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Putin’s ‘Purple’ Hands Raise Health Concerns

Putin's Health Concerns
Russian President Vladimir Putin. | Image by Shutterstock

Further questions have arisen concerning the health of Russian president Vladimir Putin after he allegedly showed signs of illness in recent meetings.

When Vladimir Putin met with a carefully chosen group of parents on November 25, he reportedly seemed physically uncomfortable and out of breath, stopping to clear his throat and stumbling over his words.

This incident came only days after the Russian leader’s hands turned purple, according to some observers, in a meeting with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, leading to renewed worries about Putin’s health.

Denying that the Russian president is critically ill, Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, said, “Everything is fine with his health.”

Putin and the Cuban leader met in Moscow. Since the military operation in Ukraine started in late February, Díaz-Canel has been one of the few world leaders to go to Russia.

Díaz-Canel has said the international sanctions against Russia were wrong and that he would always stand with the Kremlin against the “Yankee Empire.”

Video of their meeting showed Putin grabbing the arm of his chair during the bilateral talks, and his hand seemingly appeared to change colors as he held onto the chair arm.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Putin spent months in quarantine in an attempt to prevent contracting the virus. Since the war in Ukraine began, he has made several public appearances and shown signs that his physical health might be worsening.

In leaked audio from May, an oligarch with ties to the Kremlin appeared to say that Putin had blood cancer. New Lines magazine obtained the recording, which said the president was “very sick.”

In May, a Victory Day parade was held in Moscow. The Russian leader was seen with a blanket over his legs at the event. Some people said the marks on his hands could be from intravenous drips, which could be seen in other pictures.

Lord Richard Dannatt, former British Army head, also said Putin’s hands looked like he might be sick.

“Attentive people are now noticing that the tops of his hands are pretty black, which is a sign that injections are going in when other parts of the body can’t,” Dannatt suggested.

Later that month, the Sun claimed it had seen documents from Russian intelligence that said that Putin had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and pancreatic cancer in their early stages.

However, Professor Michael Clarke, a defense and security expert, suggested there was no evidence that Putin had Parkinson’s or cancer a month after the Russian parade. “He is known to hit the Botox quite heavily,” Clarke proffered.

Clarke said Putin travels with doctors, further noting that the Russian president frequently leaves meetings to consult with others. He suspects Putin is only a hypochondriac but not critically ill.

U.S. intelligence officials allegedly told Newsweek that they think Putin was treated in April for “advanced cancer.” The CIA director, William Burns, said they do not know how Putin’s health is faring.

Russian officials, however, have pushed back against assertions of poor health. “I don’t think that sane people can see signs of some kind of illness or ailment in this person,” countered Russian foreign secretary Sergey Lavrov.

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15 Comments

  1. Djmdallas72

    That’s ok . Maybe this mudering lunatic is going to do is all a favor .. and pass way from natural causes

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  2. Ell See

    We can only hope … and that his successor will end the craziness!

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  3. W.n.jean w. American name ,not birth name

    I hope u remeber God, ask him to heal from the hate in your heart ,clence your blood from the chemicals in your air and waters of war.the explosives are the equivalent of pcp and u add that with the fires and the chemo to put them out and alcohol or meds you die.clense yourself and your blood covid can be stoped.i am covid free.but have experienced war.still searching for a 3 and half year old stolen child named peacefire aragon w. Who was stolen during trumps time with a sick kgb like navany or yourself.god bless

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  4. Sandra Beedle

    Remember Queen Elizabeth hands? Same problem… turning purple!

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    • Coni

      I swear I was just thinking of the same thing

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  5. Morty

    The final word in your penultimate paragraph should be faring, not fairing.

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  6. Rex Cumming

    If he’s not sick in the body, he’s sick in the head. So, yes,Putin is sick. He’s very sick. We might as well admit that now.

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  7. Rusty Barnett

    I hope he feels the same brutal pain he has heaped on his neighbors. And he passes in the most terrible pain that any disease can cause. He is every bit as Evil as Hitler.

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  8. Ronald

    Putin needs to stop another hitler

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    • Lucian

      Yeah, himself

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  9. Jannatoo

    Now do a report on Biden’s health. 🙄

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    • Rachelle

      Right!!! We see it with our on eyes, but everyone wants to act like this man isn’t sick. This is elder abuse, and his wife should be in jail.

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  10. Daryl

    Evil man.

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  11. Peggy

    Making Borscht 😉

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  12. RiverKing

    If marks on one’s hands indicate serious ill health, I probably died a year or so ago. Blood thinner medications and the thinning skin of advanced age (80) make me bruise very easily; usually with no idea when, where or how I got the bruise.

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