Yeah but our leaders mean well.
At least that's what CNN and MSNBC says...
Posted on 02/17/2024 2:06:15 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Russian President Vladimir Putin is feeling the heat from a demographic crunch.
He's calling on Russians to have more babies to preserve their ethnicity, Reuters reported on Thursday.
"If we want to survive as an ethnic group — well, or as ethnic groups inhabiting Russia — there must be at least two children," Putin said at a tank factory, according to the news agency.
It's not enough just for each family to have one kid — because Russia's population would contract, Putin said, while issuing conflicting statements on how many kids families need to have.
"In order to expand and develop, you need at least three children," said Putin, per Reuters.
Russia was in a demographic crisis even before it invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
The country's population was 146.4 million at the beginning of 2023 — down from nearly 149 million in 1993, according to official statistics. However, this is up a low of around 143 million in the early 2010s.
The war is taking a toll on the population: Between 150,000 and 190,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine, the UK's Ministry of Defence wrote in an intelligence update in October.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
2022: Contraceptives are easily available over-the-counter from pharmacies without a prescription. However, whereas these were often provided for free during the Soviet era, they usually have to be paid for nowadays. Emergency contraception formally requires a prescription, but you can often obtain this from a pharmacy without one. - https://www.expatica.com/ru/healthcare/healthcare-basics/healthcare-in-russia-104030/
Per 100 women aged between 15 and 49 years in Russia, more than eight used an intrauterine device (IUD) for contraception in 2020. - https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290946/iud-contraception-use-in-russia/The the call to deter abortion is mainly driven by the demographic crises Russia faces, due to nominal religion and legal contraception and abortion, even while he criminalizes the most conservative Christian group from sharing their faith, as well as all others apart from the control of the state church.
Russia on the Brink of a New Demographic Collapse [likewise as re. USA citizens]
The demographic situation in Russia is characterized by high mortality rates, low birth rates and a corresponding population decline. The increase in the population over 60 years of age and the high difference in the life expectancy of men and women point to a demographic crisis in the country.
As is well known, the population in Russia, which had been growing until the second half of the 20th century, tended to decline after that period due to famine, wars and infectious diseases, especially among children. However, the high birth rate during this period compensated for the demographic damage. Today, Russia is facing demographic deterioration due to low birth rates, transformations in lifestyles, changes in the role of men and women in the family, the reflection of these changes on social roles and many other reasons.
As a matter of fact, the increasing labor demand of the Russian economy necessitates the recruitment of migrant workers. Therefore, there is a process that changes the socio-cultural structure of the country and the ethnic structure of the society is changing. All this weakens the demographic power of the country. - https://www.ankasam.org/russia-on-the-brink-of-a-new-demographic-collapse/?lang=en
08/16/2023, 09.25: Falling birth rates and the issue of abortions in Russia by Vladimir Rozanskij
Fewer than 100,000 children were born in 2022, which has not happened since 1940. The Ministry of Health now wants to introduce controls on abortion drugs. Moscow has one of the most liberal abortion legislations in the world. The Orthodox Church is pushing to change it.
In reality, as gynaecology expert Olja Krumkač explains in an interview with Novaja Gazeta, the ministerial statements do not speak of contraceptives, but only of abortifacient means that are not found in pharmacies, but are assigned by the doctor after a specialist examination. Even now, these preparations are very strictly controlled in the larger cities, especially in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The purpose of the controls is mainly to obtain more statistical data on medical terminations of pregnancy, an operation that is rather complicated due to the cross-referencing of data between public and private clinics, given that in Russia the practice of abortion is very widespread and rooted in the popular mentality, as a centuries-old Soviet legacy.
Incidentally, abortion drugs are also used in obstetric practice for other purposes, and in any case private facilities are rather reluctant to disclose their patients' data. The same ministerial indications specify that the procedure of medical termination of pregnancy 'does not involve harmful influences on the reproductive function following treatment'.
Russian legislation on abortion remains to this day one of the most liberal in the world: women can have an abortion up to the twelfth week, without any justification or procedure, and in the following weeks it is permitted according to social parameters, such as the consequence of rape or the risk to the woman's health and life. - https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Falling-birth-rates-and-the-issue-of-abortions-in-Russia-58975.html
08-08-2023: Never before have so many abortion pills been requested in Russia as in 2022. The rising demand comes at the same time as announcements from the government to increase control over abortion.
In total, 1.4 million abortion-inducing drugs were sold, data from the RNC Pharma consultancy shows. In addition, 2.2 million emergency contraception pills went over the counter, Kommersant reports. The new numbers show an increase of 60 per cent and 53 per cent, respectively, compared to a year earlier. According to RNC Pharma's development director Nikolai Bespalov, the rising numbers are the result of the "special military operation" in Ukraine, "Western sanctions" that caused people's incomes to fall, and the "partial mobilisation" of Russian men.
There's a solution to this.
Islam.
The need for more babies because it’s a matter of ethnic survival.
Have you not noticed the birth rates among all the illegal invaders flooding this country, and muslims in particular?
Of course, in those days, most men were also responsible bread winners and protected their families, too.
[Why do poor countries have higher birthrates?]
They can’t afford cable?
Things fall down, not up, too.
Does Putin have to tell you that too?.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Biden and the Dems are wanting to kill more babies.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Biden and the Dems are wanting to kill more babies.
IBTZ.
How many have we killed via abortion and useless Middle East wars to make the MIC rich?
Not to mention the billions in materiel abandoned in Afghanistan.
The poor in America are told: “You don’t need to raise your child... The State will do it for you!!!” Cradle to Grave indoctrination...
And he's personally setting an example. How many out-of-wedlock babies has he fathered? At least, he personally provides for them.
What?
Just cause you hate the guy he can’t make a correct statement now and then?
The most biologically successful is the man with the most children.
You like him?
That’s a better message than leftists here telling women to abort due to environment
.....then behind the scenes they usher in illegal immigrants replacements.
Wait - what? What does “white people have a right to exist” have to do with Putin’s statements? This isn’t “white people”, this is a specific “Russian” ethnicity that he is trying to preserve (which itself is not problematic), as a means of achieving a form of supremacy.
Posting Scripture references to justify White Power/Neo-nazi philosophy is disgusting.
How is a Russian leader that is trying to preserve the Russian people a form of “supremacy”.
You are an idiot.
Should putin be importing millions of africans / muslims / illegals into Russia like America is doing?
***SIGH.....***
Are you a closet liberal or something?
If not, why are you using their *debate* tactics?
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