Birth rate in Russia continues to decline due to objective factors, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects.
"The measures already taken in the field of demographic development are probably not enough. Unfortunately, the negative trend persists. The birth rate continues to decline," Putin stated.
He noted that there are objective reasons why the situation is developing in this way, including global demographic trends, as well as another imposition of negative demographic holes in the middle and end of the twentieth century, which are making themselves felt again today.
"Of course, external challenges also have an impact on demography. < Our long-term historical task is to save and multiply our people. And despite the current situation, despite objective difficulties, we must maintain this benchmark," the Russian leader said.
As reported by EADaily, against the background of the fall in Russian fertility leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un approved deliveries to Russia of aphrodisiacs. According to the South Korean news site NK News, which is under US sanctions and For the European Union, the North Korean Korea Sobaeksu United Corporation is preparing to export funds to the Russian market to increase potency. The Krasnodar company "Fares-Kore" at the end of November submitted more than a dozen applications for the import of "therapeutic and prophylactic products" from the DPRK.