The Governor of the Vologda region, Georgy Filimonov, announced the launch
of the demographic program «Family — the Stronghold of the Russian North», under which women under the age of 25 will receive 100 thousand rubles for the birth of their first child, and one of the student parents in the family will be entitled to a compensation for education, but not more than 91 thousand rubles, writes «7×7»*.
Filimonov also announced payments of 5 thousand rubles to each doctor who can dissuade a woman from having an abortion. After the birth of the child, the doctor will receive another 25 thousand rubles. A similar practice was introduced in February in the Pskov region.
As calculated by «Verstka»*, this year the authorities in at least nine regions of Russia have introduced payments for women who give birth at an early age. They are promised up to one million rubles. Meanwhile, in 14 regions, fines have been introduced for «inducing» abortions.
In Komi, girls who give birth to their first child up to and including 24 years old can receive a regional family capital of 500 thousand rubles. In Mordovia and the Samara region, they promise 100 thousand rubles for childbirth up to 25 years, in Ryazan — they promised to pay 50 thousand rubles.
In the Chelyabinsk region, students in full-time education who give birth to their first child up to 24 years old can receive one million rubles.
* Recognized in Russia as a «foreign agent».