I was listening to an episode of a Podcast called Angry Planet the other day, which featured an interview with a chap called Mark Galeotti, a chap who’s a well regarded professor and author on Russia and Russian history, and he raises a good point in relation to speculation about Putin’s health.
Russia made so much of being the first to roll out a COVID vaccine in Sputnik V, and as we’ve seen with so many other world leaders, it makes for a good PR photo to have your President/Prime Minister etc being seen to get the jab, so why did Putin pass up the chance to get his photo of him having Russian glory injected into his veins? Additionally, why the absurd bio-security surrounding Putin, such as the farcically long meeting tables? The Kremlin states he’s vaccinated, but they don’t say with what and when. Could it be that Putin’s undergoing treatment for something that leaves him immune-compromised and unable to be vaccinated?
I can only hope that the rumours about Putin’s health are true, and he suffers a demise every bit as painful and miserable as my dad’s when he died of cancer 13 years ago. IMHO, Putin’s actions in life have earned him such an end.
