MI6 believes that Putin is dead and a doppelganger rules the world
Russian despot Vladimir Putin may already be dead
(
https://bit.ly/3Gu1KLS), British intelligence chiefs believe.
Senior MI6 bosses say (
https://bit.ly/3GwFhhc) the Russian
president has been seriously ill and that if he had died, his
cronies would hush it up to keep power for as long as possible.
A source told the Daily Star Sunday that Putins recent media
appearances had very probably been pre-recorded. A body
double may also have been used at public events, like the
Moscow Victory Day Parade earlier this month. One intelligence
source said: Putin is very ill and when he dies his death will
be kept secret for weeks, if not months.
There is also the possibility that he is already dead. Its
impossible to know. It is believed that Putin has employed body
doubles in the past when he has been unwell and the Kremlin
could be doing so now.
Putin is the head of a small group of senior officials who are
completely loyal to him.
The real fear (for his cronies) is that once his death is announced
there could be a Kremlin coup and Russian generals will want to
withdraw from Ukraine.
Putins death will leave them powerless and vulnerable so they
have a vested interest in saying that Putin is alive when the
reverse could be true.
The 69-year-olds health has clearly deteriorated in recent months.
He has appeared less mobile and his face has been bloated, with
some observers suggesting he could have blood cancer.
It is widely believed he is taking steroids or receiving cancer
treatment which has left him looking puffy-faced.
Two weeks ago, a Russian oligarch with close links to the Kremlin
said Putin is very ill with blood cancer and had surgery before
invading Ukraine.
Ukraines head of military intelligence Major General Kyrylo Budanov
also claimed Putin is seriously ill with cancer. Russian affairs
expert Fiona Hill, who has met Putin in the past, said he was not
looking so great and could be taking high doses of steroids.
Meanwhile, it has emerged Russian tank losses are so great that the
Kremlin is having to deploy a machine called the T-62 which is over
60 years old.