[MinorityRepublican]

[PGR88]

Wait - its not climate change after all?

[Jewbacca]

Obviously. Who would voluntarily sign up to be a single mom in Russia?

It’s not like they treat war widows any better than their soldiers.

“Here, Comrade Patriot! Have a tin medal for your troubles.”

[knarf]

Babies or no babies is the result of sex or no sex.

Considering the confusion governments have been instigating in children, it's no wonder they don't have normal sex that makes babies.

[EnderWiggin1970]

Western propaganda trying to paper over how the culture of narcissistic self-extermination is an export from the Western world into Russia. While Russia has suffered from low birthrate for decades following the loss of confidence in communism, the failure to recover even decades later is tied to the inroads of Western culture where spiraling depopulation is a major issue.

If you compare the population drop from the Black Death, or the most genocidal invasions in history (such as the Muslim conquest of northern India), to modern Western birthrates, they are similar. Then break out the dissident sub-populations such as Amish/Mennonite, unassimilated immigrants and so forth, and the bulk of Western populations show as being in even worse shape. The culture of self-extermination is generally speaking more extreme than the worst plagues and hostile invasions in history. Putin is right to obsess about defeating the culture and worldview the Western elites are trying to force on Russia.

[escapefromboston]

Not going so well over here either. Probably for largely the same reasons.

[natalie227]

The best and brightest have been leaving Russia for a long time. The war increased the rate. Russias GDP is less than Texas and Russia has 5 times the population
The Russian women want out. A failed country getting worse.

[DesertRhino]

“Growing up in St. Petersburg, Dasha, a 29-year-old marketer and artist”

I think I see the problem, she pursued a career. Well, she got it

[Jhadur]

They ought to be blaming the Soviets. I’m hardly Mr. Environmentalism, but what the Soviets did to the land over there is monstrous. You don’t believe it until you see it firsthand...

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Now I’m confused. I thought all Russian women under 40 moved to the US to work for the Government, military contractors or tech companies and now spy for China.

[toddausauras]

Less people is not something that should keep anyone up at night. IMHO.

[RatRipper]

Pooty needs more cannon fodder. . . .

[Organic Panic]

Anyone got Dasha’s number? Send it to me...

[ScottinVA]

It won’t be long (a couple generations or so) before Russia’s muslim population reaches majority status.

[popdonnelly]

They should emigrate before Putin gets them killed.

[SamAdams76]

This August, he revived the Soviet-era “Mother Heroine” award, which pays $16,000 to women who have 10 or more children.

Missed opportunity for that Griner basketball-playing girl.