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British intelligence bosses claim Russian President Vladimir Putin may be dead, and that now is a surrogate body. Photo/Euractiv
A source told the Daily Star that Putin’s recent media appearances are very likely to have been pre-recorded.
Substitute bodies may also have been used at public events, such as the Moscow Victory Day Parade earlier this month.
“Putin is seriously ill and when he dies, his death will be kept secret for weeks, if not months,” said one of the intelligence sources.
“There is also the possibility that he is already dead. It’s impossible to know. It is believed that Putin has used surrogate bodies in the past when he was unwell and the Kremlin can do so now.”
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“Putin is the head of a small group of senior officials who are completely loyal to him,” he continued.
“The real fear (for his cronies) is that once his death is announced, there will be a Kremlin coup and the Russian generals will want to withdraw from Ukraine,” he said.
“Putin’s death will leave them so helpless and vulnerable that they have a vested interest in saying that Putin is still alive – when the opposite could be true,” he said. Daily StarSunday (29/5/2022).
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