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.
Maybe he doesn’t realize it’ll take a couple decades, and he’ll be dead by then, for any women having children now to see them old enough to fight or have any impact on the country
I think he’s under the delusion that he will remain in power until he’s 90
Or he firmly believes his successor (whenever that happens) will glorify him as a savior of some sort and be left with a glorious country, full of opportunities for the young adults. Delusions are free, just like dreams
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I don’t think he plans to leave country alive
I don’t think any of us leave this life alive
I mean I don’t think he plans to not kill country.
That’s what I’m saying essentially. Though maybe I gave him too much credit by thinking he might relinquish power when he’s on death’s door.
He’s a victim of his own purging culture. I’m sure he is afraid that when he is out of power, he will be purged, just like how he purged his competition.
Same with Xi of China.