Is Russian President vladimir putin dead?
Well, if you buy what is written in Ethan Blackshaw’s article at London’s Daily Star, the answer is…..maybe.
Here, see for yourself:
Rumours are circulating that Vladimir Putin has died, and that his corpse is being stored in a freezer in his luxurious woodland palace.
The General SVR Telegram Channel, supposedly led by a Kremlin insider, claimed the Russian President had succumbed to a number of health issues last month. A heart attack was said to have been the final blow, with a body double now filling in for the despot.
The channel continues to state that Putin is dead despite the Kremlin refuting the claims. A Telegram post earlier this week said the body was “in the freezer at his residence in Valdai”.
The channel continues to report that a body double is conducting presidential duties while Putin’s body lies at Valdai. It stated that there are now discussions within the Kremlin inner circle over how to proceed ahead of Russia’s presidential elections in March next year.
A post from Friday (November 10) states: “The figure of the double remains in the Russian political system at least until the New Year. By the end of December, a final decision on his future fate will be made. The majority… believe that the double should go to the polls and the system should be covered up by the presidency of ‘Putin’, no matter how great the risks of exposure.”
Is this true? Could it be? Damned if I know.
But it is no secret that putin, putting it mildly, is not a well man (unless you consider advanced thyroid cancer a sign of health, that is). It would therefore be no major surprise if he were to go bye-bye; if that “is” has been supplanted by a “was”.
I suppose we’ll find out at some point in the reasonably near future….
