Putin ally urges Russians to grow families, extend family year

Nina Ostanina, head of the State Duma Committee on Family Defense and a communist, is known for supporting the values and ideas of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. According to media reports, the 68-year-old is convinced Russians should be more involved in expanding their families.

Ostanina allegedly called on her compatriots to support Putin's idea that the philosophy of Russian life should become a large family. The "Belsat" service quoted her words, in which Ostanina mentioned the family year that is coming to an end soon.

It seems that three months remain until the end of the family year, but for the president, it has remained a philosophy of life, and unfortunately, many in our government have not taken these words as a guide to action. We must start by creating a positive image of the family. The criteria of the national project "Family" should be based on the main indicator, success - the communist allegedly said.

In further part of her statement, Nina Ostanina allegedly proposed extending the family year to ten years. She added that large families should receive appropriate support.

Nina Ostanina has been a member of the Russian State Duma since December 1995. In the past she ran in the gubernatorial elections in Russia in 1997 but was unsuccessful. She met the same fate in the parliamentary elections in the Rubtsovsk district.

In March 2022, she was placed on the sanctions list by the US Treasury Department as one of the 324 members of the State Duma in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A few months later, she co-authored a bill that would ban denying family values and promoting non-traditional sexual orientations.