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Putin's Bizarre Memory Lapse Sparks 'Dementia' Rumors
Newsweek ^ | July 19, 2023 | Brendan Cole

Posted on 07/20/2023 3:50:19 PM PDT by aculeus

Putin got confused about the age of the child of a deputy mayor during a discussion at the Kremlin, sparking social media comments about the state of the Russian president's health. Unproven rumors have persisted about Putin's condition since the start of his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. These have included that the Russian president has cancer, Parkinson's disease, and even dementia. The Kremlin has insisted Putin is in good health. However, adding to the speculation was footage from Wednesday's meeting of the group "Russia—the Land of Opportunities," a non-profit set up in 2018 to help citizens develop business ideas. The clip tweeted by Uliana Yapparova, a blogger who tweets about Russia and Ukraine, shows Putin speaking with Ivan Shtokman, who had given Putin a potted history of his journey from working in a bakery to building an IT business. The transcript and video of the full meeting lasting more than 90 minutes was also available on the Kremlin website. Wearing a military uniform, Shtokman described how success in a management competition had propelled him to deputy mayor of the city of Nizhny Novgorod where his brief included IT, tourism, and developing businesses. But Shtokman said that he felt a patriotic pull while sitting on a bench at his dacha (summer house) with his son. "The future of the country is now being decided," he told Putin, explaining his decision to join the army.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: brendancole; demenia; insane; newsweak
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Is Putin on the fritz?
1 posted on 07/20/2023 3:50:19 PM PDT by aculeus
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To: aculeus

You just won FreeRepublic for the day.


2 posted on 07/20/2023 3:51:16 PM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: aculeus

How many articles has Newsweek written about Puppet Biden’s dementia?

None, zip, nada! /spit


3 posted on 07/20/2023 3:59:20 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: aculeus

The top two Nuclear Powers, at the start of WWIII, lead by dementia patients. What could go wrong?


4 posted on 07/20/2023 3:59:28 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: aculeus

IBMM


5 posted on 07/20/2023 3:59:48 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Apparatchik

https://www.youtube.com/?bp=wgUCEAE%3D


6 posted on 07/20/2023 4:03:37 PM PDT by aculeus
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To: aculeus

I know last year he beat terminal cancer four or five times. Maybe it’s brain cancer this time.


7 posted on 07/20/2023 4:04:29 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: aculeus

Ironic.

Biden has frequent memory lapses and the media hardly even notices.


8 posted on 07/20/2023 4:04:55 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: aculeus

Took a moment.

LOL.


9 posted on 07/20/2023 4:06:14 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: aculeus

Biden take the board out of your eye before you complain about Putins!

:D


10 posted on 07/20/2023 4:07:01 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: TomGuy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OUnedMCCW0


11 posted on 07/20/2023 4:07:24 PM PDT by aculeus
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To: aculeus

“Putin got confused about the age of the child of a deputy mayor during a discussion at the Kremlin, sparking social media comments about the state of the Russian president’s health.”

Wow. Over getting “confused” about someone else’s kid’s age? Just lock me up in an old folk’s home now to die there.


12 posted on 07/20/2023 4:08:05 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Maybe he could have sniffed the kid. Can you tell someone’s age that way?


13 posted on 07/20/2023 4:11:46 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: fightin kentuckian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is5u5uhyc6s


14 posted on 07/20/2023 4:12:06 PM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: aculeus

Is he talking about his parents in their bedroom?


15 posted on 07/20/2023 4:14:49 PM PDT by Leep (What skill or service did the biden family have that netted them tens of millions of dollars?)
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To: aculeus

From your profile: “A formerly active initiator of threads.”

That’s for sure. Very few comments from 2009 - about one per week, by my estimate.

Any reason why this war caused you to re-activate your account?


16 posted on 07/20/2023 4:15:08 PM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: aculeus

Another 70 year old leader. Do 70 year olds ever retire?


17 posted on 07/20/2023 4:17:55 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: aculeus

Nonsense. Putin’s mind is as sound as Joe Biden’s.


18 posted on 07/20/2023 4:19:04 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Apparatchik

Many freepers view a Putin win in Ukraine as a cheerful prospect.


19 posted on 07/20/2023 4:21:25 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: aculeus

Holy shit! Is this an American article?…


20 posted on 07/20/2023 4:31:02 PM PDT by EEGator
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