'Crazy' Putin blamed for Russian 'erectile dysfunction epidemic' as birth rates crash

Vladimir Putin has been blamed for a chronic lack of Russian babies in a scathing attack by a top scientist.

The professor warned Russia's population is collapsing because thousands of young men were being slaughtered in the Ukraine war.

He also pointed to a growing rate of impotence in men as a result of Putin's "crazy" actions.

Igor Gundarov, 77, is a chief scientific officer of the Research Institute of Public Health at Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy. He launched a stunning attack on Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine.]

The professor decided to speak out after women were blamed for the falling birth rates in Russia.

He said: "They say that women don't want to give birth because the standard of living has risen….she needs to study, to have a career, and so she puts it off until she's 30, and then it doesn't work out."

However, he insisted that women "do want to give birth" but claimed there is an "epidemic of psychogenic infertility, erectile dysfunction."

Professor Gundarov blamed the war in Ukraine for exacerbating Russia's declining birth rates, pointing to the huge number of casualties.

"We are going to capture Kyiv, here the price is demographic," he added. "Why do they not tell us the figures of the dead? Everyone knows every single soldier, so from whom are they hiding them? From us?"

The scientist noted that the mortality rate of young men is rising by 40 to 50 percent.

"That's why abortions have fallen, there is no one to conceive because children are not made with a finger," he said.

"All those who make children….end up [dead] in the steppes near Kherson [in Ukraine] amid the tall grasses.”

Last year Russia's Health Minister Mikhail Murashko criticised women for prioritising their education and careers over having children, labelling it an "improper practice."

He claimed women were facing increasing problems such as "infertility and miscarriages" by delaying the decision to start a family.

Russia's birth rate has been declining for a number of years. In 2022 there was a 2.42 percent decline on the previous year.

In 2023, the rate fell by another 2.48 percent. This year so far there have been 11.108 births per 1000 people, a 1.95 percent decline from 2023.

Putin's army has suffered a horrific number of casualties since hostilities broke out in February 2022.

Various estimates put the number of injured and dead at over 500,000 - with some even suggesting up to 700,000 casualties have been sustained.