cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/3235819
Openly defending one’s decision not to have children will be prosecuted in Russia. The State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, is preparing a bill under which authorities will impose fines of up to €50,000 ($55,580) for supporting “the refusal to have children.” The measure affects all areas of life — from casual conversation to films and books — and is a serious threat to the Russian feminist movement.
The crackdown on what the Kremlin calls the “childfree” movement will result in fines of up to 400,000 rubles for individuals (around $4,300), 800,000 rubles for civil servants ($8,600), and up to five million rubles ($55,580) for companies or other legal entities. Foreigners will also be deported.
There are thousands of reasons why a person may decide not to have children, but the Cabinet of ministers has asked the State Duma to make only three exceptions to the law: religious reasons, medical reasons or in the case of rape. It also alleges that there is a mass-organized childfree movement, even though the websites on this subject are little more than a curiosity; Russian newspapers cite the existence of groups on VKontakte, the Russian Facebook, which barely have 5,000 members.
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“So what’s it like living in Russia?” “Oh, I can’t complain.”
Putin caused a population catastrophe and now is trying hard to fix it lmao
Gross weirdos, too fragile to even have a conversation without making rational arguments illegal.
More meat for the grinder.
Wow, the new superpower race is on to see who can implement The Handmaid’s Tale first.
Gotta keep the blood factory running.
Childless couples and single bachelors finally united by one powerful force!..still childless? Okay so basically two guys and a fertile woman united by another guy! Finally the family we all need! Oh. She’s already 52? Well, keep trying. That’s the spirit!
I see where JD Vance gets it from
It’s like the US and Russia’s new competition is who can be more authoritarian.
Cold War 2: the electric boogaloo
“You WILL provide meat for the grinder!”
- “Do you want kids?”
- “No”
* Gets fined *
It’s basically making consent illegal.
Can’t wait to hear the tankie apologetics for this one.
“umm akcshually this is a good thing because the US is bad and I’m way too dense to understand that two countries can be bad at the same time and you’re fascist if you disagree with me” How about that?
“The revolution will need future soldiers to fight the imperialist dogs!”
Yeah, but you put a quarter in their shopping carts guys! What an organized and crime free society guys.
Their subway is super clean guys we can’t compete with freedom like that guys.
Guys, Tucker said groceries are cheaper than America, guys. We’ve been duped into thinking life is OK guys. But also lowering prices in America is also communism guys. Russia has literally the least communist history guys, America is the real Marxist guys.
Trust me guys, American freedom has nothing on Ruzzian freedom guys. All of the benefits with literally 0 drawbacks guys, it’s insane how little consequences there are to living in Ruzzia guys.
There’s nothing more free than a brutally oppressive police state run by a dictator guys, it’s the secret recipe for freedom guys. Trust me bro.
Completely unrelated, but your comment reminded me of this old meme that always cracked me up
Reminds me of my ex
I noticed how your message addresses guys only.
"Listen, verbally defending your actions from criticism is just a western plot to sully the great minds in Russia…
You’re all just paranoid westoids who are too propagandized to understand how this is a good thing."
-Every tankie reading this article before hearing their own idiotic thoughts and going back to hexbear to have an ego-masturbating championship while being too ignorant to seize the means of their own betterment.
Is there any comment in Russia that won’t get you fined or out of the nearest window?
Believe it or not this comment sends you straight to gulag
“I want to have Putin’s babies indefinitely.”
Not specific enough - straight to gulag via Siberia
“I want to have Putin’s babies for as long as he wants me to have his babies.”
