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The pandemic made things “unpredictable, and in such situations, people delay birth,” said Raksha, who worked for Rosstat until this summer. Putin’s solution: promising tax breaks for larger families and stipends for those who have kids.<ref>[https://archive.md/8EDLX#selection-443.0-443.99 In Siberian coal country, signs of Russia’s shrinking population are everywhere. It ‘haunts’ Putin], ''Washington Post'' by Isabelle Khurshudyan, 2020</ref>}}

The pandemic made things “unpredictable, and in such situations, people delay birth,” said Raksha, who worked for Rosstat until this summer. Putin’s solution: promising tax breaks for larger families and stipends for those who have kids.<ref>[https://archive.md/8EDLX#selection-443.0-443.99 In Siberian coal country, signs of Russia’s shrinking population are everywhere. It ‘haunts’ Putin], ''Washington Post'' by Isabelle Khurshudyan, 2020</ref>}}

''Bloomberg News'' reported on October 18, 2022:

The [[CCP]] and [[Democrat]] toady ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' reported on October 18, 2022:

{{Cquote|Plans by Putin’s government had set the goal of starting to reverse the decline in the population in 2022 before growth should resume in 2030. Yet weeks before the mobilization was announced in September, an internal report drafted for a closed-door meeting showed officials were already concluding those targets were unrealistic.

{{Cquote|Plans by Putin’s government had set the goal of starting to reverse the decline in the population in 2022 before growth should resume in 2030. Yet weeks before the mobilization was announced in September, an internal report drafted for a closed-door meeting showed officials were already concluding those targets were unrealistic.