May be this is why Putin dissolved his gov't... Skip work, make babies, says Russian governor http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL1146620220070912 ULYANOVSK, Russia (Reuters) - The governor of a central Russian province urged couples to skip work on Wednesday and make love instead to help boost Russia's low birth-rate. And if a woman gives birth in exactly nine months time -- on Russia's national day on June 12 -- she will qualify for a prize, perhaps even winning a new home. "It's normally something for the home -- a fridge or a television set," Yelena Yakovleva at the Ulyanovsk regional administration press office, said. "It doesn't matter if it's a girl or a boy." Newly-weds Karina and Anton Bukhanovsky walked hand in hand down the main street of the regional capital of Ulyanovsk. They live in St Petersburg but travelled to Ulyanovsk to soak up the atmosphere on Wednesday. "I used to live here," said Karina, aged 19. "We plan to come back on the same day next year and try for a baby and the prize nine months later," she said. Anton, aged 21, kissed her gently on the cheek and they strolled off arm in arm. Regional governor Sergei Morozov told employers to contribute to a Kremlin campaign to boost the birth rate by giving couples Wednesday off to have sex. Russia wants to reverse a trend in which the population is shrinking by about 700,000 people a year as births fail to outpace a high death rate boosted by AIDS, alcoholism and suicide. This is the third year Ulyanovsk region, famous as the birthplace of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin, has dedicated a day to encouraging couples to produce more babies. Photo Prizes will extend equally to unwed women who produce children on the right day, though the biggest prizes will go to married couples. On Russia Day this year, a family won a jeep after their fourth baby was born on the holiday. Next year, the top prizes will include an apartment, Morozov told Reuters. "We need more people," he said. This year a record 78 babies were born on June 12 at the main hospital in the regional capital of Ulyanovsk, beating the 2006 total of 26, said chief doctor Andrei Malykh. "The scheme is working. People want the prizes," he said. A mass wedding and special lessons for children at school on how to deal with having a brother or sister are also planned in Ulyanovsk city, which is about 900 km (560 miles) from Moscow. At the town's central post office, a sign urges locals to write love letters for free to anywhere in Russia, with postage pre-paid. This week First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, a possible successor to President Vladimir Putin, said he wanted to stabilise the population at about 142 million by 2015 and boost it back to 145 million by 2025.
they desperately need an increase in population. the recent growth in their economy is entirely attributable to oil prices, which isn't a good sign. their infrastructure is literally falling apart.
Except that they're very xenophobic and hate immigrants and discourage them from coming - which makes the pop increase pretty difficult.
I smell a new hit reality showwwwww... Contestants battle it out to give birth first to win a refrigerator. Mother Russia, coming this Fall on Fox.
ana is single once again bc one loser(iglesias) didn't want to make babies with hot soviet chick. and why does everyone keep referring to the soviet union as russia?
Ya know... this might sound weird, but... Russia is probably in an prime position to be attacked and conquered by another country.
Well, at least the governor is encouraging Russians to come more often... even if he doesn't want immigrants to come.
It actually would make sense for China to take Vladivostok up to Yakutsk (basically, looking at a map, the Far Eastern Federal District). They are far closer to Beijing than Moscow, and they are vast tracts of empty land that Russia can't fill, while China has the obvious population pressures. It’s my understanding that as it stands many Chinese immigrate there for work temporarily. Of course Russia wouldn't like this for 'strategic' reasons, and they have all those big bombs, so it will never happen.
Speaking of Russia, apparently a remake of "Married with Children" has become a pretty big hit over there: NY Times Article about the show Youtube clip
Russia had always had a problem with population, they had a program in the old days where they reward people to have more kids. Well, China tried to copy that program for a little while, that didn't turn out to be a wise choice, so now China has the one kid policy. I say China send 300 mil people to Russia and make tons of Eurasian babies!
they broke up 3 months ago. it was the biggest news in spain while i was visiting over there . ana was ready to be a mother and i guess that scared Enrique away, so he broke up with her. they say she didnt leave her room for an entire month. Ana y enrique han roto oh and to not derail the thread, skip work, make babies is a good policy new slogan for the NfL
