Putin signs law banning advertisements for abortion in Russia
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Reproductive rights is code for "I don't want to be responsible for my actions".
Putin vows to halt Russia's population plunge with babies, immigrants
If current trends continue, Russia's population will drop from 143 million to 107 million by 2050. Putin vowed in a newspaper article yesterday to reverse that trend if elected.
CS Monitor
February 14, 2012
Moscow — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia's falling population poses a dire threat to the country's existence, which he will reverse with sweeping new social policies if he's elected to a third presidential term in polls that are now less than three weeks off.
In the fourth in a series of wordy programmatic articles aimed at spelling out what he would do with a fresh six-year Kremlin term, Mr. Putin said Monday that Russia's long-standing demographic crisis, which features low birth rates coupled with unusually high working-age male mortality, could eventually turn the huge country into "a geopolitical 'void' whose fate would be decided by other powers" unless current trends are turned around.
Among the measures he proposes are a fresh assault on Russia's catastrophic rates of male alcoholism, special allowances for women who have more than two children (an idea that's been tried before with limited success), improved housing and educational prospects for all Russians, and a "smart" immigration policy that will entice Russians living abroad to return to the motherland and attract educated and talented young foreigners.
When he first came to power 12 years ago, Putin inherited a catastrophic population crisis. The number of Russians was shrinking by 0.5 percent each year and the prospect of a national breakdown was widely discussed by social scientists. But a decade of relative political stability, higher living standards, and public health campaigns have boosted male life expectancy from a 2003 low of 58 years to 63 today, and raised fertility rates from about 1.2 children-per-woman in 2002 to 1.6 in 2011 (still short of the 2.1 level experts say is needed to sustain a population), according to the state statistics service Rosstat.
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If current trends continue, Russia's population will drop from 143 million to 107 million by 2050. Putin vowed in a newspaper article yesterday to reverse that trend if elected.
CS Monitor
February 14, 2012
Moscow — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia's falling population poses a dire threat to the country's existence, which he will reverse with sweeping new social policies if he's elected to a third presidential term in polls that are now less than three weeks off.
In the fourth in a series of wordy programmatic articles aimed at spelling out what he would do with a fresh six-year Kremlin term, Mr. Putin said Monday that Russia's long-standing demographic crisis, which features low birth rates coupled with unusually high working-age male mortality, could eventually turn the huge country into "a geopolitical 'void' whose fate would be decided by other powers" unless current trends are turned around.
Among the measures he proposes are a fresh assault on Russia's catastrophic rates of male alcoholism, special allowances for women who have more than two children (an idea that's been tried before with limited success), improved housing and educational prospects for all Russians, and a "smart" immigration policy that will entice Russians living abroad to return to the motherland and attract educated and talented young foreigners.
When he first came to power 12 years ago, Putin inherited a catastrophic population crisis. The number of Russians was shrinking by 0.5 percent each year and the prospect of a national breakdown was widely discussed by social scientists. But a decade of relative political stability, higher living standards, and public health campaigns have boosted male life expectancy from a 2003 low of 58 years to 63 today, and raised fertility rates from about 1.2 children-per-woman in 2002 to 1.6 in 2011 (still short of the 2.1 level experts say is needed to sustain a population), according to the state statistics service Rosstat.
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Raising babies is cruel and unusual punishment.
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I was thinking the same.
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Because Obama is encouraging women to have kids?
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Its funny that we're told constantly about how Russia is evil when they have more respect for human rights than America does.
(Russia) FSB surveillance system > PRISM
Russia to monitor 'all communications' at Winter Olympics in Sochi
Exclusive: Investigation uncovers FSB surveillance system – branded 'PRISM on steroids' – to listen to all athletes and visitors
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I'm not in favor of what they're doing with surveillance, but I could see the US trying to plant some spies in Sochi during the games.
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I have no problem with them spying on foreigners at a high profile event.
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He's just embarrassed the US is making his country look soft.
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I agree, and Russia should be an US ally. The real enemies are Israel, China, and the House of Saud.
Do you think Russia is going a bit overboard with this?
Russian Government Confirms That Gay Activists Will Be Arrested at 2014 Olympics
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...y-Activists-Will-Be-Arrested-at-2014-Olympics
Russian anti-gay bill passes, protesters detained
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-anti-gay-bill-passes-protesters-detained/
Russian Newspaper Accused of Violating 'Gay Propaganda' Law
http://www.advocate.com/news/world-...ewspaper-accused-violating-gay-propaganda-law
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No, I think that they're doing an amazing job and 100% support that law.
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So, advertising for infanticide is a slap to tyranny?
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Never took you for a gay-rights crusader.
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Well, I heard that some gay activists were planning on sabotaging the 2014 Olympics.
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