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.”

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.”

  • barsquid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    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.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      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.

    • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      2 months ago

      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.zoneEnglish
        2·
        2 months 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.

    • a Kendrick fan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      02·
      2 months ago

      this is why .world is full of mostly braindead folks who’ve never had to think for themselves, only what their master propagandists feed them

      to be fair, i didn’t have to respond, i did to bust your cocky egos. in what world do supporters of the American Empire think they’re superiors to fanboys of the Russian state? isn’t the repeal of Roe v wade even worse than whatever this Duma member is threatening?

      • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        You actually didn’t respond really. At best you barfed a whatabautism and then assumed everybody is American.

        Feel free to give a real answer if Duma allows you to.