Posted on 12/31/2022 6:00:01 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Megalomania induced by cancer drugs was a factor in Vladimir Putin's decision to launch his disastrous war in Ukraine, new Western intelligence analysis claims.
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The analysis comes as the Kremlin yesterday admitted that concerns over Putin's health are now a matter of 'state security' amid Covid mutations and emerging flu strains.
This means the Russian leader may retreat even further from public gaze in early 2023 after having cancelled a series of events and appearances in recent months.
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The Kremlin has paved the way for Putin to retreat for health-related reasons soon after his annual prerecorded New Year message to Russian citizens.
His spokesman Dmitry Peskov yesterday indicated there were now 'state security' concerns in Russia over Putin's medical condition.
'You see virus mutations, you see strong epidemiological waves of flu of various strains,' he said.
'All of this, given the lessons from the pandemic, obliges those responsible for the security of the president and for his health to take precautions, because in such conditions the health of the president is a matter of state security.'
Peskov said there would be no return anytime soon to Putin's modus operandi before the pandemic, when he regularly held public events and spoke with the media.
'To be honest, it is unlikely that [communication with journalists] will be quite the same as it used to be before the pandemic in the foreseeable future,' Peskov said.
'To expect things to return to what used to be would be a mistake. I would say - no it won't be [back to the same].
'But as these waves subside to their lowest points, then it would be possible to communicate in a freer mode.'
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So post your credible source.
Wikipedia on any political topic is TOTAL balderdash.
Of course, Zeepers lap it up like a dog on a full catbox.
“Putin’s approval rating is currently close to 80% in Russia while Biden’s is close to 40% in the US.“
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Anyone speaking out against Putin gets tossed out windows. If that were the case in the US, FR would be empty and the streets lined with bodies.
My point is that in a closed society, the rulers have ratings higher than 80%. Your comment is empty and pretty much meaningless.
(Saddam won his elections with 100% of the votes. Putin is a piker in comparison.)
Right, that's why so many Russian men are fleeing, they approve.
And in April, and in May, and in June, and in July, and in August, and in September, and in October, and in November, and in December.
As a matter of fact, they fired off all of January's missiles yesterday, so now they're out of missiles in January.
Between this maximum schlub and Mumsie, FR can be embarrassing at times these days.
I see you’re being attacked by the FR idiots and garbage humans over their fantasies of genociding ethnic Russians.
Russian grandma pleased to learn Putin's latest $800 million missile blitz almost managed to cut off hot water in parts of Ukraine
Your obsession with him is unhealthy. People around you should be concerned.
This FR Ukraine project of yours is going to "wanish" like a will o' the wisp - just like your FR FauxNews project vanished.
This is about the 300th time that The Daily Fail's gaybob weenie sWill Stewart has killed The Evil Pootie.
“That’s quite a conclusion. India did not join on sanctions because they are too dependent on Russia for their energy. If they shut off Russian oil, their people would starve.”
Seems they could replace it with Middle Eastern oil, like most of the Western countries have to do. And given their refining capability, if they had gone with the sanctions, the sanctions would have been far more effective in getting Russia out of Ukraine. Seems to me that we didn’t make a very strong case to them.
“China has always been a quasi-ally of Russia.”
That’s a stretch, and I suspect you know it. In any case, they are now FULL-UP partners thanks to the Neocon policies of starting the Ukraine War and provoking China over Taiwan.
Regardless, how about the other 98+ countries.
“But, you know Xi is watching the Russian military and eyeing Eastern Russia at the same time. I would suggest that Siberia is at risk for invasion as much as Taiwan.”
China doesn’t have an expansionist history, and no one has made a case for China wanting to take Siberia. In fact, it seems to me that as long as Russia is willing to provide China with resources at decent prices, China would be good with that. Remember, China isn’t run by suicidal Neocons.
Fox News lost half their audience after The Steal. And Tucker Carlson hasn’t been #1 in the ratings in over a year.
“I see you’re being attacked by the FR idiots and garbage humans over their fantasies of genociding ethnic Russians.”
Thanks, I’m used to it, kind of a fun way to kill time.
t-bozo weighs in...
“Hero of Democracy” Zelensky Gives His Government Powers to Restrict Media, Block Websites, Order Big Tech to Censor
LOL, that’s right. You guys have your obsessive little jihad going on Tucker Carlson because he correctly described that grifter Zelensky as an “uppity foreigner in a t-shirt” and told him to stop demanding our money.
These daily mail posts are like a daily clarion call for a convention of freaks to gather and howl at the moon (and Putin)
“...his health is ‘a matter of state security’...”
Americans understand.... REALLY!
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