INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
conditions for new mothers.The childbirth incentivization policy, which enters into force on Jan
1, 2025, requires that a mother must be a full-time student at a local university or college, under 25 years old and a resident of
Karelia.The law clearly states that the bonus is not available to mothers who give birth to a stillborn child, but does not mention whether
the payment is revoked if the child dies from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.The policy does not specify whether young mothers who give birth
to children with a disability are eligible for the payment, nor does it state if they will receive additional bonus payments to help with
the costs of child care and postpartum recovery.The legislative changes come amid growing pressure on Russian women to have more children as
the country confronts a demographic crisis exacerbated by high casualties in Ukraine and a wartime exodus of citizens abroad.This includes
government committees exploring new methods to ban contraceptives such as condoms; government-supported "family parades" filled with
acknowledged their existence publicly.At the same time, the government appears to be putting little effort into implementing real changes to
and many have warned that domestic abuse cases will rise as more men return from the front lines in Ukraine.In May, State Duma deputy
Sardana Avksentyeva said more than 10,000 women died in Russia as a result of domestic violence between 2011 and 2019
Her committee did not support her calls to re-criminalize the act.Although polls say 90% of Russians support the re-criminalization of
according to the state-owned pollster VTsIOM, with nearly 40% of Russian women respondents saying they do not want to have children due to
journalist Vyacheslav Shiryaev told The Moscow Times that this statistic is deceptive, as it involves nominal income increases due to
inflation while real incomes decrease
He added that the poverty rate had intentionally not been adjusted to match real inflation.Shiryaev also warned that children born thanks to
