Posted on 03/13/2022 10:08:39 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russian President Vladimir Putin's “bloated” appearance could be the side effect of him taking steroids for treatment for cancer, spies have claimed.
Senior figures from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States believe there is a physiological explanation for his invasion of Ukraine, it is reported.
Citing sources close to the Kremlin, they are investigating reports that 69-year-old Putin’s “increasingly erratic behaviour” combined with a bloated appearance point to drug use.
They are advancing theories that he may be suffering from cancer and the medical treatment he is receiving has altered the balance of his mind.
Sources also cite the dictator’s decision to physically isolate himself from guests as the use of drugs is suppressing his immune system.
Emmanuel Macron was forced to sit at the other end of a 13ft table during a meeting with the Russian president.
And foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was also seated at the other end of a particularly long table.
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Former foreign secretary Lord David Owen said he suspects steroid use due to changes in the shape of Putin's face, which could be caused by muscle-boosting drugs.
Lord Owen told Times Radio: "Look at his face, see how that has changed - he now has an oval face.
"People who said, oh, it's plastic surgery or Botox, I don't believe that at all.
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Possible. My mother used to get swollen worse than that, but she was taking steroids for allergies. She made to 89.
This is definitely an underreported aspect of the War. Putin’s appearance is much different either as a result of weight gain or bloating. If he is indeed sick then I think it explains motive for the timing of this all out assault.
If he’s healthy then it’s just because Biden’s a wuss.
Putin’s father died of spinal cancer and suffered through excruciating back pain before his death. Putin even discussed his father’s cancer and back pain and death in a TV interview many years ago.
What some of us took only seconds to see and speculate has taken the “experts” days and days.
Pretty amazing to me.
Vlad is a sick man playing out his end game tantrum on the world he hates. Sort of like some old man I know who would have target practice from his front porch on cars speeding down the highway if he had terminal cancer. Most of us are just not psychotic enough to do these things.
Ukraine is not any less invaded because of this.
Putin is sporting the Covid 20... just like a large percentage of the global population.
20 pounds gained during the Corona Virus lockdown.
His brain does appear to be in much better shape than Biden’s.
“he will likely beat the cancer an live many more years”
Didn’t Castro go to Russia for his cancer treatment? He lived many years after that.
So, the allegation is that BOTH of the largest nuclear armed countries in the world are mentally unstable, and the persistent argument is that we prod our own government - which is being run by ?? (arguable) - to press the ‘mentally unstable’, nuclear-armed Putin to reaction in a global overreaction to a Russian matter...all promoted by leftists, progressives & globalists (oddly with some Republican & CINO support).
Alrighty then. That’s the rational thing to do. /s
More consequences of a rigged election.
There is absolutely nothing erratic about Putin’s behavior. He has talked about this for years, he has seen weakness in Biden and Europe. He has seek the wokeness of the West. Putin is simply taking advantage of the situation at the right time. I almost respect him for it.
If this is the case, this war can end now because Putin is probably on his way out anyway.
So the US can tell Zelensky to take a deal and save lots of lives. The US can rest assured that the regime change that they want will happen soon without Ukrainians having to die.
I mostly agree. It depends on the terms.
I swear it’s STUPID-19.
True. Would be much worse if the Russian army could have pulled off their Shock and Awe Blitzkrieg.
Harder to arm an insurgency than an organized military resistance.
Baghdad Bobskyy
While I’d like to hope Pidor Putin has pancreatic cancer and dies a slow, painful, and lingering death I’m still rooting for one of his bodyguards to blow his brains out.
We should lend them our 25th Amendment so they can “get rid” of their problem.
Hopefully they’re not afraid of Putin like they were afraid of Stalin
Like others have said, Fidel Castro lived a long time after his cancer treatments. Evil lives a long time. We’ll see with KGB Putin.
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