The Russian leader looks insecure on his feet in the February video (right) and while sitting at a table in February
Vladimir Putin’s health is under the microscope again after footage showed him trembling uncontrollably.
It has long been rumored that the Russian leader is hiding a serious illness, perhaps Parkinson’s disease, amid the war in Ukraine.
But new footage from a meeting between him and his Belarusian ally, Alexander Lukashenko, in the Kremlin shows Putin holding his hand to his chest in an apparent effort to stop the shaking of his hand.
In the February 18 video, before the invasion began, his leg also seemed to tremble before going awkwardly to the President of Belarus.
The 69-year-old man looks insecure on his feet and his toe looks like a spasm.
Visegrad24, which published the footage online for the first time, said it was “probably the clearest video of something wrong with Putin’s health”, writes the Daily Express.
This is the last question mark for the health of the Russian leader, which stems from the increasingly rare shots with him.
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Putin was meeting with other world leaders at an unusually long table, leading to speculation that he was worried about becoming infected with Covid.
He was then shown seemingly clutching another, less long table at a different meeting, when he repeatedly tapped his foot and crouched down.
He also looked unstable and chewed his lips at the Easter church service.
This has fueled claims that he may be suffering from Parkinson’s disease, as well as the side effects of drugs used for treatment.
Putin meets with French President Emmanuel Macron at a very long table in Moscow in February (Photo: Reuters) He was seen grabbing a table at a meeting earlier this month (Photo: AFP) Putin met with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko when the shots were taken (Photo: Reuters)
Paranoia, impulsive behavior and delusions are associated with the later stages of the disease.
Former Conservative MP Louise Mensch insists that “British (government) and intelligence (intelligence) sources confirmed to me personally in February” that Putin does have Parkinson’s.
Experts also suggest that he may be on steroids because of his “swollen” face.
Various other theories have emerged, saying that the cancer doctor “constantly accompanies” him.
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