Proposed legislation in Russia would prosecute those who defend their decision not to have children, imposing fines worth thousands of dollars upon those who break the law.
The initiative comes after the nation recorded its lowest birth rate for the first half of the year since 1999, according to Reuters. Concretely, 599,600 children were born in Russia in the first half of 2024, 16,000 fewer than the same period of the previous year.
