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President Vladimir Putin stated during his annual year-end press conference that Russia's birth rate coefficient stands at 1.4 children per woman, calling for measures to raise it to at least 2.0, ...

Russia's birth rate has fallen for a decade, with the total fertility rate projected at 1.374 children per woman by 2025, ...

Patriarch Kirill advocates for a legislative ban on abortions without husband consent, citing emotional vulnerability in ...

What was once framed as encouragement has increasingly become pressure, with women and girls at the center of a state-driven campaign to raise birth rates. Over the past year, the Kremlin has moved ...