On Tuesday, Russian legislators adopted a controversial law prohibiting childlessness propaganda. Members in the lower chamber of the Russian State Duma unanimously voted in favour of a bill which prohibits the public dissemination of material promoting the conscious choice of life without children. Content kind childfree they will not be allowed to be distributed in the media, films or advertisements.
It is crucial to defend people, especially the young generation, from the ideology of childlessness imposed on them on the Internet, in the media, films and advertisements – explained Wiaczesław Wołodin, president of the Duma. Like he said, Without children there will be no country.
In early October, Vice-President of Duma, Anna Kuzniecowa, stated that the bill was part of Russian National safety Strategy.
For Putin counts survival
The authors of the bill supply for advanced financial penalties. Individuals who will advance informed childlessness, for example in social media, can be fined 400,000 rubles (more than PLN 16.5 thousand). Companies whose advertisements will contain this kind of propaganda, will be punished by 5 million rubles (more than PLN 200 thousand).
Act o propaganda of childlessness it is now waiting until 20 November, due to the fact that it will most likely be approved by the higher home of Parliament. Then it will be placed in Vladimir Putin's hands, who has long encouraged Russian women to have at least 3 children.
If we want to last as an cultural group or cultural groups in Russia, there must be at least 2 children. If each household has only 1 child, the population will shrink. It takes at least 3 children to grow and grow – he said.
Russia will run out of men to fight
The issue of demography became even more urgent for the authorities after the fresh publication of authoritative data, which showed that the birth rate in Russia had fallen to the lowest level since the 4th century. From January to June 2024, 599,6 1000 children were born in Russia, a decrease of 16.6 1000 compared to the same period of the erstwhile year. This is the lowest birth rate in the first half of Russia since 1999.
At the same time, mortality rates are increasing, and the end of the Kremlin war in Ukraine is inactive uncertain. Although authoritative data on the victims of aggression are secret, independent media reports that by 10 October at least 72,899 Russian soldiers were killed and about 200-250 killed each day. The number of people who emigrated from Russia due to fear of mobilization or opposition to war is estimated at respective 100 thousand.
Russia's population will fall by 366,000 by the end of 2024, reaching a population of 141,913,000 in 2025.
