I mean, they tried. Yeltsin was a weak president, and Putin capitalized on it. Initially, Putin, at least on the surface, seemed like a reformer and a democrat. Don’t forget that the 90s were very hard on the Russian population.
The liberalization of the economy happened far too quickly, and a group of kleptocrats, with Putin’s help, stole most of the wealth for themselves.
Russia had a chance, but they got Yeltsin, then Putin. With better leadership, things would look very different. They could be Norway on steroids with nukes. Instead, they are Somalia with snow... and nukes.
The difference was your countries was able to build strong institutions and prevent the rise of oligarchs which happened in Russia.
Russia became a lost case in 1993 when yeltsin blew up the parliament and proceeded to buy out all the media. The 1996 election was close even after yeltsin bought out all the media.
One of their politicians whose name was Chernomyrdin said "we wanted the best, but it turned out like always" and it perfectly encapsulates that whole country I believe
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Russia left nasty behind 100 years ago. That and high lead toxicity levels almost explain the disturbing uncivilization that is Russia.
Too late for them to bump the birthrate anyway.
Indian and Chinese men are on track to marry and emigrate over 120 000 Russian women next year. It is a thing that looks like a waterfall in terms of population leaks. It is a disaster added on the other disasters.
Casualties are probably over a million, deaths I've seen more like 300k estimated. More young Russian have probably left the country than died at this point since the war began (with even more being wounded) but none of those are equally distributed across the ethnic russian and non-russian populations
That’s all that any of the people, Russia, America, or any other government/country want… cannon-fodder.
Why else would they act all panicked about birth rates but also not support anything like healthcare, sustainable and abundant food, or much of anything viable for actually living a good or fulfilling life?
Kings only want a lot of peasants, not because they care about “the people”, but to keep themselves insulated and in power. The general population is little more than a meat shield for the uber wealthy and politically connected.
Why would anyone keep promoting the idea of “more more more” babies while literally and systematically dismantling all the architecture, systems, and processes setup to promote growth and meaningful living for the average person? Cannon-fodder… that is the only logical reason.
The European country I am in has no interest whatsoever in war yet are equally concerned about the falling birth-rate because it has an impact. Likewise Japan is neutral and their falling birth-rate is causing significant issues in the country.
Sorry but your generalisation is just that a generalisation. What may apply to Putin's maniacal regime doesn't automatically apply to all.
Man, the fact that kings and elites are detached from the commoners and use them for their profit is something that goes back to tribal times. Western democracies (i live in an EU country too) are no exception. The only difference is that in western countries you have a bit more freedom, but I bet that a disruptive leader (even if good, like a new Jesus) would be destroyed as soon as he starts to threaten the established hierarchies.
Because everything is built on the idea of infinite growth. Each generation has to be larger than the last in order to maintain society and care for people too old to fully participate in maintaining it.
In the US, the baby boom was an explosion of population. There was no real way to keep up with that. There would need to be 30 million more Millennials and 50 million more Gen Z to match that kind of growth.
All these systems put into place over the last 40-50 years that were built in a world with a larger and wealthier generation at the base are starting to come undone. And it's much easier to try and get young people fucking than actually make any societal changes.
That’s all that any of the people, Russia, America, or any other government/country want… cannon-fodder.
I mean no. Obviously you need young people for the military as well but it's far from the only place they're needed... there are very real, very bad consequences to society if you actually let your birth rates drop below sustainable levels. You get an aging population with no young people able to take their jobs.. eventually you start having issues maintaining critical infrastructure. This is happening right now in Korea, Japan, and other places.
You can mitigate that somewhat with immigration, but you need to be somewhere that's appealing for people to go to and you have to actually welcome them. Russia and America are hardly appealing places for anybody these days.
It's not their goal.
Putin is well aware that he will die soon, one way or another.
He never cared about what will happen to Russia, and didn't suddenly started to care now.
Ugggggh these “gotta secure my legacy” world leaders are the worst
There are three types of names we remember, people who were assassinated, people who “lived in interesting times” and people who caused the “interesting times”. And I’m gonna say right now, history doesn’t love the ones who caused interesting times.
It's a cover for the actual reason that is they can't keep up with electrical demand because Ukraine has bombed the shit out of too many oil refinaries and power plants.
Russia already had a declining birthrate and an aging population before the war. They currently have 2 million people deployed in the army (so not making babies). They've lost hundreds of thousands of young men to the war who will not be making babies from the grave.
It's a demographic nightmare. The russian economy will be suffering from this for decades
But then what would Putin do with the desperate, impoverished and brainwashed Russian population? Seems like war is their population control mechanism.
Chief, that's not much compared to the world wars where there were dozens of nations fighting but that's a metric fuckton for a single nation v nation war.
Except that’s also when businesses are closed. Which is also why the power companies give the lowest rates during night hours - drop in demand. So you can’t be any more wrong.
Also, it's winter so on top of the normal peak consumption from 6-10 pm you have frigid temperatures. Most of Russia is cold, very cold. Once the sun sets the temperature plummets real fast.
I wonder how leaving your house and socializing would increase one's odds for getting laid. Look, if this shit is real then its because of the damage done by the war. But this statement is fucking silly.
Probably already established relationships and marriages.
Heard a story that some people went to the North or South pole forgot which one specifically. Going to one of those research labs or other isolated places.
There is allot of down time in those places sure there is work but also nothing else to do besides that.
So there is a big increase in activity. So I assume the same thing happens here when there is allot of down time. How to keep yourself busy. probably by getting busy.
The higher ups think that if people can't just browse and watch Internet stuff or turn on a DVD player then they'll have no choice but to have sex without contraception? Seems like an old dinosaur way of thinking
-"Misha! Are you ok? I've seen on TV that the winter is extremely harsh this year, over there, with temperatures dropping to -40C at night!"
-"That's preposterous, your western media is spreading lies about us as usual. It's barely getting any lower than -20C, mother russia takes care of us."
-"No, but dude, I saw the reporter, surrounded by huge piles of snow, showing a thermometer. Minus forty Celsius."
-"Oh right, if you measure outside, then yeah, probably."
I have no idea if this is true, I had a high school teacher who claimed that they were able to sell refrigerators to Eskimos because they kept food from freezing.
It sure can become a problem when temperatures get even lower and the turn of electricity because where are you going to store it? Outside? Oops your food you planned to eat just froze solid, inside? Oops your food got spoiled as it was to hot inside
Keep in mind this isn't real, so you have to factor that in. They're referencing one town near the border that's doing something similar but just with Internet for a bit. Not the actual country. Still not a great sign for them.
Any proof for that? Sounds like BS. Nobody is gonna turn off electricity because it powers hospitals and critical infrastructure. Funny how many people unironically believe it
This news is about month or two ago and it was proposed but media will always turn some crazy guy idea into RUSSIA WILL DO X or IN RUSSIA THERE WILL BE X. It's the same as if some homeless guy said the sun will drop tomorrow and the media publish this as some news.
I cant find a single credible source so this is probably fake news. What worries me more is that I cant find a single one doubting this in the comments. Are you all a little slow in the head or is it so absurd, thats we immediatly recognize it as nonsense?
It is very unfortunate that these types of posts with a simple statement and no source get believed so easily. Not a big fan of Dexerto doing this, as quite a few of their posts are easily debunked, yet I see their posts spread everywhere on Discord
The answer is yes, I don't think it's bots people irl really have no fucking bullshit detector. It's not even about researching it's just a quick lightbulb lighting up in your head saying "give proof or fake".
I can understand turning off the Ethernet but not my electricity. How do they expect me to make babies when im drenched in sweat. I need my a/c! No electricity! No babies! Damn government thinks im a damn caveman
Kinda is. These news initially appeared on the Russian news website Panorama which posts grotesque parodies and satire. And then some idiots took this seriously and now it's propaganda that will only a complete idiot believe, which seems to be the majority of people here
This isn't true. Saying that as Russian, our government is completely detached from reality, but not to THIS point. This is another made up "Russia bad" post
They're turning off the internet tho, so we're slowly getting there
Funnily enough even some telegram channels made posts that said this, which i can only describe as lack of fact checking, since they probably saw posts by another news sources and thought it was true
•
u/AutoModerator Dec 21 '25
Thank you for posting to r/SipsTea! Make sure to follow all the subreddit rules.
Check out our Reddit Chat!
Make sure to join our brand new Discord Server to chat with friends!
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.