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The Russian czar is now trying to reverse a declining birth rate and mass exodus, even plotting to trade prison terms for pregnancies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed his dream of a fairytale-style dystopia as he calls for women to serve Russia by bearing at least "eight or more" children.
"Large families must become the norm," the desperate despot ordered after sending hundreds of thousands of young people to flee or die on the frozen battlefields of Ukraine, writes Britain's 'The Sun'.
His campaign to increase the number of babies appears to be a reaction to a surprising population decline in the wake of his brutal war in Ukraine, the draft and a stagnant economy.
The Russian leader is now trying to reverse a declining birth rate and mass exodus, even plotting to trade prison sentences for pregnancies.
In a recent speech, Putin urged Russians to return to the Tsarist era when large families were common.
The paranoid and private 71-year-old is believed to have at least six children, with three partners, although he publicly claims to have only two daughters.
In his televised speech, the dictator instructed Russians to have many more babies and promised to receive state support for "motherhood".
"Thank God, many of our people have a tradition of a strong multi-generational family, raising four, five and more children," he said.
The average number of babies per woman in Russia is actually 1.42 and falling rapidly.
Putin reminded Russians that previous families had seven, eight or more children each.
"Let's remember how in Russian families many of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers had seven, eight, or even more children. To preserve and revive these wonderful traditions. Having many children, a large family, should become a norm, a way of life for all peoples of Russia. The family is not only the foundation of the state and society, it is a spiritual phenomenon, a source of morality," said Putin.
The backward demands of the Russian ruler are now being disseminated through various state policies and loudly spoken by Kremlin spokesmen.
An official said: "The reluctance to have a child now is completely against state policy."
At the same time, Russia is actively making abortions more difficult to obtain, with some regions banning them in private clinics.
Russian MP Sultan Khamzaev even proposed the adoption of children by women offering them money in exchange for not having an abortion.
Last week, a plot by Putin to turn 45,000 female convicts into baby-making machines to feed his war on fighters was revealed.
Disturbing scheme
Echoing the handmaid's tale once again – it would see prisoners in Russian prisons released for a few weeks so they could get pregnant.
According to the plot, women who were successful would be pardoned the rest of their prison terms by Putin. However, those who fail will be drawn back to their cells in the grim penal colonies.
His plea follows a drop of 555,000 in the Russian population in the first year of Putin's war, with many families admitting they are too nervous to start or raise their own families with men sent to the front in the face of mass carnage.
UK military intelligence estimates that Russia has suffered at least 302,000 casualties during the 21 months of its bitter war with Ukraine.
Russia's slumping economy will also discourage families from having children, demographers say.
Putin is well known to have two daughters with his first wife Lyudmila Putina, 65, the former first lady of Russia. The first known child is Maria Vorontsova, 38, a geneticist and leading researcher on dwarfism at a renowned state medical institution. Her sister is Katerina Tikhonova, 37, a rock'n'roll dancer-turned-mathematician who is director general of the National Foundation for Intellectual Development in Russia.
Although the Russian leader vehemently denies claims that he has other children, Putin is suspected of having several secret children.
Luiza Rozova, 20, also known as Elizaveta Krivonogikh, is believed to be a student in Paris.
Russian investigative journalists claim she was in a long-term relationship with multi-millionaire cleaner-turned-cleaner Svetlana Krivonogikh, 48.
It is learned that he has two small children with the so-called "First Lady" and current partner of Russia, Alina Kabaeva.
His secret gymnast-turned-politician girlfriend is believed to be the mother of at least two of his youngest children, who are hidden away in his heavily guarded, gold-clad Valdai palace.
There is also unconfirmed speculation that he fathered a son while stationed in East Germany as a Soviet KGB spy.
He intensely refuses to reveal details of his life to the public, despite instructing people on how many babies they should have. "I have a private life in which I do not allow interference. It must be respected" , he said.
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