Rumors about Putin’s poor health have been circulating for a long time.
10:34•Updated 10:38
German newspaper Focus (you switch to another service) says that the president of Russia With Vladimir Putin is probably cancer.
According to the newspaper, leaked US secret documents reveal that the secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov are planning a coup in Russia.
According to the German newspaper, Patrushev and Gerasimov are trying to weaken Putin’s position by sabotaging Russia’s military operations by moving troops from Russia to the southern front of Ukraine.
The documents show that this was supposed to happen on March 5th. According to Focus, Putin was scheduled to undergo chemotherapy at the same time, which meant that he would not be able to prevent those intentions.
Rumors about Putin’s poor health have been circulating for a long time. In November, an agent who allegedly worked for Putin said that Putin had early-stage cancer and Parkinson’s disease.
At the beginning of the year, on the other hand, the head of the Directorate General of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov said he was sure that Putin was seriously ill.