This is the moment when Putin got into a strange argument with a Russian scientist about the ability of sperm to swim.
The 72-year-old dictator defended screwing up Russia's budget in his crazy war in Ukraine after the world dug into his reckless spending.
The father-of-five confronted Professor Maria Fedonova, director of biology at Lobachevsky University, about whether sperm could “swim where they need to”.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich,” the paralyzed biologist told Putin [Putin]If I may, there is a problem here,” he said at a meeting with leading young scientists in Russia.
“There's a misconception that everyone thinks sperm knows where to swim.
“This is not true.”
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Putin was clearly taken aback, saying: “I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. Tell me again.”
“Sperm knows where to swim,” Fedonova, 43, a prominent neurologist, said without holding back.
“Everyone thinks so.
“That's not true, they don't know.
“And even those who swim in the right direction are not fertilized first, somewhere around a hundredth.”
“Whether they know it or not, they swim where they want to go,” Putin responded.
“This is the most important thing.”
But she corrected him: “These are the only ones we will get to know.”
She used the example of non-swimming sperm as his system for the failure of science.
She said to him: “The same applies to knowledge.”
“Exploratory research – we don't know where to swim.
“And a lot of people swim the other way.”
Vlad looked embarrassed as the others in the room laughed at her smart talk in his system.
Putin has drained funding from… sciences He looked to Russia to feed into his ridiculous war with Ukraine, which has seen hundreds of thousands of Russians killed and maimed.
“I understand,” he said defensively [certain] The issues are definitely related to finance.
“We have a specific goal and we will implement it.
“2% of GDP should go to science by 2030.”
He said that too Russia One million engineers should be educated in the next Three years, with 1.8 million by 2030.
In the new Russian budget, a staggering 39 percent is directed to defense and its security and law enforcement agencies.
Science will get less than one percent.
This isn't the only time Vlad the Vulgar has become obsessed with sperm and birth rates.
Putin has thought a lot about having children lately as he struggles to maintain a steady population to supply his front-line meat grinder.
In September, the Kremlin announced a sex-at-work policy to make Russians get more children.
The plan will obviously solve the problem of citizens complaining of not having enough time or energy for a late-night stroll.
Employees will be allowed to wear them during lunch and coffee breaks in peace.
Chiefs have been asked to encourage all midday meetings.
Vlad even dreams of creating a “Ministry of Sex” in a desperate attempt to address the country's low sexual desire and birth rates.
A number of crazy plans are being proposed for the new department.
One incredible suggestion is to turn off the internet – and even the lights – between 10pm and 2am to encourage couples to have sex.
Another bizarre idea would be for the state to pay women housewives who raise their children to do housework – and include this in their pension calculations.
The Ministry of Sex also has the idea that the state should pay for it First dates – Value up to £40.
It seems that Vlad did not imagine that the main issue was sending large numbers of soldiers to fight on the front lines – which led to the deaths of more than one hundred thousand Russian soldiers.