Sources: Agence France-Presse and Russia Public holidays. Women in the Volga region of Oulianovsk, who already have a child, and who give birth on June 12, Russia's next National Day public holiday, will receive a brand-new 4x4, compliments of the region's governor. Women who give birth to their first child, on that same public holiday, will receive other prizes, such as fridges and TV sets. This is part of a trend in Russia where various levels of government try to stem the decline in population that began in 1991. At the national level, women who give birth to a second child get a support package worth around 9000 US dollars.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Russia's Oulianovsk Region Offers 4x4s To Women Who Give Birth On National Day
Sources: Agence France-Presse and Russia Public holidays. Women in the Volga region of Oulianovsk, who already have a child, and who give birth on June 12, Russia's next National Day public holiday, will receive a brand-new 4x4, compliments of the region's governor. Women who give birth to their first child, on that same public holiday, will receive other prizes, such as fridges and TV sets. This is part of a trend in Russia where various levels of government try to stem the decline in population that began in 1991. At the national level, women who give birth to a second child get a support package worth around 9000 US dollars.
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