Childfree Russia

Edward Lisovskii, a founder of the movement, is a marketer by profession. He headed the company "Advertising Group of the Russian Federation", which worked with advertising in the Moscow Metro,[10] as well as online with the following celebrities - Victoria Bonya, Vadim Galygin, Justin Bieber, as well as Odnoklassniki, MTS and TV show.[11][12]

In 2012, Edward Lisovskii compiled the principles of the Childfree ideology in Russia and opened several communities on social networks.[13]

In 2013, VKontakte, at the request of the prosecutor's office, blocked communities on social networks and Edward's personal accounts.[14]

In the same year, Edward's new community on the social network VKontakte was blocked without explanation, and the founder of the movement urgently left St. Petersburg.[15]

According to the results of a study by the NAFI Analytical Center, in 2020, 46% of Russians aged 18 to 45 do not want to have children.[16][17] State TV channels associate this fact with the development of his ideology.[18]

In 2021, Russian MP Vitaliy Milonov, who is famous as far-right views politician, publicly stated, that he would like to ban Childfree Russian and put in prison its founder Lisovskii for spreading "childfree propaganda".[19][20][21]

In 2022, Senator Margarita Pavlova came up with a bill to ban content related to сhildfree topics,[22] and equate Edward Lisovskii with an extremist because of his childfree views.[23]

At the same time, Edward moved to Indonesia.[24]

Lisovskii constantly emphasizes that there is no childfree propaganda in Russia.[25]