Through president Putin's madness and his attack on Ukraine, Russia, which seldom had problems with fertility, is beginning to experience an expanding demographic crisis. There are 2 factors. Firstly, the number of children born in the country is decreasing all year. Putin's worst regulation was 2022, but according to the results of the first half of 2023 this figure dropped by a further 3%, to 616 thousand. All indications are that little than 1.2 million children were born in 2023.