On Monday, the Russian government supported a bill to introduce a financial penalty for “promoting the refusal to have children”. The project is similar to that relating to the promotion of same-sex relationships or gender reassignment.
According to Radio Swoboda, for spreading information that speaks positively about not having children, or even spreading neutral information on the subject, Russians will face a fine of up to 100,000 rubles (4.1 thousand PLN).
However, if such information is provided by legal entities, the fine will be much higher – up to one million rubles (approx. PLN 41.3 thousand), additionally these persons will be subject to suspension from work for three months. However, the penalties do not end there. If the promotion of not having children is directed at minors, the fine will be doubled. However, if the activities are carried out via the Internet or other media, you can get up to four million rubles in fines (165 thousand PLN).
“The concept of the bill aims to preserve and reinforcement traditional Russian spiritual and moral values and the creation of an effective mechanism for their protection. The Government of the Russian Federation supports the draft law, subject to taking into account the comments in the second reading” – reads a fragment of the document, published by the propaganda agency TASS.
Russia wants to take care of the natural increase. The law is to help
Radio Svoboda indicates that the author of the bill is a deputy to the State Duma from United Russia 51 years old Elvira Aitkulova. The woman has two daughters and a granddaughter. On her social media profile, she has banned writing negative reactions and comments.
It turns out that many high-ranking and influential Russians voted in favor of punishing for “promoting childlessness”One of these people was the Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Valentina Matvienko.
The spokesman also commented on the matter The Kremlin Dmitry Peskov, who stressed that the Russian government does not yet have a clear opinion on the draft law, but – as he assessed – everything that hinders natural increase should be eliminated.
Sources: Radio Swoboda, TASS
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