Putin Will Give 1 Mn Rubles to Women Who Bear 10 Kids to Revive Population. But There’s a Condition
The 'Mother Heroine' award, announced in a decree on Monday, is given to women who have ten or more children, offering financial incentives as well as social recognition
Faced with a concerning decline in Russia’s population, President Vladimir Putin revived this week a Soviet-era award established in 1944 to encourage Russians to expand their families, said reports.
The “Mother Heroine” award, announced in a decree on Monday, is given to women who have ten or more children, offering financial incentives as well as social recognition in an effort to spur population growth, The Washington Post reported.
According to Russian media, Joseph Stalin established the honorary medal in the Soviet Union and awarded it to approximately 400,000 citizens. The resurrected award will provide Russian citizens with a one-time payment of one million rubles ($16,500) after their tenth child turns one year old — but only if the other nine children survive.
The medal made no mention of the Ukrainian war, the report said.
