Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on demographic issues said that in Russia “there is a growing readiness to have children”. The greatest desire to become parents supposedly arises among people in the temporarily occupied Kherson region, which Putin also considers Russian territory.
This is reported by Kremlin-controlled media.
Also, according to him, besides Kherson region, “a growth in readiness to give birth” is also observed in the TOT of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
In his opinion, such activity is facilitated by the Russian system of support for birth rates.
Note that, since January 2025 at least 27 Russian regions have introduced payments for young mothers, including pregnant full-time university students and schoolgirls. In most regions the conditions for these payments apply to young women up to 25 years old. In March 2025 a number of Russian regions expanded the payments to include pregnant schoolgirls as well.
In addition, in schools in the TOT of Kherson region the occupying authorities planned to introduce a course to stimulate birth rates.