Russian President Vladimir Putin is urging Russians to have more children. 
"Large families must become the norm," Putin said in a speech Tuesday. 
Russian birth rates are falling amid war in Ukraine and a deepening economic crisis. 

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.

  • Seraph
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    151 year ago

    Literally repeating histories mistakes from 80 years ago. It will take a couple generations to even start to heal this wound.

    • @Stamau123OP
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      211 year ago

      2016-2020s really feels like the greatest hits of the crises of the 20th century. I guess the last ww2 vet dies and everyone decides to forget everything.

      • MartinXYZ
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        61 year ago

        2016-2020s really feels like the greatest hits of the crises of the 20th century.

        Yeah and it’s not even a remix, it’s just a clip show.

      • @ghostdoggtv
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        01 year ago

        everyone decides to forget everything

        You must be living under a rock somewhere