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Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of parliament and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said a new bill would tackle the “ideology of childlessness.”

Russia’s fight against the West and its values has taken aim this week at an “ideology” that the Kremlin and its allies say threatens the country’s very foundations: people not wanting to have children.

Lawmakers have proposed a ban on “propaganda of conscious refusal to bear children,” Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of parliament and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said in a post on Telegram on Tuesday.

It is the latest effort by authorities to combat the demographic strain of falling birth rates, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin says could threaten the country’s long-term outlook. In July, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Russia’s declining birth rate “catastrophic for the future of the nation.”

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[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 68 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Can we get the .ml crew in here to explain why this is actually good and freedom? Because I'm a little confused.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why does ml crew defend modern day Russia? Modern day Russia is not a communist country. I’m confused why any communist would defend the USSR in general, especially after Stalin took power. Makes no damn sense to me.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

Because they're supported, and 'west bad!!!'.

They support the hell out of chairman pooh as well, and he's one of the world's major billionaires according to the paradise papers.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago

USA bad -> Russia good

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's because tankies aren't communists, they're authoritarians.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Come on, .ml, tell us how the west has fallen and Russia is the last true bastion of civilization and people's rights. We're waiting.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

found one

A commendable effort by Russia to discourage the promotion of human extinction.

The nation starting wars and extracting fossil fuels is soooo concerned with the extinction of humanity.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I too am curious what this has to do with socialism and how it is not simply campist brain rot.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

We're waitinggg...

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago
[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

At the most the only thing that can be said is that the article says "could" and a law is "proposed". That is already concerning but it is not reality yet at least.

I don't know enough about Russian law if this maybe just means the guy told another guy while taking a piss in a toilet or if there was an official meeting and tomorrow it is voted on.