Russian President Vladimir Putin encourages early marriage to address declining birth rates, citing North Caucasus traditions during his recent call-in show.
Unless you have something like a WW1->22 year gap->WW2 situation, it’s not going to be a factor. You cannot convert infants into soldiers that quickly. Plus, raising kids consumes resources, near-term. If he managed to get every single child-bearing-age woman in Russia pregnant this year, Russia might have a lot more human capital down the line, but until the kids are in the workforce, they’re a resource drain, not a source of more resources. He probably doesn’t need more of a drain on resources in the war.
He can maybe try to start to shape Europe for conflict a couple of decades down the line, but even then, it won’t be this war, and he probably won’t be alive to see it. The man is 73.
Unless you have something like a WW1->22 year gap->WW2 situation, it’s not going to be a factor. You cannot convert infants into soldiers that quickly. Plus, raising kids consumes resources, near-term. If he managed to get every single child-bearing-age woman in Russia pregnant this year, Russia might have a lot more human capital down the line, but until the kids are in the workforce, they’re a resource drain, not a source of more resources. He probably doesn’t need more of a drain on resources in the war.
He can maybe try to start to shape Europe for conflict a couple of decades down the line, but even then, it won’t be this war, and he probably won’t be alive to see it. The man is 73.