Putin joked that Golikova had "eaten his ass off" with family support issues.

On October 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin joked at a meeting of the Council for the Implementation of State Demographic and Family Policy that Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova had "eaten up his head" with the topic of supporting families with children.

"And that's right! Without this (perseverance. It is very difficult to solve demographic problems," he added.

According to the head of state, demographic policy should also be based on values.

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At the end of July, Putin instructed the government and the Popular Front for Russia movement to submit proposals by November 1 to define a single standard of state support for large families. He also ordered the development of measures to reduce the administrative burden on school teachers. Rosobrnadzor and representatives of the pedagogical community will join the discussion of the issue.

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