Russia will refer women who do not want to have children to psychologists under new health guidelines designed to address a systemic demographic crisis
Russia’s dwindling birth rate has been one of President Vladimir Putin’s main worries during his 25-year rule and with Moscow having sent hundreds of thousands of young men to the front in Ukraine over the last four years, the problem has only worsened.
Under new guidelines from the health ministry for reproductive health checks, doctors will ask women how many children they want to have.
