Russian state news agency TASS reported Wednesday that a bill banning so-called “childfree” propaganda had been submitted to the State Duma, the lower house of the country’s parliament. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.
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00:00Don't want to have children? Don't go saying that in Russia.
00:03Russian state news agency TASS reported Wednesday that a bill banning so-called
00:07child-free propaganda had been submitted to the State Duma, the lower house of the country's parliament.
00:12Reuters quotes State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin as saying,
00:16a friendly and large family is the basis of a strong state.
00:19The move did attract criticism.
00:21Russian activist Nikolai Kavkosky told Newsweek that the Kremlin wants to ban everything that does not fit
00:27into its so-called traditional values, and said,
00:30for there to be fewer such bans, people need to start getting involved in political activity.
00:34Unfortunately, many do not understand this.
00:37The new bill is in line with recent right-wing moves by the Russian government,
00:40such as last year's Supreme Court ban on the LGBT movement.
00:44Population growth is a particular fixation of the regime,
00:47especially as the war in Ukraine draws away the country's military-age men.
00:51An Atlantic Council report from last month said the United Nations projects that Russia
00:55could have 25-50% fewer people by 2100.