Comments by "Gulnara Kamalova" (@dr.verbena) on "Why is the Kremlin worried about population decline? - The Global Jigsaw podcast, BBC World Service" video.

  1. Russia is now a child-centric society. People want children, but they can afford as many as they want or not all of them can, and this is the tragedy of many women in the 90s and today in Russia. Children are not forever, plus it is very expensive and grown-up children often mean more expenses than on adults. Children are the main factor of poverty. And we have no future. I think Putin himself arranged this. Until 2014, the economy was growing and the demographics were better. He turned it down and got a plateau, and in 2022, a decline.
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