STORY: Russia's lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted unanimously to ban what authorities call harmful "child-free propaganda." The effort aims to help reverse the country's plummeting birth rate ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has taken a new initiative to tackle the country's rapidly declining birth rate in the face of the war with Ukraine, which is estimated to have caused 700,000 ...

(Reuters) - The Russian parliament is working on a law that would ban what the authorities cast as the harmful promotion of a child-free way of life with heavy fines for "childlessness propaganda", a ...

President Vladimir Putin has announced a series of plans to increase the number of children being born in Russia from an average birth rate of under 1.5 per woman to 1.7 within four years. Last year ...

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Birth rate at lowest in 25 years, mortality rate up Putin's Russia wants to protect "traditional family values" Women cite financial insecurity as main reason for not having children Law joins other ...

Putin casts Russia as bastion of 'traditional values' Authorities target 'child-free' lifestyle Cast it as harmful Western-inspired 'movement' New law would introduce fines for such propaganda Sept 24 ...