Russia’s lower house of parliament has approved a bill outlawing ‘propaganda’ that discourages people from having children, the latest in a slew of restrictive laws as the Kremlin tightens control over society. The new legislation, which requires two more readings in the State Duma and the upper house’s vetting before being sent to President Vladimir Putin for final approval, criminalises spreading information that advocates voluntary childlessness and makes it punishable by fines of up to five million roubles (€47,000). “We have in principle formed a legal field within which we have protected…