Vladimir Putin staged his
public appearances last week to mask a second operation in two weeks, a
mysterious anti-Russian Telegram channel has claimed.
Deep-fake technology and old
footage were allegedly used again to disguise the Russian leader’s absences
from key meetings with Kremlin officials, while his health ‘deteriorated’ and
later ‘stabilized’.
According to the General SVR
channel, he underwent surgery on Monday and Tuesday last week after an
operation on his abdomen on May 12.
‘The fact that Putin should be
operated on as soon as possible was insisted by his attending physicians,’ a
post from this morning read.
‘According to doctors involved
in the treatment of the president, the operation was successful.’
It was then alleged that his
speech during Friday’s video conference of the Security Council was recorded in
advance, while his responses were fabricated using ‘deep-fake’ technology.
‘In reality, on May 20, Putin
was still too weak to take part in lengthy meetings and had two short video
calls,’ the post read.
‘On Friday, in the evening,
his health deteriorated and stabilized only on the morning of Saturday.
‘The attending physicians
recommend that Putin rest in the coming days and urge him to refuse personal
participation in meetings.’
Speculation about the
president’s medical condition has intensified since the war in Ukraine began
three months ago.
Alexander Lukashenko is
believed to be one of the few people privy to Putin’s health problems.
General SVR stated the
Belarusian president was called in for a fake meeting with Putin to indicate
his ‘excellent health and dispel information about his illnesses’.
‘Lukashenko was dragged to
testify to the whole world that “the patient is more alive than dead”, and of
course, for a new “loan” for his regime from Russia,’ the post said.
