"In response to the alarming fertility statistics, Health Minister Dr Yevgeny Shestopalov has dismissed the argument that demanding work schedules prevent people from starting families.

"Life flies by too quickly," Shestopalov remarked, emphasising that even those working 12 to 14-hour days should use their breaks for procreation.

Putin has previously highlighted the urgency of the situation, asserting, "The preservation of the Russian people is our highest national priority. The fate of Russia...depends on how many of us there will be. It is a question of national importance."

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Of course, invading his neighbor Ukraine at the costs of 100's of thousands of Russian lives, for no apparently sane, realistic reason, doesn't help matters any.

Sounds like Vlad is telling Russians to 'get busy' on top the desk and in the janitor's closet to make up for his mistakes playing, 'Big Hero Who Restored the Soviet Union'.