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Vladimir Putin ridiculed after demanding Russians have more sex to halt declining population
Daily Mail ^ | 2/13/2012 | Will Stewart

Posted on 02/14/2012 6:16:56 AM PST by wolfman23601

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was mocked by his own countrymen today after urging Russians to start having more sex to put a stop to the country's declining population. In one of his more controversial presidential election campaign pledges, Putin vowed to give cash incentives to mothers who have a third child, to help encourage more births. Russia is the largest geographical country in the world but its 142 million population is smaller than both Pakistan and Bangladesh. Putin, who served two consecutive presidential terms between 2000 and 2008 followed by his current term as prime minister, warned that the current steady population decline could see 50 million fewer Russians by 2050 to just 107million people. The Russian Prime Minister, who is now seeking his third presidential term in the March election, declared: 'We are facing the risk of turning into an ‘empty space’ whose fate will not be decided by us.' 'The historic price of the choice between action and inaction is nearly 50 million human lives over the next 40 years.' Since Putin first came to power in 2000 the population has decreased by 2.5 million Russians so the Prime Minister has made increasing the country's birth rate through Government incentives one of his key election pledges. He vowed to offer more free kindergarten places, cheaper housing, and a £140 a month benefit bonus to mothers who have a third child, in a bid to boost the population size to 154million people. His latest plans also propose action to stop chronic alcohol and drug abuse, in addition to easing immigration curbs, which he had only just tightened.

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It's a brave decision. Europe and the US, of course, have no interest in the survival of their own culture and traditions. You can laugh at Putin, but the Russians still have the will to defend their culture. We can only defend the culture of others whilst our own slowly sinks into meaninglessness.

Obama is demanding just the opposite. Free birth control, no more babies.

1 posted on 02/14/2012 6:16:57 AM PST by wolfman23601
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We need to send our Ambassador .... LAZ

TT


2 posted on 02/14/2012 6:22:59 AM PST by TexasTransplant (Radical islam is islam. Moderate islam is the Trojan Horse.)
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Having more sex is only one (but a very important) step.

1. Get OFF vodka!!!!

2. Become VERY Orthodox!

3. Get married in an Orthodox Church, crowns and all!

4. Have more sex, without contraception or abortion!

5. Raise your children as Orthodox Christians, beginning from their early Baptism!

Then Russia will have what it really needs—an increase in the Russian Orthodox (NOT muslim, NOT communist/atheist) population!!!!


3 posted on 02/14/2012 6:24:09 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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Russia shares borders with China, whose population is huge and has the opposite problem, overpopulation and rapid growth.

Putin is concerned about being overrun by the Mongol hordes. And he's right. I'm sure China would love to expand.

4 posted on 02/14/2012 6:25:08 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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lol they are building their nation we are destroying ours. interesting.


5 posted on 02/14/2012 6:26:51 AM PST by television is just wrong
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Can I carry Laz's bags?

Just drop me off in Latvia, in time for the 3rd Annual Blonde Parade in Riga.


6 posted on 02/14/2012 6:27:40 AM PST by Night Hides Not (My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
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To: Honorary Serb

I’m with you, brother. Hasn’t Putin supported the Orthodox Church?


7 posted on 02/14/2012 6:28:18 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: Honorary Serb

They polled Russian women on the qualities they wanted in a mate and the results were as follows:

1. They bathed.

2. They had better jobs than they did.

3. They did not strike them.


8 posted on 02/14/2012 6:28:26 AM PST by Perdogg
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the Russians have plenty of sex

they also have plenty of abortions to clean out their wombs


9 posted on 02/14/2012 6:30:51 AM PST by silverleaf (Funny how all the people who are for abortion are already born)
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The women should REALLY start with “they’re not drunks”! Nor should they be drunks themselves!


10 posted on 02/14/2012 6:37:52 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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“It’s a brave decision. Europe and the US, of course, have no interest in the survival of their own culture and traditions. You can laugh at Putin, but the Russians still have the will to defend their culture. We can only defend the culture of others whilst our own slowly sinks into meaninglessness.”

Well stated. When Russia sees large parts of Siberia falling to the Chinese because they can’t find enough Russians to field and army, they will remember Putin’s words.


11 posted on 02/14/2012 6:41:08 AM PST by BobL (I don't care about his past - Santorum will BRING THE FIGHT to Obama)
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I honestly don't see the problem here...

And NO, I don't really care that she never won a major tournament championship.

12 posted on 02/14/2012 6:41:48 AM PST by Mich Patriot (I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself. Ronald Reagan)
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Easy for him to say, with his knockout model girlfriend. Contrast the attractiveness factor with a 225 lb cement-hauling babushka.

Let me say though that when I last visited in 2005, Russia and Estonia between them had women that simply devastated the Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes.


13 posted on 02/14/2012 6:44:29 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (The only economic certainty: When it all blows up, Krugman will say we didn't spend enough.)
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“The Russians have plenty of sex. They also have plenty of abortions to clean out their wombs.”

Agree - but it would only be logical if that’s his next step if he gets power back. Just not a popular thing to say as a candidate.


14 posted on 02/14/2012 6:44:39 AM PST by BobL (I don't care about his past - Santorum will BRING THE FIGHT to Obama)
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Having more sex is only one (but a very important) step.

You are absolutely correct. Vodka is killing Russian men. Most die before age 60. And Putin knows that capitalism needs growth. That means thay need more babies. Lots more.

15 posted on 02/14/2012 6:44:39 AM PST by Arkady Orinko
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He needs to change the country into one where women have the attitude that it is a good place to bring a child into the world.


16 posted on 02/14/2012 6:46:20 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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I also suspect he is watching the birth rates of Muslim women living in Russia.


17 posted on 02/14/2012 6:53:28 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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Maybe what they need is sex education training for their 5 year olds. That seems to be the liberal solution to everything.


18 posted on 02/14/2012 7:24:39 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Government incentives one of his key election pledges

Communism takes a long time to wear off, I see....

19 posted on 02/14/2012 7:36:20 AM PST by NoPinkos
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Isn't Russia that place where abortion is synonymous with birth control? I seem to remember watching a documentary on this once and one interview with a young woman stuck in my mind because she rather candidly mentioned something about having already had 22 abortions.. or something like that. I believe the official ‘stats’ are that there are 5 or 6 million abortions are year and only about 2 million live births.
20 posted on 02/14/2012 7:46:42 AM PST by hecticskeptic
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