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Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine (www.businessinsider.com)

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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.

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[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 88 points 7 months ago

Hey Putine, let me help …..

All you gotta do is excuse people from military service for being a parent. Pretty soon all military aged males will be parents and you’ll greatly reduce the number of deaths in Ukraine. Win-win

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

That's actually pretty brilliant. Although it would also grind new recruits to a halt. It's almost like he should retreat and take the L and try rebuilding

[-] uis@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

All you gotta do is excuse people from military service for being a parent. Pretty soon all military aged males will be parents and you’ll greatly reduce the number of deaths in Ukraine. Win-win

Sorta kinda exists, but you need at least 4 children below 18 years. But I don't think this increases amount of military aged males or any doctors being parents.

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Oh, so you need to start at the age of 14 max.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I mean children's age))))

[-] Auzymundius@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

He meant that you'd have to start fathering children at 14 so that you could have 4 of them under 18 by the time you turn 18, which would be the age for military service.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ah. I got it. So you won't be conscripted after school. Well, there are other ways to delay it like leaving country or getting professional or higher education.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Or you can start at 17, but you will need 4 of them. MIMO approach. Or MISO. Depends how you view it.

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I know. I was joking. The ol' Lemmy switcheroo.

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