VLADIMIR Putin is telling Russians to start having sex at work in an attempt to counter the plummeting birth rates.
The Kremlin is set to implement a sex-at-work scheme after too many citizens reportedly complained of not having enough time or energy for late night romps.
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The plan has been proposed by a health minister after Putin made an urgent demand to increase the number of people having babies.
It will see staff allowed to get it on during their lunch and coffee breaks in peace.
Bosses have even been told to encourage all midday romps.
Russian doctor Yevgeny Shestopalov is pushing for the scheme to be implemented and sees it as a way to stop “lame excuses”.
He said: “Being very busy at work is not a valid reason, but a lame excuse.
“You can engage in procreation during breaks, because life flies by too quickly.”
Putin has said in the past that “the fate of Russia depends on how many of us there will be”.
Calling the huge push for more babies a “question of national importance”.
Give birth, give birth and give birth again, you need to give birth
Zhanna Ryabtseva
Blinkered politician Tatyana Butskaya, 49, has even drawn up a blueprint plan telling Russian employers to coerce women into having babies.
She said:“Large families are becoming the new elite so (regional) governors should report on the birth rate.
“Each employer should look at their workplace, what is your birth rate?
“This is exactly how we should pose this question, we will monitor it.”
The sex-at-work scheme is just one of many initiatives in Russia aimed at women and couples.
In Moscow, women aged 18 to 40 are being told to attend free fertility checks to assess their “reproductive potential”.
Several regions are even offering students cash rewards if they give birth.
Chelyabinsk is paying any mum under 24 a whopping £8,500 for the birth of their first child.
Karelia has a similar scheme with them paying £850.
A number of prominent Putin politicians have been ordering their residents to think about having children from a young age.
Anna Kuznetsova has demanded women should have their first born before they reach 21 so they can go on to have multiple other children.
As MP Zhanna Ryabtseva has echoed similar thoughts saying women should already be thinking about having kids by the time they reach 18.
She said: “Give birth, give birth and give birth again, you need to give birth.”
Russia’s current fertility rate is just 1.5 children per woman.
This is far below the typical rate of 2.1 which most researchers agree is vital to keep up a stable population.
The population of Russia is expected to take a worrying nosedive over the next 25 years.
Projections say the 144 million population Putin controls as of today will drop to under 130 million by 2050.
Critics say Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is to blame for the shrivelling birth rate.
Almost 640,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the fighting started in February 2022, according to Ukraine.
This has torn families apart with fathers and husbands yet to return home.
The uncertainties of war are also said to be scaring young couples away from starting a family.
Who are Putin’s children?
THE official number of Vlad’s offspring is two, according to the Kremlin.
These are a pair of daughters, Maria Vorontsova, 39, and Katerina Tikhonova, 37.
Both come from his previous marriage to ex-first lady Lyudmila Putina.
Their marriage lasted 30 years, spanning Mr Putin’s rapid rise to the top of Russia’s political system.
Tikhonova started as an acrobatic dancer in her younger years before she went on to spearhead a major new Russian artificial intelligence initiative.
Vorontsova has built a career in medical research, is an expert on dwarfism and married to a Dutch businessman, Jorrit Faassen.
But, independent journalists recently confirmed Putin has a number of other hidden children.
Two sons, Ivan, nine and Vladimir, five, have reportedly grown up with the tyrant and his longterm lover Alina Kabaeva, 41.
They have already confirmed another daughter, Luiza, 21, born from an extra-marital relationship with a cleaner turned millionaire.
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