Companies will be required to report the number of children under six years of age their employees have.

This figure will be taken into account when determining which companies are eligible for state support, Vladimir Putin announced at a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. "Socially responsible businesses" will also be defined based on their spending on "developing traditional values."

At the end of December, the Russian Prime Minister Michael Mishustin approved the "Business Social Capital Standard." The resolution states that the standard's application by organizations "is voluntary." However, it will be used to assess the "real impact of companies on public welfare."

In total, the government decree lists 95 indicators for evaluating businesses. These include the proportion of employees who are war veterans, the average number of children per employee and children under six, the proportion of parents with many children out of the total number of employees, as well as those who are married, and the organization's spending on family and parenthood support programs and projects aimed at "developing traditional Russian spiritual, moral, cultural, and historical values."

At the beginning of this year, Russia's population was 146,119,929. Last year, it was even higher—146,150,789. At the height of the war, by 2023, Russia found itself in a deep demographic hole.

For example, in Tomsk area The birth rate has fallen by half over the past 10 years: in 2014, 14,5 thousands children, and in 2024 - 7,6 thousandBecause there is no one left to attend kindergartens, they are being converted into other institutions.