Leaders

Political and religious leaders stress the importance of solving severe demographic problems.

"The overall decline in population, reducing its density to the parameters of almost three times less than the global average would result in weakening of political, economic and military influence of Russia in the world, and the possibility of additional claims to the territory of Russia."
~ Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation

"Without exaggeration, the central problem of contemporary Russia is demography, strengthening the family, increasing the birth rate..."
~ Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

"We must once again make motherhood prestigious and honorable; surround the family and children with care of the whole society, to ensure that spending money on a child is natural, while on expensive unnecessary things - shameful. All of this will heal the mentality of people and increase its numbers."
~ Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill

"In order to change the situation with the demography in Russia, it is enough for every child conceived to be born. Then the whole issue will just disappear."
~ Fr. Dimitry Smirnov, Head of the Synodal Department on the Relations with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement, and of the Bioethics Commission

The Demographic Summit initiative is supported by the Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) – Head of the Foreign Relations Synodal Department of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as by Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin who is the Chairman of the Synodal Department on the relationship of the Church with Society of the Russian Orthodox Church.