Vladimir Putin may have cancer, according to ex-military intelligence officer

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ByJohn WardNisha Mal
14:33, 6 MAR 2022UPDATED14:37, 6 MAR 2022

A former military intelligence officer now working at the Pentagon said analysts have been studying Putin and believe he is gravely ill

Vladimir Putin may be seriously ill, a former intelligence officer now working for the Pentagon claims. The unnamed source says Russia's president has terminal bowel cancer.

It is believed Putin's “puffy face” is a sign he is having chemotherapy or on steroids. The source also suggests that his solemn expression is because he is in constant pain.

This could have made him more aggressive or he may be attacking Ukraine as he knows he is dying and wants to leave a legacy, the source claims. The former officer said analysts have been studying Putin, 69, and believe he is gravely ill.

Link: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/vladimir-putin-cancer-according-ex-23304532

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Hope it's incapacitating

Soon.

[EYESORE 9001]

16. Nope

The disease is incapacitating, and he becomes incapacitated as a result.

[Wingus Dingus]

2. Are these the same people who told us Kim Jong Un was comatose and

on his death bed? Cause that dude is still here.

[Bettie]

3. Good

I hope he's in constant pain and never has another good day before he dies. Hopefully it will be soon.

Wow, that seems mean, but he's a monster.

[FoxNewsSucks]

5. Not mean at all. It's what he deserves.

[Bettie]

9. I miss when I used to believe in the basic decency of most humans

that we were all working for basically the same end, but had different ideas of how to get there and that there were few actually evil people in the world.

Yes, I used to believe that.

Now, I believe that a whole lot more ugly, nasty people than I ever could have imagined.

I am not even sure that the basically good people outnumber the evil ones. I hope so, but it isn't really looking that way lately.

[FoxNewsSucks]

29. I'd like to say something encouraging in response,

but I can't. I agree completely with that. I know there are good decent people, and appreciate them. But they're outnumbered. Possibly by evil greedy people, definitely by the combined numbers of the "evil greedy" and the indifferent and manipulable.

[Horse with no Name]

82. Unfortunately when society doesn't stop the monsters,

We have to root for basic physiology.
Does it mean we wish ill on all cancer patients? Of course not but if this is the only path to justice, then so be it.

[Bettie]

95. That is the problem with belief in decency these days

the monsters seem to get away with everything.

No one in power seems to want any consequences for those monsters.

So, they run amok.

[cilla4progress]

4. I've suspected and been saying this

He acts like a person living on borrowed time., with no future, suicidal. Any loved ones are safely tucked away in western Europe.

Those long tables...he is immunocompromised.

His puffy grey face is also a tell.

I guess we shall see.

[Native]

11. Who subsequently had a meeting with a bunch of flight attendants that he sat directly next to.

[cilla4progress]

19. ???

???

[Hugin]

22. That video was shown to have been green screened.

His hand repeatedly waving through a microphone.

[IL Dem]

30. Do you have a link?

n/t

[Hugin]

33. Here.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216444702

[gldstwmn]

96. Here's a good post on the video:

Link to tweet

?t=7g5sGoNQjGHXB5a4mNC9CA&s=19

[blogslug]

32. It wasn't

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/no-that-putin-video-didnt-use-a-green-screen-misinformation/

Granted, it was weird. As some have said it looked like the thing was filmed in an underground pool with a ton of potted plants, teapots for everybody and non-threatening young women who (I'm assuming) he thought made him look virile yet sympathetic. It was staged as hell but no computerized special effects.

[Hugin]

34. Interestingly the tweet appears to be gone.

However. His hand clearly passed through solid objects.

Now if that manipulation was performed by Kremlin sources or after release is up to the viewer’s discretion.

[LisaL]

45. His hand didn't pass through solid objects.

It only appeared so because video was of poor quality.

[blogslug]

46. Did you read the article I provided?

I don't think you did.

[OnDoutside]

53. Correct.

[EndlessWire]

35. I agree

He does look puffy and grey. I thought it was just that his recent pictures are of an older Putin, but he does look downright ill now. And, those long tables aren't for protection from bullets. That's social distancing because he is afraid of germs, or the virus.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

44. Then why was he shoulder to shoulder with Flight attendents?

The other day explaining his invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦 to them if he was so afraid of germs?

[EndlessWire]

47. Because it's propaganda. n/t

[hunter]

48. That's his harem. They've been quarantined since the start of the covid crisis.

They've got all sorts of costumes down there in Putin's bunker. The stewardess costumes were deemed more appropriate for this propaganda video than the Nazi SS officer costumes or the black latex.

Or so I've heard....

[gldstwmn]

91. I thought it was the 2022 Sparrow class.

[Meowmee]

94. If he were truly afraid of germs immunocompromised etc

He would not meet in person with anyone and or would wear a high quality mask. It could be he is delusional about it. He looks not great but he does not look like he is terminal imo.

[Azathoth]

6. Scary if true

A guy who knows he will be dead soon doesn't need to worry about future repercussions.

[Botany]

7. Be a shame if some Dr. or nurse gave him the wrong shot or the wrong stuff in his IV or the ....

... wrong pill. The world can't wait for nature to run its course he needs to be dead or in a
coma today.

[leftieNanner]

56. Would the Kremlin even announce it if it happened?

Does he even have a second-in-command?

Scary stuff.

[wnylib]

69. I am sure that there are people in

the Russian government and among the oligarchs who benefit from him who are vying for the position of replacing him. Maybe they have already chosen his replacement. Maybe they will resort to some crime family style fighting to control which of them replaces him.

Well, he did say that he wanted to be "president" for life. It's like a genie granting a wish but not saying how long that life will be.

[momta]

58. Maybe something radioactive or whatever he gave to Navalny. n/t

[fescuerescue]

10. It's really hard to know if this is true

It could just be propaganda to decrease Russian confidence.

Hopefully it is true, but war is full of lies, you gotta take everything with a grain of salt.

[BeyondGeography]

27. If this is just to mess with Vlad, bowel cancer is a fine choice.

Yeah, I’m in that kind of mood.

[Hugin]

12. When has he not had a solemn expression?

When? I ask you.

[FoxNewsSucks]

31. His expression looked pretty smug and satisfied

after every meeting with his puppet, MF45. Then it went back to solemn.

[Hugin]

36. True.

Mostly solemn then?

[sarge43]

72. For one, the Helsinki conference with TFG

He had put the POTUS on a short leash and owned him. For a thug that had terrified and beaten far better men than TFG, this was his crowning achievement. Not that it was that difficult.

[Hugin]

80. It takes a special kind of sick to take pleasure in kicking your own dog.

Yes, I do recall.

[sarge43]

85. The defining trait of a psychopath n/t

[fightforfreedom]

13. Maybe that's why he is sitting 20 feet from people.

If he is sick, he would be protecting himself from covid in this manner.

[Bayard]

14. I'd like to see some other confirmation of this....

But if true,

[dalton99a]

20. The Daily Star is a tabloid

[samsingh]

15. maybe he should make peace with God.

[Jilly_in_VA]

17. My mother always told us

when we were kids, that it was wrong to pray against someone, but it was okay to pray for God to deal with them as they should be dealt with.

May God deal with Putin as God sees fit to deal with him. Amen.

[EndlessWire]

40. Yeah, Piet Hein

had a grook about this, wherein he said something like (can't find my grook book at the moment) it wasn't okay to (hurt) someone, but it was okay to wish him to the devil. Heavily paraphrased, but similar lesson.

[Salviati]

61. If that's the case...

... then I pray the devil takes him swiftly and not gently.

[wnylib]

75. But what if it is someone

committing mass murder? Then wanting his demise is an expression of defense.

If you are in a crowd and someone starts shooting, you are justified in stopping that person, even If it means killing him. If you are not in the crowd bring murdered, but are witnessing it, is it morally wrong to want him dead if that is the only way to protect his victims?

[dweller]

18. Poor dictator

If he’s at Death’s door hopefully someone can pull him through


✌🏻

[wnylib]

73. A "mercy killing."

[littlemissmartypants]

21. Logical assessment.

I'm going to add that if he's taking pain medication, those medications are capable of causing psychosis, paranoia and even hallucinations at varying doses.

None of this, of course, is a good thing.

🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻

[Baitball Blogger]

23. Oh, he's leaving a legacy alright.

[NickB79]

24. If he's dying, he may feel he has nothing left to lose

And wants to settle old scores before he goes.

Hopefully not "out with a bang".

[Miguelito Loveless]

25. Baseless, wishful thinking

According to these stories Trump and Kin Jong Un should have died years ago.

[EndlessWire]

42. Well

he looks AWFUL. Is he staying up nights drinking vodka in front of a maneuvering board? That might do it, sleepless nights trying to figure why his invasion isn't going well, why the Ukrainians are just so danged clever? He looks very puffy.

[wnylib]

79. His face looks like my aunt's did

before she died of pancreatic cancer.

But, maybe he does not have cancer. Maybe he is bloated from steroids that he has used in his obsession with looking like a strong man who works out.

[EndlessWire]

81. If he has pancreatic cancer

his timeline is short.

He could also have arthritis being treated with drugs that suppress the immune system. This would also account for his reluctance to be near other people, although this is not necessary.

[wnylib]

83. My aunt's face bloated from the meds

that she was taking, not from the cancer, so Putin's puffy face does not necessarily come from cancer.

My guess is that he took so many steroids for body building that the steroids are causing the puffiness. But now, because of the steroids, he is also immunocompromised in the age of covid.

[EndlessWire]

84. Well, I agree.

My guess is that he has rheumatoid arthritis and is being treated for that. Also, prednisone can do this to you, although you are not supposed to take it long term. You take that for arthritis in the beginning, then switch to something else.

But, since I committed the sin of wishing this bastard dead, I might as well cross my fingers that he will drop dead of something.

[wnylib]

89. I share that wish, sooner the better.

[bdamomma]

93. But I would

like to see him pay for all his crimes too. Thug criminal.

[dalton99a]

26. This is the same guy who murdered countless people and invaded Georgia and Crimea

[Iterate]

28. I look forward to the autopsy report.

It's the only way to be sure.

[Hugin]

39. I will watch it on Reelz.

Right after the special on what really happened to the cast of Honey Boo Boo.

[tinrobot]

37. Sounds like he's Breaking Vlad

Except for the part where he was a nice Chemistry teacher.

[hamsterjill]

38. As a Christian, I hope he seeks forgiveness and stops.

As a realist, I don’t have much hope for that. But the prospect of death does things to a person. One never knows another’s relationship with a higher power.

Now, all that said - if his death will save countless other lives, then I am a firm believer that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one.

[DFW]

41. If Russians are still obeying his every order

It doesn't matter if has has AIDS, Covid, Radiation sickness, and leprosy combined.

Until he no longer has the capacity to command people to do what he wants, he remains the same dangerous character he is now.

[milestogo]

43. Heres what happens in end stage colon cancer-

Symptoms at the end of life can include periods of confusion, agitation, and even hallucinations. Your loved one may see insects in the room, angels, or even people that you cannot see. They may not recognize you or may seem upset and out of sorts for no apparent reason.

[getagrip_already]

49. poor bubalah - what he needs is some of grandma putin's special "sweet" tea....

Maybe some chicken soup made with some special herbs.

[NCjack]

50. When Putin dies, who goes as US rep to the funeral? TDFG? One of the GQP senators?

[bullimiami]

51. This was my first question when hearing people trying to analyze his actions.

If he has a terminal illness all bets are off.

[maxsolomon]

52. Blah blah blah bullshit.

Wales Online contributing to the misinformation overload. Which is exactly what Russia's cyberwar wants.

[luv2fly]

54. Yawn ... more "experts" guessing

Kind of like all the "experts" guessing Trump may be indicted any day now.

[certainot]

55. i was thinking the same thing

[Raster]

57. GOOD!!! I hope it is PAINFUL as fuck!!!

How fitting: #Putin rotting away from within!

[LiberalArkie]

59. That I really believe. Trying to bring back his beloved USSR before he dies.

[momta]

60. So he has to inflict his butt-hurt on the rest of the world.

[lastlib]

62. My deepest sympathies to the cancer...

I do hope its pain is eased soon.....

[world wide wally]

63. In this case, I am on cancer's side

[lpbk2713]

64. When and if he expires ...

I'll be less concerned about it than I was when OxyRush kicked off.

[DemUnleashed]

65. Good!

If true, spill the dirt on Trump, Republican politicians, and our right wing news media before you go!

If you do that, maybe your legacy will go up a tiny, tiny, tiny bit!

[SunSeeker]

66. I wish this were true but I doubt it. His puffy face is due to anti-wrinkle fillers.

Putin has been getting face injections for decades to smooth out his wrinkles so that he doesn't look old.

Problem is, injecting too much Restylane or doing fat transfer injections in your face makes your face look stolen and lumpy.

This Australian cosmetic surgeon explains it, showing Putin's botched filler work over the years.
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/sydney-cosmetic-doctor-claims-vladimir-putin-has-had-too-much-filler/news-story/9d3134a6911a5d5e65545480cd686acd

[Crunchy Frog]

67. IOW he may have nothing to lose by launching WWIII.

Will somebody in Russia please do the right thing?

[Traildogbob]

68. Sure would be

Easy enough to switch out the chemo drip to pure plutonium from his stash. I am all for hurry up and die for GQP anti Vax, hoax assholes, but no where near the hurry up the world wants on this evil shit. Cancer has had a way to skip over the most evil people and take our best. Hope he suffers horribly while he waits.

[Ford_Prefect]

70. I do not see this speculative story on any respected news site. This sounds like another rumor.

The Sun and other Murdoch outlets have it.

I'm not calling it 100% BS but have no reason to think that it isn't at the least wishful thinking.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

74. That would explain it.

He came into power with a promise to bring back the (arguably) glory of Russia as in the way it was when it was the USSR.

If he does have cancer then the time is short to make his dreams a reality.

[Lucid Dreamer]

76. ...autopsy report...and even then...? I trust nuttin'. nt

[KS Toronado]

77. I hope his cancer doctor gives him a shot of "something"

that puts him to sleep forever, and ends this war.

[Ziggysmom]

78. If only it were true!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

86. This is being reported in the British tabloids

I am doubtful given these sources

Putin has been acting odd lately and his face is puffed out.

Here is the front page of one of these tabloids

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

87. Curious changes in Putin's appearance pointed out by former CIA agent when asked about his health

Putin has changed https://www.rawstory.com/putin-2656798686/

Link to tweet

"Well, here's what French President Emmanuel Macron said recently about Putin, and it was reported in the Wall Street Journal," host Witt prompted. "That 'Mr. Macron noticed a change in Mr. Putin's demeanor when speaking to him on the phone over the course of the pandemic. He tended to talk in circles, rewriting history, a close aide to Mr. Macron said. if you look at the video of Putin talking to leaders across those long tables.' What does all this suggest to you, the level of isolation that he has endured due to his paranoia about Covid? "

"I completely agree with that," Walder replied. "That is one thing that I have noticed lately, even -- and I know this sounds superficial -- but if you really just look at pictures of him, which I tend to do quite a bit, the shape of his face has even changed. He looks different, he speaks differently, and he's crossed over to what I think I consider to be almost the dark side of history."

"Look, Putin was never a friend, if you will, but most of the things that he was doing was really sort of cyber, psychological operations, those kinds of things," she added. "Now he's really crossed over sort of that red line into, you know, this full military warfare, but then part of me wonders if we should be this surprised."

[Silent3]

88. More like bowel cancer developing a terminal case of Putin n/t

[bdamomma]

90. let his

Drs. refuse his treatment that would be his punishment.

[highplainsdem]

92. If true, and if he has months or longer to live, then he's much more dangerous now because

he'll be focused on a legacy of restoring, or starting to restore, a Soviet Union or imperial Russia.