{"id":3436,"date":"2025-12-08T15:57:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:10:20","slug":"putin-suggests-new-approach-to-boosting-birth-rate-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/putin-suggests-new-approach-to-boosting-birth-rate-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin suggests new approach to boosting birth rate in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Men should be encouraged to take a bigger role in family life and child-raising, the president has said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a new initiative to raise birth rates in Russia, calling for measures that encourage more active fatherhood in addition to existing maternity support.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Monday at a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects, the Russian president said the country needs a broader, more long-term approach as the demographic situation continues to worsen.<br \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe family is based on mutual respect, on the participation of both parents in raising children,\u201d<\/em> Putin said. <em>\u201cTherefore, alongside supporting motherhood, we need to think through measures to support responsible fatherhood.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The president said the idea is for men to take a more active part in everyday family care, in decisions about having children, and be more involved in their upbringing. Putin added that responsible fatherhood also entails leading a healthy lifestyle and preserving reproductive health for as long as possible.<\/p>\n<p>According to Putin, the demographic agenda should focus on system-wide tasks designed to support families in a sustained way.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"RT\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6840286985f54044d76bec7c.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/618636-russia-abortions-promotion-ban\/\">Major Russian city backs fines for promoting abortion<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Russian officials have long warned of a looming demographic crisis in the country. The Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reported only 1.222 million births in 2024, the lowest annual total since 1999, marking a decline of one third compared with 2014. This reflects a worldwide trend in both developed and developing countries towards sub-replacement fertility rates.<\/p>\n<p>To reverse the trend, the government has introduced a range of support measures, including lump-sum payments for childbirth, expanded maternity benefits, and ongoing financial assistance for families. The Soviet-era <em>\u201cMother Heroine\u201d<\/em> award offering cash rewards to women who have more than ten children has also been revived.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have proposed other policies as well, such as discouraging the promotion of <em>\u201cchild-free\u201d<\/em> lifestyles and offering extra tax breaks for larger families.<\/p>\n<p>Putin has repeatedly stressed the importance of improving economic and social conditions in order to promote larger families and make parenthood a widely supported choice. In June, he endorsed the creation of a national family support service. Last year, he established a presidential council focused on family and demographic policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Men should be encouraged to take a bigger role in family life and child-raising, the president has said Russian President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3440,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3436\/revisions\/3440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}