Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree, reviving the Soviet-era war of “Mother Heroine” as the country battles a demographic crisis fueled by plunging birth rates.
The Russian president Putin this week signed an order that said women who bear and raise 10 or more children will be bestowed with Russia’s ‘Mother Heroine’ title as an ‘honour’.
They will also receive a one-time payment of 1 million rubles (approx ₹13 lakh) after the 10th living child turns one, local reports said. The mothers will ‘qualify’ for the ‘award’ even if any of their children die in battle, as the result of a terrorist act or in an emergency situation, the report said.
