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Russia’s attempts to boost its flagging birth rate — through policies promoting “traditional values,” tighter abortion restrictions and officials’ encouragement of larger families — appear to be falling short, as the number of births has fallen to its lowest level in centuries.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250415095052/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/14/russias-birth-rate-plunges-to-200-year-low-a88709
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Maybe you’d have more babies if you didn’t endlessly send your young men to early graves to fuel an expansion war.🤔
Good. Fuck Russia.
According to the article, apparently not the case
The decline was even steeper in February alone, with births falling 7.6% year-over-year to 90,500 — 7,400 fewer than in the same month last year.
Nearly half of the drop can be explained by the fact it was a leap year in 2024
What? Can you explain? A leap year is one day short, right? But 90k per 365 days is like 240 per day, not 7k. Am I being a dumb dum and missing it completely?
I think that 90k was for Feb, so one extra day is 3.2k, so nearly half of the discrepancy
AHH, makes sense then.
Russians not being born is even better than dead Russians on the front lines. I’m all about this!
Finally they’re doing something good. Please, other countries follow suit.