News Russia, battling birth rate dip, is working on 'child-free' ideology ban, says Putin ally

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Russia, battling birth rate dip, is working on 'child-free' ideology ban, says Putin ally

By Andrew Osborn

www.swissinfo.ch

Reuters) – The Russian parliament is working on a law that would ban what the authorities cast as the harmful promotion of a child-free way of life with heavy fines for “childlessness propaganda”, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, said parliamentarians had begun to examine legislation to outlaw what he described as propaganda on the internet, in films, in advertising and in the media that encourages “a conscious refusal to have children”.

Putin, who has cast Russia as a bastion of “traditional values” locked in an existential struggle with a decadent West, has encouraged women to have at least three children, saying that will help secure the future of Russians.

The issue has taken on greater urgency for the authorities after official data released this month showed that Russia’s birth rate had slid to its lowest in a quarter of a century while mortality rates are up, with no end in sight to Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Volodin accused what authorities have described as the “child-free movement” of devaluing the institution of family with an ideology which state officials fret is putting some women off having children.

“Groups and communities on social networks often show disrespect for motherhood and fatherhood and aggression towards pregnant women and children, as well as members of large families,” said Volodin.

“A friendly and large family is the basis of a strong state.”

Volodin said the draft legislation envisaged fines of up to 400,000 roubles ($4,300) for individuals found guilty of “child-free” propaganda, 800,000-rouble ($8,602) fines for state officials, and fines of up to 5 million roubles ($53,763) for companies.

MIXED RESPONSE

The announcement on his official Telegram channel was welcomed by many Russians. One commentator, Arsen, called the concept of being child-free “an evil from the West”.

Some struck a more critical stance.

“There is no such (child-free) movement,” said Ilya, another commentator. “And in general it’s up to a couple whether or not to have children.”

Denis, another commentator, said: “Perhaps worthy living conditions can be created and then you don’t need to ban it. There’s no certainty about the future of children.”

The legislation is modelled on a 2022 law that widened a ban on “LGBT propaganda”, effectively banning any public expression of queer life. Materials advocating people change their gender, a procedure prohibited in Russia, are similarly outlawed.

When asked last Friday about a potential ban on “child-free” ideology, Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, said it was too early to comment, but that Russia needed initiatives to boost the birth rate.

“Increasing the birth rate is one of the top priorities for the entire government and the entire country,” said Peskov, who in July called the problem “catastrophic”.

($1 = 93.0000 roubles)

 

[BasedRiceBro]

We need more Russian babies to be born for Beautiful Russian girls to be shared by the top men

 

[prajeet88]

All governments that are tackling this problem are tackling it incorrectly. This is a spiritual issue. Nothing to do with economics or politics. You need to push religion, ban social media, ban dating apps, and yes, ban porn.

 

[Skelly.Belgrade]

they should import jeets to fix their birthrates

 

[Kina Hikikomori]

This so-called ‘childless ideology’ is quite complex, looking from one side to the other, see, it is an international thing. It does not necessarily involve queer issues as a cause. But yes, femoid natural selection; culture of eugenics (in this case, eugenics focuses on symmetrical aesthetics); involves existentialist philosophy; it involves other ideologies within itself. Anyway, complicated. And fuck Russia, I don't care about them the same way I do the rest of the world.

Some betas like to suck the balls of the Russian state for no reason, "wow, beautiful woman, Christianity", foid and cuck worshiping cattle serving dead men.

 

[SoycuckGodOfReddit]

russians don't have sex for kids, they have sex for AIDS

 

[SoycuckGodOfReddit]

after declaring a protracted, mismanaged war, putin is suddenly whining about population issues?

russia is a shitshow

 

[solblue]

All governments that are tackling this problem are tackling it incorrectly. This is a spiritual issue. Nothing to do with economics or politics. You need to push religion, ban social media, ban dating apps, and yes, ban porn.

 

[Vesuvius Pumpkin]

russians don't have sex for kids, they have sex for AIDS

russians even don't have sex for aids, here is no sex

 

[Vesuvius Pumpkin]

they should import jeets to fix their birthrates

here is a lot jeets

 

[GeorgeSears]

Some betas like to suck the balls of the Russian state for no reason, "wow, beautiful woman, Christianity", foid and cuck worshiping cattle serving dead men.

There's a documentary in Germany about German sub 5s going to Ukraine (before the war) and getting pussy. It was some of the most embarrassing shit ever.

The women just wanted German citizenship and it was so obvious. They humiliated them on TV and the men just shrugged it off. Later none of the men got any pussy and returned back to Germany lmao.

Slavic women are whores. And it's always been like this.

I remember reading a Russian proverb about husbands going to war and the neighbour being allowed to fuck your wife, since the husband is gone and the woman has needs she has to fulfill.

Yeah Russia isn't some new age trad state. Wake up.

 

[proudweeb]

They need to ban all abortion

 

[lonelinessmaxxer]

And instead of more white Russians they are just going to get even more churkas lmao

 

[Chudpreet]

ban social media, ban dating apps, and yes, ban porn

These things just exacerbate the issue of women no longer needing oofy-doofies due to having the ability to achieve money and status on their own. Banning social media and porn won't fly, you'll just have most of the population livid. Cutting back foids' rights, or at least their right to work, is the most important step and what needs to be done first

 

[Chudpreet]

they should import jeets to fix their birthrates

And make their country ugly, chaotic, stinky, and low IQ. 'Cause you know, decent people aren't heckin' entitled to remotely livable societies