mo4ch:>Russia’s population will skyrocket to 166 million if abortions are banned – Patriarch | Mo4ch News

If Russia gives up on abortions, its population will grow to 156 million by 2029 and to 166 million by 2039, according to calculations by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill.“If we want to increase the real population in Russia, we must remove the problem of abortions in its current scale,” the Patriarch said.Demographic problems won’t be solely solved through money bonuses given to families with kids, known as “maternity capital” in Russia, he warned.The Russian population stood at almost 147 million last year, according to state statistics agency Rosstat. However, it was the first time in a decade that it decreased by 87,000.As for abortions, there were 567,000 such operations performed last year, according to the ombudsman for children’s rights, Anna Kuznetsova.Also on rt.comRussian Orthodox priest says abortions ‘scarier than the Holocaust’Earlier this year, Kirill blasted women who decided to have an abortion after learning of foetal abnormalities, saying th…