This initiative is part of Russia’s broader strategy to reverse its population decline, which has reached historic lows.
Russia's current birth rate is 1.5 children per woman, and a birth rate of 2.1 children per woman is needed to sustain a population. Moscow's birth rate, in combination with heavy casualties from ...
The regional law clearly states that the policy would not apply to mothers who give birth to stillborn babies. Russia ...
Russia is facing a demographic crisis with its birth rate hitting a 25-year low. To combat this, the government is offering financial incentives, including cash payments to young mothers and stricter ...
According to Russia's Federal State Statistics Service, or Rosstat, only 599,600 children were born in 2024 -- marking a 2.7 ...
Russia has introduced measures to increase birth rates by offering financial incentives to female students under 25 who give ...
Female college students in some Russian regions can get 100,000 rubles, or about $900 at current exchange rates, for having a ...