Russia Resorts to Paying Young Women Hundreds of Dollars to Get Pregnant as Birth Rate Continues to Plummet: Report

Russia will start paying full-time women to get pregnant like this young mother seen in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2006. (Credit: SERGEI KULIKOV/AFP)

Some regions of Russia will start paying young women who are full-time students nearly $1,000 to get pregnant as the nation's birth rate continues to plummet, according to a Russian news outlet.

Starting on Jan. 1, 2025, women in at least 11 regions in Russia who are full-time students and between the ages of 18 and 23 (or 18 and 25) when they give birth are eligible for the 100,000 ruble (US $970.40) incentive.