Putin is dogged by MORE health rumours as it is claimed despot is prone to 'clouding of consciousness' and has suffered 'significant deterioration' forcing him to cancel multiple key events

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.

And where did I say I ever hated the speech? All I’ve said is that its subject matter is not applicable to the current situation as it was when Reagan said it.

But you seem fond of categorical errors and logical fallacies, so I’m not surprised.

From known facts there is good reason to believe that Putin is in poor health and has a terminal diagnosis. Putin's much diminished public schedule, poorly explained cancellations, often pale and puffy appearance, and stiffness and relative lack of mobility in public are all indications of not just age but of ill health and declining vitality.

Notably, several years ago, on a visit to France for a meeting with Macron, extraordinary arrangements were made for Putin's bodily waste to be collected, placed in a sealed briefcase, and transported back to Russia by diplomatic courier lest any clues be left for prying Western intelligence services. Those are not the precautions of a man in good health but, along with other signs, suggest that one or more serious, likely terminal ailments are at work.

What ailments? Parkinson's Disease is a good fit as to Putin's stiffness, changed patterns of thinking, and apparent mental decline. Paranoia, rigidity in thinking, and episodic confusion are common features of Parkinson's. In addition, cancer of some sort would account for variations in Putin's energy and gaps in his schedule due to treatment sessions.

Do Western intel services know the truth? Probably, with timely leaks to the Daily Mail and other venues a way to energize Putin's internal opponents and warn them that he is incapable of contriving a deliverance for Russia from an eventual defeat in Ukraine.

Do not believe a thing about what the MSM says about Putin.
He is in perfect control.

History shows us that the Ukrainians will have to kill 500,000 Russian soldiers before Putin feels any pressure whatsoever to negotiate. So far less tha 100 tousand Russian soldiers haqve been killed, some say around 30 thousand.

Believe me, the Russians will send hundreds of thousands more to their deaths before they even think about talking a settlement.

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