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To safeguard traditional Russian values

Russian law against child-free

propaganda

The context, what is the news about?

• Law against child-free propaganda
• Contrast to demographic decline
• Defense of traditional values

Legend

• Anonymalisation

• Metaphor and rhetoric

• Use of Honorifics

• Individualism/Nomination

• Overlexicalisation

• Hedging

• Aggregation/Collectivism

• Quoting Verbs

• US/THEM division

• Functionalisation/Impersonalisation

• Modality: explicit/implicit

commitment of the author in what he

is writing (personal opinion/

sympathy/opposition)

Russia seeks to ban ‘propaganda’ promoting childfree lifestyles A law that would ban “propaganda” ( hedging ) seeking to champion a childfree lifestyle has cleared its first hurdle in Russia’s lower house of parliament ( functionalisation ), gaining unanimous approval among lawmakers( aggregation/ collectivism) for a bill promoted as a means to increase the country’s birthrate. The new legislation sets out fines for those deemed to be discouraging ( hedging ) people from having children Individuals could be fined up to 400,000 rubles, while the figure rises to 5m rubles ( overlexicalisation/statistics ) for businesses or entities ( functionalisation ) Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the Duma (use of honorifics), said ( quoting verb ): “It is important to protect people, primarily the younger generations ( functionalisation ), from having the ideology of childlessness ( overlexicalisation ) imposed on them through internet, media, films, and advertising.” Supporters of the legislation have described ( quoting verb ) it as a matter of national security, arguing that arguments against having children are part of a broader effort by the West to weaken Russia ( us/them division ) by encouraging population decline ( functionalisation ). “It is an element of professional propaganda ( overlexicalisation ), part of a hybrid war aimed at reducing the population said ( quoting verb ) Elvira Aitkulova, one of the bill’s authors (use of honorifics).

Russia seeks to ban ‘propaganda’ promoting childfree lifestyles Against the backdrop ( metaphor ) of a long-standing Russian demographic crisis ( overlexicalisation ), where the population is shrinking and ageing ( functionalisation ), Vladimir Putin’s solution ( individualisation ) is to push for the return to what the Kremlin calls “traditional Russian values” ( metaphor ), encouraging women to have large families. A new law against “child-free propaganda” , which is set to criminalise the spread of information advocating for not having children, has sailed through the lower house of the Russian parliament(functionalisation). Now, such a sentiment is not only disapproved of in Russia, but will also soon be illegal ( modality ). Putin has said( quoting verb ) that Russia’s demographic crisis “haunts” him ( metaphor/personification ) and frames it as a critical national security problem, as the prospect of long-term population decline risks commensurate loss of Russian power.

Putin so terrified of shrinking Russia he's banning child-free 'propaganda' Daria Serenko, co-founder of the Feminist Anti-War Resistance movement (use of honorifics), who has left Russia, said ( quoting verb ) it was a warning to women that their bodies, minds and actions were under the control of the state ( functionalisation/metaphor ). “This is a situation where the state wants to have monopoly on your body, on your voice, on your private life, on everything” ( overlexicalisation ). As the prospect of similar laws and abortion multiply ( hedging ), women are not willing to defend their rights through fear of arrest ( functionalisation ). She said ( quoting verb ): “They are afraid. Women do not want to go to court because they know very well what the consequences will be”. According to the Russian rights group First Department ( anonymalisation) , the ban could punish women ( hedging ) who even post online about the hardships they experience as mothers. “It will be impossible to say or write anything that is aimed at creating a ‘positive image of childlessness and a conscious desire not to have children’”, the group wrote( quoting verb ) in a legal analysis of the bill. Independent Russian demographer Alexander Raksha (use of honorifics) has estimated ( hedging ) that Russian deaths would outnumber births by 608,000 this year. In September, Russia’s statistical agency( functionalisation ) reported ( quoting verb ) that the number of births for the first half of the year plunged to 599,600, the lowest since 1999.

Common elements

• Demographic Crisis: Both articles link the law to concerns about Russia’s declining population.
• Traditional Values: They highlight the promotion of a narrative based on “traditional values” to justify social control. - Critics of Freedom of Expression: Both highlight the implications of the law on the ability to express dissident opinions, though with different perspectives.

thanks for your attention

Alessio Rinaldi MAT. LM-52 international studies , University of Pisa