Russian rumour mill suggests Putin suffering poor health

EURONEWS ^ | 12 Mar 15 | Unknown

[elhombrelibre]

Social media in Russia are abuzz with speculation over the health of President Vladimir Putin after he cancelled a foreign visit, some say because he uncharacteristically took a few days sick leave.

Putin was expected in Kazakhstan this week to meet the country’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev and their Belorussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. But one Kazakh official told Reuters “The visit has been cancelled. It looks like he has fallen ill.” Officials from Belarus would not comment on Putin’s absence, although Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the Kazakh visit was concelled but that “the president feels fine.”

Peskov tweeted on Wednesday “I’ll not comment on the rumours about Putin’s illness”.

[skeeter]

All that running around shirtless in Siberia is finally catching up with him.

[elhombrelibre]

Russia's Putin cancels planned visit to Astana- Kazakh source

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/11/kazakhstan-putin-idUKL5N0WD22420150311

[elhombrelibre]

Yeah, and it’s karma.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Ukrainium

[The Duke]

So, he’s only wrestling one grizzly bear now?

[elhombrelibre]

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/03/11/is-putin-well-nixed-trip-stokes-rumors-of-stroke/

[elhombrelibre]

Yeah, oiled up and in the nude with all the Putinistas cheering him on.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

AIDS?

[donozark]

Ukrainian flu?

Seriously, last videos I saw of Putin, he did not strike me as someone suffering from pancreatic cancer. He appeared quite robust.

[elhombrelibre]

Could be a stroke.

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/03/11/is-putin-well-nixed-trip-stokes-rumors-of-stroke/

[Chad_the_Impaler]

Pole-onium

[V_TWIN]

Maybe he got poked with an umbrella loaded with a poison pellet. *snicker*

[sten]

rumors and stories are the weapons of choice for liberals

[elhombrelibre]

Yeah, every time Castro is rumored to have died you must hate the fact that liberals started those rumors. And under the Soviet Union, when those tyrants were rumored to have died, it was those damn liberals who were behind the rumors.

Meanwhile in the real world, rumors are caused by a lack of truth and transparency.

[elhombrelibre]

Poetic justic poke.

[armydawg505]

We can only hope. If only Hitler had fallen ill in 1936.

[Lazamataz]

[VTenigma]

Maybe a little radiation poisoning payback for last week.

[TexasRepublic]

Maybe Vlad Pukin’ is receiving cancer treatment in Cuba where Hugo went. May the outcomes be similar.