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Irina Mironova is an exceptional woman in the modern Russia, at the age of 27 she already has two children.
Young mothers do not trust the Government
"I was an only child and always wanted a big family," she says as we sit drinking tea in her tiny one-bedroom apartment in the city of Novokuibushevsk.
And now her love of children looks set to bring her a major financial reward.
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