Russia

Putin Claims His Critics Drink Beer With ‘Female Sex Hormones’

HUH?

The Russian president seems very unwell.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations in Pyatigorsk, Russia, May 19, 2023.
Tatiana Barybina/Sputnik via Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin bizarrely claimed Friday that Kremlin critics living in exile drink beer with “female sex hormones.” Appearing virtually at a meeting of the council on foreign relations, Putin appeared nervous as he tried out a bit of stand-up comedy with his underlings and clumsily read from cue cards. Opposition politicians who met recently in Prague to discuss the “decolonization of Russia,” he said, “would take second place in a competition of half-wits. Why only second? Because they’re half-wits,” he said, waiting several seconds before his subordinates realized they were supposed to laugh. “Let them continue to drink beer [in Prague],” he said, claiming that “experts say” the beer contains a “large selection of female sex hormones.”

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