Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament, said Russians should have at least three children and start a family by age 35, ideally earlier. Matviyenko, 77, has one child herself.
Valentina Matviyenko, the 77-year-old speaker of Russia's Federation Council (upper house of parliament), said in a public statement that Russians should have at least three children and build a family and career by age 35, the earlier the better. The remark, reported by Russian media, aligns with the Kremlin's longstanding pronatalist push amid a demographic crisis, but drew online attention for the speaker's own reported family size: one child. Matviyenko's office did not immediately address the apparent contradiction. No further details or official policy proposal were attached to the statement.
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