throwing their women into the trenches, and that won’t end well.

[JonPreston]

[cabojoe]