Telegraph.co.uk — 24-Oct-23
An unsourced report by a Russian Telegram channel, picked up by some Western media, claimed on Sunday that the Russian president had been struck by a serious illness that evening.
On Tuesday, a spokesman for Putin denied that he was in poor health and dismissed persistent rumours he used body doubles to cover for him in public appearances
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said: “Everything is fine with him, this is absolutely another fake.”
Deccan Herald — 24-Oct-23
"Everything is fine with him, this is absolutely another fake," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked about an unsourced report by a Russian Telegram channel, picked up by some Western media, that the president had suffered a serious health episode that some described as a "cardiac arrest" on Sunday evening.
The spokesman laughed in response to a further question about body doubles, and denied that Putin had any.
Meanwhile, CT abounds. (you can find the links if you really want to — I’m not pushing CT, just letting you know it’s out there):
- Morungexpress
- Timesnow
- HIndustantimes
- WION
- Mirror.co.uk
The problem is that it *IS* what I want to hear. Alas.
Too many steroids, I expect.
Maybe it was his body double that had the cardiac arrest. /s