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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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[–] uis@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (6 children)

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 10 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)
[–] Auzymundius@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

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