Posted on 12/30/2022 1:40:49 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin's declining health was responsible for his pulling out of several planned events and appearances in December, it has been claimed.
Telegram channel General SVR, which purports to have insider sources in the Kremlin, said Putin's doctors recently noted a 'significant deterioration in his health' and recommended that he step away from appearances to rest.
'In December, following medical recommendations, the president canceled several traditional events and several visits,' the channel alleged.
Putin, who turned 70 this year, 'gets tired quickly', suffers 'frequent bouts of dizziness and headaches' and is also prone to 'clouding of consciousness', it added.
The stresses of his failing war in Ukraine are also taking a toll, it is claimed.
'Constant nervous tension and immersion in problems at the front created a negative environment for the course of [his] diseases.'
While the Russian president has appeared to be busy and today held a short video conference with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, he has cancelled planned appearances at a number of significant events.
These include the last minute pullout from a presidential trip to Pskov on December 28, which was officially blamed on 'unfavourable flying conditions' despite weather forecasts suggesting the skies were clear.
A week ago the Russian president was reported to have shelved a visit to Russia's biggest tank plant in Nizhny Tagil, in the Ural mountains, and also cancelled his usual appearance at an end of year meeting of his government ministers.
Putin refused to go-ahead with his traditional December press conference, which typically sees the president speak for up to four hours and field questions from journalists and viewers, and even cancelled his beloved end-of-year ice-hockey game.
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“The gossip about Vlad is silly, what is not silly is if Vlad dies, his replacement will most likely turn Ukraine into a 233,000 square mile garbage dump”.
BINGO!!
I wish both sides here on FR would invoke a New Year’s resolution to stop posting this stuff. Unless you have access to the DIA’s SCIF for Russian and the former republics at MacDill, or CIA in Langley, or NATO HQ then nothing that is posted can be taken with any degree of reliability. I don’t think anyone here has access to Dat imagery or intercepted comms. What are the facts as I see them? There’s a w aas r on. It was started by Putin. Neither side is winning and the foolishness of it is costing needless loss of life on both sides.
Putin’s last minute change to go to Sochi to see his regular doctors for New Years instead of his bunker in the Urals is telling since Sochi is now in range of Ukrainian drones.
Putin gave a very major kind of a speech a few days ago and appeared to be in superb health.
FJB set the precedent. This is totally normal.
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Putin stronk as bull! Da?
Exactly.
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Putin’s got what Biden has clouding of consciousness must come from the same bad seed lot some place down the line.
If a truce over Ukraine Postings were declared on FR, about 505 of the traffic would dry up, it seems like every day we have dueling propaganda postings by the same people.
It would be interesting to know who, in the Russian Federation system, is given access to the launch codes. Do they have a “Football” attached to an airforce officer following the designated party around? Biden (shudder!) is our current Doomsday Designee.
You posted the wrong Will Stewart. LOL!
Marcus latest round of self-flagellation for everyone to see.
Your Putin is now using Covid as an excuse to go into hiding. Too funny!
The origin of the distracting stories is no doubt the Biden Administration itself through the CIA.
...and he’s out of weapons.
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