Russia’s dwindling birth rate has been one of President Vladimir Putin’s main worries during his 25-year rule and with Moscow having sent hundreds of thousands of young men to the front in Ukraine over the last four years, the problem has only worsened.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Russian Politician: “We’re going to implement a nationwide psychological health care system [evil]”

    Russian Treasury: “That’s going to cost money”

    Russian Politician: “Just tell psychologists to do it for free.”

    Russian Professional Association: “Now nobody wants to be a psychologist.”

    Russian Politician: whispering to state security service

    sound of Russian Professional Association getting thrown out a window

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      Hang on you’re telling me all the people worried about “demographic collapse” are just racists that discount a lot of people (especially immigrants) when doing their projections?

      Kurgezant me shocked!!!

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      7 days ago

      Saying “ethnic Caucasian family lines” in the context of Russia is very different from what you think it means.

      Terminology from the nineteenth-century ‘scientific racism’ theory needs to die.