Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on rumors that Vladimir Putin is a double patient. And not just one, but several.
“Now the “experts” are wondering: Are there three or four? This morning, which we now see every day, was given to Minin and Pozharsky, is this the third or fourth couple? This is not clear. And we have only one Putin!” — Peskov assured in his speech at the exhibition forum “Russia”, part of which was published on the Telegram channel “Pool No. 3”.
The Kremlin representative added that the head of state now has a lot of work to do within the Russian Federation, so he travels abroad less. “He doesn’t travel that often; he has to give up some trips,” Peskov said.
He also reminded that Putin recently flew to China for the “One Generation to Be One” forum. “Our country has started to give more importance to the eastern direction,” the press spokesman said.
heart problems
On October 24, the president’s press secretary said that the reports used by Putin were a “nonsense information hoax.”
“Work vs. I can say that there is no duo when it comes to This, you know, falls into the category of absurd information “canards” that are discussed with enviable persistence by some media outlets. This, of course, brings nothing but smiles,” Peskov said.
The Kremlin also commented on Sky News Australia and The Mirror’s coverage of the president’s health problems. Publications reported that Putin had a heart attack and was replaced by doubles during his rehabilitation period.
“Everything is fine with him, he is definitely another duck,” Peskov said.
three couples
Earlier, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Major General Kirill Budanov, said in an interview with the Daily Mail that Putin used at least three doubles who had undergone plastic surgery to resemble the Russian president. In spring 2023, Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine Alexei Danilov said that Putin did not visit Kherson, but instead “his duo went there”.
In a conversation with him in 2020, Putin said: TASSHe said that in the early 2000s, his management considered the idea of bringing in a double for security purposes, but quickly rejected it.
“This was the most difficult time in the fight against terrorism,” the politician said.
Evgeny Murov, who later headed the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, stated that Putin did not have two, because their use would be “recognition of the weak organization of the security of the leader of Russia” and that there was no need for such a thing. one degree
What else did Peskov talk about?
The Kremlin representative expressed his belief that it is impossible for Ukraine to achieve victory on the battlefield, although Kiev believes in such a scenario and persuades the West to do so.
“And as Western capitals begin to understand that this is impossible, they begin to ask themselves how they can continue to give so much money. And now they have a moment of disharmony,” Peskov said.
According to the press secretary, difficult times are now approaching for the Kiev regime: Western anger is growing, priorities are changing due to the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, and Ukraine can no longer exercise its “dependent sovereignty”.
“Very difficult times are now coming for the Kiev regime. We have said many times – and this can be seen with the naked eye – that irritation increases. Second: against the background of events in the Middle East, priorities are changing slightly,” Peskov told reporters.
He admitted that hostilities made the integration of new regions difficult, but that this process would be completed in a few years and the regions “will take on all kinds of guises.”
Peskov also expressed confidence that all Ukrainian criminals will suffer “appropriate punishment if necessary.”