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Fortune
Yvonne Lau

Millennials and Gen Z are blaming Putin for intensifying Russia's baby shortfall: 'It's pretty bad for us'

Russian schoolchildren hold bouquets of flowers while partaking in a. school ceremony on September 1, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. (Credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr—Xinhua via Getty Images)

Growing up in St. Petersburg, Dasha, a 29-year-old marketer and artist, dreamed of having a “complete family.” Raised by her mother and grandmother, her father left when she was in elementary school.

”I grew up thinking that I would be married and have a family of my own before I turned 25,” she told Fortune. 

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