Demographic issues cannot be resolved without reinforcing cultural ideals, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has said Russia’s lower house of parliament has approved a law that bans licenses for movies seen as discrediting or denying “traditional values.” If adopted by the upper house and signed into law by the president, the measure will take effect in March 2026, according to the State Duma’s official website. In 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a decree listing 17