Where has Russian been? Are they making a come back? What a lucrative way for the government to increase nationalism - it's just as fun as handing out drugs only you boost your population instead of creating a bunch of strung out losers.
If your Mom said, "Alright, I've signed you up for sex camp, you have to go procreate for the next two weeks," would you kick and scream? Well.... maybe, it is kind of strange, but it's being embraced in Russia.
This article talks about "Nashi", the 100,000 person strong youth movement run by Vladimir Putin's Kremlin that has become a central part of Russian political life. During the camp sex is encouraged and condoms are nowhere in sight.
The main reason Russians feel it's an important movement is because, "the hard-drinking, hardsmoking and disease-ridden population is set to plunge by a million a year in the next decade." Some point out the similarities to Nazis movements, while others feel it's an effort to combat democracy.
Despite the somewhat obvious governmental agenda, kids are going; obviously for the sex but also for a sense of purpose and for opportunities for an education and a chance at getting a leg up.
"Nashi supporters drown out protests by Russia's feeble and divided democratic opposition," mmm I guess sex is a powerful thing. I know history repeats itself, but how has Russia so quickly forgotten that communism didn't work out for them the first time around. The Kremlin's chief, Vladislav Surkov, is trying to explain why questioning the crooks and spooks who run Russia is not just mistaken, but treacherous." It seems to me that we have similar problems, eg. the US healthcare system; we know there's a huge problem, we know it needs fixing, but we're having trouble figuring out how to get started.
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