Salon.com > birth rate http://www.salon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 03:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Vladimir Putin calls on Boyz II Men to help boost Russian birth rate http://www.salon.com/2013/02/01/vladimir_putin_calls_on_boyz_ii_men_to_help_boost_russian_birth_rate/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/01/vladimir_putin_calls_on_boyz_ii_men_to_help_boost_russian_birth_rate/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13188061 Not an Onion headline: Vladimir Putin, a Russian guy who does things, has enlisted Boyz II Men to aid him in his "crusade to raise the country's birth rate." At least, that's what the way the Moscow Times spins it: On Feb. 6, the "stylish" 90s R&B group will "perform a selection of their classic and new romantic ballads" in Moscow, "hopefully giving Russian men some inspiration ahead of St. Valentine's Day."

The Telegraph notes, however, that it's not clear if Putin personally invited the band:

Whether or not the Russian kingpin personally got on the phone, tracked down their agent and demanded that they “do the show right here” is pure speculation on the newspaper’s part. It’s a little hard to believe … but it’s also not impossible to imagine.

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