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RUSSIA – Could this be the Kremlin’s best kept secret? As the war in Ukraine has passed the symbolic milestone of 100 days, speculation and rumors surrounding Vladimir Putin’s health continue unabated.
Fantasies which have also forced his indestructible head of diplomacy Sergei Lavrov to raise the subject. “I don’t believe that someone with all his head can see in this person signs of an illness or any affection”, he affirmed on May 29 during an interview on TF1.
However, at the dawn of his 70th birthday – on October 7 – the state of health of the head of the Kremlin questions and fascinates beyond the walls of the Moscow fortress.
An “advanced cancer” according to American intelligence
In January, we find that he is unable to stay in place for an Orthodox Christmas celebration. The month followed, everyone remembers the huge table to separate him from Emmanuel Macron. In April, it was his slumped position in his chair with his hand clinging to the table facing his Minister of the Armed Forces which fueled the rumor about the deterioration of his physical condition.
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Putin, sinking in his chair, gripping the table. He’s okay, right? Healthy? https://t.co/PmEo3aZtGY
– Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) April 21, 2022
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“Putin, sinking back in his chair, clutching the table. He’s fine, right? In good health?”, reacted on Twitter to this CNN journalist on April 21.
In the United States, the question is also treated with great seriousness, beyond simple speculation about his body language which lends him to the onset of Parkinson’s. In a classified report, the American intelligence services indicate instead that Vladimir Putin suffers from “advanced cancer” treated in April, according to echoes of three American intelligence officials that the magazine Newsweek just published.
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