To encourage more births
Putin gives 13,000 pounds to every Russian mother who gives birth to 10 children
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered a huge sum to every Russian mother who can have 10 children.
With the population being so low, Putin hopes that this amount will help encourage Russian women to start large families;
To address the issue of low births.
President Putin signed the new decree on Monday, August 15.
This is considered a revival of the title launched by the Soviet Union, which is "the mother heroine", and that was during the rule of former Soviet President Joseph Stalin, after the population of the Soviet Union declined dramatically as a result of the Second World War.
Stalin was awarded the Order of "Mother's Glory" of the third, second and first degrees.
The medal of the first degree was given to mothers who gave birth to nine children, while it was awarded to those who gave birth to seven children of the third degree.
The Russian mother will receive the amount provided by Putin when she gives birth to her tenth child, which is in his first year, and her ten children must be alive, with the exception of those who kill her children in conflicts or in terrorist attacks.
The title issued by Stalin was discontinued following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, but it bears the importance of major state awards such as Hero of Russia, for services rendered to the state, and Champion of Conscious Labor for distinguished "public and economic activities".
Russia is suffering from a severe decline in the population, which reached a record in July of this year.
In 2021, the population decreased from 146 million to 145.3 million, a decrease of 57,000 people per month, according to the Moscow Times.
"When the Soviet Union collapsed, the country slipped into a serious demographic crisis," said demographic expert Alain Blume of the National Institute of Population Studies to France 24.
"For the first time, the death rate in Russia significantly exceeded the birth rate, which led to a decrease in the population," he added.
In 1992, 148.3 million people lived in Russia, but this number has fallen to 143 million at the beginning of this century.
"These days, people of childbearing age are the ones who were born during that period, and there aren't enough of them to increase the population," Bloom said.
It is said that Putin himself considers this issue of paramount importance and always mentions it in his speeches, and some believe that Putin regards the population as a sign of the strength of the state.”
• This is a revival of the title launched by the Soviet Union, which is the "mother heroine", and that was during the reign of former Soviet President Joseph Stalin, after the Soviet Union suffered a large number of deaths in World War II.
• The Russian mother receives the amount provided by Putin when she gives birth to her tenth child, which is in his first year, and her 10 children must be alive.
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