Since the beginning ofRussian invasion in Ukraine rumors about alleged health problems of Vladimir Putin they chase each other relentlessly. And while from Kremlin news and information – fueled by expert and medical analysis of the Russian president’s videos – are branded as rumors of propaganda and useless Western “hopes”, in the last few hours the voice believed to be accredited by various international sources is one: “Putin is seriously ill because of a cancer rare “.
The operation to treat cancer would be imminent or perhaps, even, it could have already been performed in the past few hours: for the occasion they would have been on alert for days medici e nurses (“Who have passed various levels of checks”) ready to take action at very short notice to perform the intervention in a secret location and in the middle of the night. “Between one and two”, as the newspaper writes The print citing details that would be “confirmed by informed sources”, such as that of a night race in clinic which occurred about a week ago because the president “was very ill”. To make up for the absence of the Russian number one, the officials of the Fsb (foreign secret services) would have prepared one “Coverage“, For at least ten days, with prepackaged videos of Putin at work between meetings and signing of documents and two doubles ready to take part, in his place, in public appearances. The US magazine also confirmed the blood cancer thesis New Lines who claims to have come into possession of a phone call secretly registered to a russian oligarch very close to the Kremlin.
News supported by in-depth analyzes of the videos of the latest public appearances of the President of the Russian Federation. Doctors and analysts from around the world have focused attention on rigidity of her movements, weight gain and swelling e pallor of the face. Elements that would be compatible with any ongoing treatments. It had already been discussed after the broadcast, on April 22, of the video of the meeting with his Minister of Defense, Sergey Shoigu, where Putin clings in an unusual way with his right hand to the edge of the table. The health debate returned to the fore on 9 May when, during the traditional parata for the end of the “Great Patriotic War”, the 69-year-old Russian leader is the only one sitting in the central grandstand with a cover on the legs. And if, shortly after, he joined the parade by parading with the other descendants of soldiers who participated in the Second World Warmany have observed his way of “dragging the right leg, the crooked arm, the pale face and the exhausted look”.
Elements that can be easily found even to an inexperienced eye, but which obviously cannot be defined as certain proofs of its deterioration health state. In recent days, the Russian detective agency The Project had claimed that Putin was seen by a oncology doctor in Sochi 35 times in the last 4 years. Poor health conditions that, according to the agency, would have made him so bad “paranoid” to resort to “unconventional and barbaric therapies”: The Project speaks of a ritual that would consist of bathing in the blood extracted from deer Horn.
Real news or fake news, at the moment it is impossible to know. If Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskovimmediately replied to the first rumors that Putin’s health is “excellent”, from the Ukrainian front the news is relaunched with vigor: in an interview with Sky Newsthe leader of the Ukrainian 007, the major general Kyrylo Budanovsaid that Putin is “in very bad psychological and physical conditions and is very ill”, without however providing feedback or proof of his statements.
The outcomes of a possible emergency operation they could already have them within five days, according to sources gathered by a Telegram channel that would be managed by a former general of the Russian foreign secret services, according to whom the secretary of the Security Council of Russia, Nikolai Patrushev, would be ready to take over the reins of the country. Certainly the speculations about Putin’s state of health, which became more frenetic immediately after theinvasion of Ukraine, have actually been around for several years. Like in 2020 when it was rumored that the Russian president was suffering from Parkinson’s disease: he stated this in an interview released on the radio Echo of Moscowthe Russian political scientist and Putin’s political opponent, Valery Soloveiwhich also cited an alleged (and then never occurred) planning of his resignation.
In any case, the only known health problems of the Russian leader would be injuries to the back after a fall from a horse, during his first term, and in May 2017 due to a confrontation with another player during a game of hockey. Meanwhile, whether it is based on real facts or on unsubstantiated news aimed only at presenting a sick and psychologically unstable head of state, the debate on Putin’s health is becoming increasingly pressing. The next few days could shed light on the possible surgery and if this will have an impact on the course of the war in Ukraine.