(Paris) Bathing in blood taken from the horns of a Siberian barren deer. Stool collected by loyal staff to avoid the possibility of analysis. Mysterious lack of medical treatment.
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Rumors about the 70-year-old Vladimir Putin’s health in October are vicious, harsh and verifiable.
They explain that as he leads the bloody war in Ukraine, and as a result shapes the future of Europe, an important aspect of the Russian president’s health is that his absence is minimal.
During his two-decade reign, almost nothing was leaked to his true health except that he revealed radiation malignancy and form. Boot on horseback, boot without a shirt, boot on judoka …
But the age of the Russian president and his physique have changed over the years – his face appears swollen, his movements sometimes tense – speculation begins again.
What are the charges?
The most in-depth inquiry into Putin’s health was published in April by the Russian language site Proekt, which, according to open sources, corresponds to the president’s visit to his Dutch home in Sochi on the Black Sea in recent years. With the movement of the doctors Armada.
Among them, thyroid oncologist, Evgeny Selivanov.
Bathing in blood extracted from Siberian deer antlers is rumored to improve longevity and sexuality, a method recommended by Siberian Defense Minister Sergei Shoi.
According to the French weekly magazine Paris competitionWhen he went to France in 2017 and to Saudi Arabia in 2019, when Vladimir Putin went to the toilet, he was taken away by the team responsible for collecting his feces in order to avoid any sample that could provide information about his health.
Recently, the weekly magazine Newsweek, Citing U.S. intelligence sources, said he was being treated for advanced stage cancer in April. The US National Security Council has denied the allegations.
General Kirillo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s intelligence service, told Sky News that Putin had cancer.
What information?
In the fall of 2012, when the Russian leader disappeared from public view and canceled meetings, the Kremlin confirmed the first and only health problem. The Kremlin later reported muscle spasms and a Russian newspaper reported problems with the spine.
According to the Proekt website, major health problems appeared during this period. The COVID-19 epidemic triggered the Russian president’s bizarre behavior, which, according to observers, reflects his paranoia.
Officially, the head of state has been vaccinated, but, unlike most of his colleagues on the planet, no picture has yet been released of him receiving the dose.
Its visitors are subject to strict precautionary measures, including isolated days. Everyone remembers the big table separating the Kremlin leader from his foreign guests, especially during a visit in February before French President Emmanuel Macron began the war.
Mr. Only observers who have agreed to submit to the tests that Macron has refused are authorized to approach and shake hands with Putin.
During a meeting between Vladimir Putin and his minister Shoiku in late April, images of the Russian president clutching the desk sparked speculation about a possible way to cover up his tremors.
In addition, the Kremlin has postponed the signing and indefinitely postponed the annual event in which the president speaks on the phone with his comrades in June.
During his annual press conference in 2020, only a few journalists who had been duly inspected and isolated were allowed into the room. And the president often manages the day-to-day business through video conferencing.
What does the Kremlin say?
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has always denied the allegations. “I do not believe anyone with all his senses can see any sign of illness or disease in this person (Putin),” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the channel at the end of May. French TF1.
Putin’s ally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, did the same in an interview with Japanese television in March. “If you think something is wrong with President Putin, you are the most pathetic person in the world.”
In recent appearances, including a forum on Peter the Great and an interview with Turkmen President Serdar Fertimugamotov, the Russian head of state did not really show signs of weakness.
Why is this important?
Most observers believe that the Kremlin’s master, Vladimir Putin, who has no apparent successor, will run again in 2024 after being allowed to run for a third term after controversial constitutional changes.
“There is not even the slightest hint of truth about the physical and emotional condition of its president in the country,” laments Proekt editor-in-chief Roman Patan.
“The whole planet does not know if a person who can destroy humanity by pressing the red button is healthy.”
