The Ukraine War Just Turbocharged Russia’s Population Crisis

Putin is obsessed… with babies.

Native Russian propaganda that encourages Russians to have more kids is widespread, and, according to French demographer Laurent Chalard, Putin routinely advocates for Russians to “make more babies.”

In 2018, Putin even started paying the parents of firstborn children an allowance of around $180 a month for 18 months — as an incentive for couples to stop being so selfish and get to baby-making.