Russia Weaponises Traditional Family Values to Boost Its 'Catastrophic' Birth Rate Russia's recent emphasis on family themed events in Moscow has sparked questions about the country's motivations behind promoting traditional values.
Beneath the surface lies a complex narrative, one that involves not only boosting birth rates but also rebranding Russia as a bastion of traditional values in the face of demographic decline.
The facts are stark: Russia's population has been shrinking for most of the past decade, with deaths outnumbering births by an average of 600,000 annually.