Posted on 05/13/2022 8:33:31 AM PDT by dennisw
The unnamed Russian oligarch made the comments in a secret audio recording He suggested that Putin's alleged on-going health issue could be blood cancer Since invading Ukraine, Putin has been seen limping and gripping a desk
An expert suggested to New Lines magazine that such symptoms - and Putin's cautiousness over Covid-19 - could be a sign of blood cancer treatment
Vladimir Putin is 'very ill with blood cancer', a Russian oligarch has claimed according to a new report, amid on-going speculation about the strongman's health.
An audio recording of the oligarch's comments was obtained by a Western venture capitalist and shared with New Lines magazine, the publication said.
In it, the oligarch - who has close ties to the Kremlin and named only as 'Yuri' to protect his identity - claimed a number of the health problems Putin is believed to be suffering from are linked to him having blood cancer.
One example given was Putin's lower back problems, New Lines reported. The Russian tyrant underwent surgery on his back in October 2021, just a few months before he ordered the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Other examples cited by the magazine included Putin's increasingly puffy face - a possible indicator of steroid use in his recovery - and the fact that he appears to be walking with a limp.
Other sources have claimed in recent months that Putin, 69, is suffering from Parkinson's. He has been seen in public less frequently than normal, and when he is shown on television, his appearances are heavily curated.
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However, it was evident that ‘Yuri’ hold a level of disdain for Russia’s leader.
‘[Putin] absolutely ruined Russia’s economy, Ukraine’s economy and many other economies — ruined [them] absolutely,’ the oligarch said, according to New Lines. ‘The problem is with his head. … One crazy guy can turn the world upside down.’
He decried Putin for saying he was ‘trying to find Nazis and fascists’ as a pretext to invade Ukraine, and went on to say ‘we all hope’ the Russian leader dies of cancer, or from an internal hit-job by those closest to him.
Yuri said he holds Putin personally accountable for the deaths of ‘more than 15,000 Russian soldiers and 4,000 or 5,000 civilians in Ukraine. It’s unbelievable. For what? He killed more people than in 10 years in the [Soviet] Afghan war.’
The magazine said it was able to authenticate the oligarch’s identity and voice. The publication said it would not reveal the name of the oligarch because of the repercussions he could face for criticising Russia’s president.
It added that he left Russia in 2021, and that his net worth put him in Forbes’ list of Russia’s top 200 wealthiest people. New Lines said the majority of the conversation was spent with Yuri asking how he could recover from Western sanctions.
But the magazine also said he was described by a former European security chief as being part of a close circle of 20 to 30 people the Russian leader met with in 2014, ahead of his annexation of the Crimean peninsula.
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It was also reported last week that an order by Putin to strike Ukraine or the West with nuclear weapons would be ignored by his top commanders, due to the fact that they believe he is unwell.
Many leading military and security officials as well as oligarch cronies believe Putin to be dying or gravely ill, said Christo Grozev, who is an expert on Russian affairs and is associated with the Bellingcat open source research group.
Believing that Putin could soon die, his inner circle would not risk being hauled before a modern equivalent of the Nuremberg trials for unleashing Armageddon, nor would they obey a Putin order to kill opposition foes, Mr Grozev claimed.
The Russian president placed Moscow’s nuclear forces on high alert shortly after his invasion of Ukraine began February 24, raising fears he could press the button as the war in Ukraine continues to go against him.
And amid increasing Western support to Ukraine, Putin has made thinly veiled threats hinting at a willingness to deploy Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons, which Russian military doctrine holds can be used to force an adversary to retreat.
Meanwhile, Russia has increasingly resorted to nuclear sabre-rattling as the war in Ukraine has stumbled, with state media last week issuing near-daily threats - including one to wipe out the UK and Ireland with a ‘nuclear tidal wave’.
Well considering all the people he had poloniumed, it sounds like karma.
Unfortunately we have two of them loose presently.
A lame brain and a limp everything else.
If you’re someone of note it’s probably a good idea to never say anything you wouldn’t want quoted on TV. Even if you’re in your bathroom.
Of course, if you’re a Republican, they’ll just make stuff up anyway. But it’s crucial you not say it on video. As an example look at anything the press says is a quote from DeSantis.
I was talking to a Russian oligarch yesterday and he said Putin has ovarian cancer and also cervical cancer. He also has gangrene and has lost an arm, the one gripping the table edge.
Wonder if someone slipped him a little Novichok?
Did he get the Vax?
Blood cancer is a big side effect.
We don’t have 2. Russia has a crazy person running the show. We have a puppet controlled 100% by unknown people.
It is fair to say that the oligarchs are more worried about their wealth than the Russian (or Ukrainian) people.
They are all allies and acolytes of Putin and even those who left on the outs with Putin owe much of their wealth to him.
When Putin leaves office (however that happens) it is possible that the next “Russian leader” will NOT be a Putinista. That leader will cloak himself in populism, blame the prior regime for all the troubles, and being for the people and he will go after the current oligarchs to recover their “ill-gotten gains” on behalf of the people.
This is what history tells us.
“Yuri” - now we are using movie Russians
Prayers for a full recovery and more resistance to globohomo and globalism.
Seems legit, solid reporting. it must be true.
The German government says Russia’s opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent.
The most prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin was airlifted to Berlin for treatment after falling ill during a flight in Russia’s Siberia region last month. He has been in a coma since.
The name Novichok last made news in 2018, when Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were attacked in the city of Salisbury in the UK.
Russia has denied any role in Mr Navalny’s predicament - or the Skripals’ poisoning.
So what do we know about this group of military-grade nerve agents?
They were developed in the Soviet Union
The name Novichok means “newcomer” in Russian, and applies to a group of advanced nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s.
They were known as fourth-generation chemical weapons and were developed under a Soviet programme codenamed Foliant.
Novichok’s existence was revealed by chemist Dr Vil Mirzayanov in the 1990s, via Russian media. He later defected to the US, where he published the chemical formula in his book, State Secrets.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43377698
Actually history tells us the opposite. Someone worse will arise and blame the problems on western aggression. You’ll be fondly remembering the days of Putin trying to reach out a hand.
In fact we are going through it here at this moment. DC blames fuel prices, inflation and food shortages on Putin.
“The life of the flesh is in the blood” - Well... Bye, bye.
It's amazing he can still give Victory Day speeches, hold meetings and sign documents. Do you believe in miracles?!
At what point do some of you posting this nonsense come to realize this propaganda and you're being lied to?
We ARE the new Evil Empire under the Biden regime. The Biden regime lies about everything else but the neocons here believe everything they claim about this war. Neocons and the Biden regime are one!
Didn’t he die in surgery?
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