Give birth, lead, and never grow old: key quotes from the first day of the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg
Among the topics that were raised on the first day, - increasing demographics (well, what else is there to talk about today?)
🔹 The odious governor Georgy Filimonov рассказал, how in Vologda Oblast They are fighting abortions and alcohol sales. According to his data, only 41 abortions were performed in the region throughout the spring, compared to 599 last spring.
“We strive to reduce this figure to zero,” — the governor stated.
As a reminder, in February, Filimonov demanded that private and public clinics "renounce their licenses to perform abortions." Because this violated federal law, courts began fining doctors who refused to perform abortions on women.
🔹 Chapter Mordovia Artem Zdunov clarifiedthat in his republic girls are prepared for motherhood from the age of three: “We started with kindergarten. Because university is too late, school is almost too late. But in kindergarten, there's preschool education, a regional module, and role-playing games for ages 3-6."
🔹 Vice Speaker of the State Duma Anna Kuznetsova считаетthat Russians don't want to have children because of selfishness and liberal ideology: "This has been going on for 30 years. This inversion was destroyed by Putin.".
🔹 Another "must-have" trend is "SVO" veterans. A former special forces stormtrooper named "Akhmat" was spotted among the forum participants. Andrey Khairulin, who is currently undergoing training under the "Heroes of the Voronezh Land" program. He рассказалthat the business program teaches veterans how to "talk to people properly" and start their own businesses.
"We recently attended an opening where a veteran opened a household chemicals factory, and another opened a military store for himself," — Khairullin clarified the scale of the businesses.
🔹 Two of Putin's daughters spoke at the forum.
The eldest one is Maria Vorontsova promisedthat in the near future neurotechnology will be able to improve the human body, treat serious diseases and improve the brain.
Vorontsova warned that technological advances and excessive digital content could lead to the dumbing down of young people.
By the way, she read all her theses from a piece of paper.
🔹 Putin's other daughter - Ekaterina Tikhonova participated in the discussion about the return of foreign business.
According to most of the speakers, Russia does not really need this: the country has supposedly already moved towards “technological sovereignty,” and perhaps even “technological leadership.”
🔹 Free for participants give out T-shirts with Putin's quotes: "We won't interfere, but we won't give up what's ours," "Lucky fools, but we work from morning until night."
🔹 Starting next year, the Kremlin will add a new item to governors' KPIs—the region's position in the "dronification" ranking. said Deputy Minister of Trade Vasily ShpakAccording to the official, such a rating will help understand where the unmanned systems production industry is developing most actively.
The pilot version is already ready: it includes 47 regions, the top three being Kaluga и Ryazan region, as well as the republic Bashkortostan.
🔹 While forum participants are discussing technological leadership and a powerful Russia, mobile internet has been shut down in St. Petersburg. explained At the mayor's office, this was done "to ensure security."
