Putin Prescribes Viagra to Critics of Russian Student Games Haul
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President Vladimir Putin advised critics of Russia’s performance at the World University Games, where it finished first with six times as many gold medals as China, to try the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra.
“I’d like to advise them to take up sports and go see a doctor if they have any health issues,” Putin, 60, told reporters near Moscow today when asked about criticism that Russia fielded Olympic medal winners at the games organized for university athletes. “At the end of the day, maybe they should try Viagra. Then life would improve, reveal some of its bright, beautiful sides, and they would see the future.”