This is ongoing long term development to promote larger families in Russia. 15 years at least they have been working on the population issue with incentives…
https://russian.rt.com/russia/news/1552877-deputat-govyrin-mnogodetnye-udostoverenie
In Russia, the family is considered to be large, if it has three or more children, including relatives, adopted or are under guardianship, recalled in an interview with RT Deputy of the state Duma, a member of the Committee on small and medium-sized businesses Alexei Govyrin.
В России семья считается многодетной, если в ней трое и более детей, включая родных, усыновлённых или находящихся под опекой, напомнил в беседе с RT депутат Госдумы, член комитета по малому и среднему предпринимательству Алексей Говырин.
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