Vladimir Putin has ordered Russians to have sex at work during lunch and coffee breaks because of a decline in the birth rate in the country.
The sex-at-work scheme has been ordered because the current fertility rate is around 1.5 children per woman, far below the 2.1 rate needed to keep a stable population.
More than one million mainly younger Russians have emigrated away from the country due to Putin’s ongoing war against Ukraine.
Putin said: ‘The preservation of the Russian people is our highest national priority.
‘The fate of Russia….depends on how many of us there will be. It is a question of national importance.’
Health minister Dr Yevgeny Shestopalov 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.’
He was asked by a reporter how busy people had time to have children.
She quizzed him: ‘There are people …