Posted on 05/22/2022 12:40:12 PM PDT by dennisw
While a hardline ally 'holds the Kremlin reins', opposition source claims Public appearances by Vladimir Putin were reportedly staged to mask absence Old footage was used in video appearances for several meetings, it was alleged Nikolai Patrushev - a former FSB chief - is now in virtual control of the Kremlin
Public appearances by Vladimir Putin were 'staged' last week to mask an absence from duties, raising new speculation about his health, an opposition source claimed.
Old footage was used in video appearances for several meetings, it was alleged.
Trusted aide Nikolai Patrushev - a former FSB chief - is now in virtual control of the Kremlin, and is the recipient of top level briefings that would normally go direct to Putin, claimed General SVR Telegram channel.
The same outlet has previously asserted that Putin has been ordered by doctors to undergo surgery related to a cancer condition, and had predicted his temporary disappearance despite the war in Ukraine.
In its latest post, the channel - which claims insider Kremlin information - said key figures believe Putin to be terminally ill which has altered the dynamic in Russia.
His absence 'since Tuesday' cannot be verified but the channel said his staff 'show pre-recorded videos of his meetings'.
Face to face meetings with Rostech head Sergei Chemezovand Rosatom chief Alexey Likhachev were said to have taken place on Wednesday and Thursday but these were said to have taken place earlier and been saved to give the impression Putin was active.
It was unclear if a virtual security council appearance by Putin on Friday was also seen as 'staged'.
In this, Putin claimed the West was seeking to hack key Russian government websites.
The post did not make clear if his alleged absence was for surgery or another purpose.
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Putin kept a low profile during the weekend when Russian forces increased their attacks on Ukraine.
Only Patrushev - secretary of the security council and a hardline pro-war Putin ally - is currently maintaining official communications with the president, said the channel.
‘Let’s see how long this lasts, but the situation is getting tense,’ said General SVR.
Pooty Toot is headed for the last roundup. He has only months to live. Pooty will croak before Christmas. He might even die of lead poisoning for running Russia off a cliff.
___________________
I’m heading for the last roundup
Gonna saddle old Paint for the last time and ride
So long, old pal, it’s time your tears were dried
I’m heading for the last roundup.
CHORUS:
Git along little doggie, git along, git along
Git along little doggie, git along, git along
Git along little doggie, git along, git along
Git along little doggie, git along, git along
I’m heading for the last roundup
To the far away ranch of the Boss in the sky
Where the strays are counted and branded there go I
I’m heading for the last roundup
(CHORUS)
I’m heading for the last roundup
There’ll be Buffalo Bill with his long snow-white hair
There’ll be old Kit Carson and Custer waiting there
A-riding in the last roundup
If Putin has already been lowered to six feet below the surface, don’t expect that to be made public for a few months.
Not unlike the NYT or Washington Post having a pro-Trump story.
Chris Matthews? I thought he died.
The only thing that isn’t staged these days is Joe’s dementia.
I can totally understand Putin appearances being staged, after all I live in a country where the current “President” campaigned from a basement, and has a fake Oval Office set. He was also the vice president of another man who sounds like a blithering idiot without a teleprompter.
I don’t believe anything from either side. It’s all propaganda.
Wasn’t Christopher Steele the guy who started writing about Putin’s “blood cancer?” Am I supposed to believe anything from Christopher Steele?
He and the “Big Guy” ought to visit the same health spa.
My source said Putin was coughing up a huge amount of blood. They said it wasn’t from cancer, but something to do with monkeys.
The rumors about Putin are getting as weird the claims politicians were meeting with space aliens in the Weekly World News.
Only a moron would believe this nonsense.
A few days ago he was doing too much mico-managing of the special operation:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4063818/posts
Now he’s on TV too much and not really in charge. I wish globohomo Ukraine-Firsters would make up their mind.
I never knew there were so many kooks and freaks on FR. But every election, and now wars, they come out of the woodwork. It’s very discouraging, we’re becoming twitter.
The Daily Mail is the single worst propaganda outlet in the world.
They are the Lord Haw Haw of the 21st Century.
Biden’s done that for 49 years.
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