Russia’s Oryol region to reward pregnant schoolgirls with one-off cash payments
A woman jumps over a bonfire at the Ivan Kupala fertility and self-purification festival near Moscow, 6 July 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV Andrey Klychkov, the governor of Russia’s western Oryol region, has raised eyebrows by extending an existing programme that awards pregnant students in higher education with one-off payments of 100,000 rubles (€1,100) to schoolgirls, according to Russia’s legal information website.