SocietyRussia is going all in on a baby boom

The Kremlin is offering money for childbirth, expanding benefits for large families and promoting pronatalist policies. Its Family project is expected to receive 17.9 trillion rubles through 2030, but monitoring of Telegram and VKontakte shows that unpopular legislative initiatives and demographic propaganda are irritating the public, turning family support into another source of tension between the state and society.

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TThe Kyiv Independent★★★☆☆2026-09-10 10:04Original