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Russian President Vladimir Putin is healthy and does not use body doubles for public appearances, a Kremlin spokesperson said Tuesday, following claims on social media suggesting Putin—whose health has been speculated on in recent years—suffered a heart attack over the weekend.Peskov also denied claims that Putin uses body doubles because of his health or security reasons, indicating the rumors are part of “absurd information hoaxes.
The Telegram channel—claiming to cite former members of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service—claimed earlier on Tuesday that a body double of Putin held a phone conversation with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva while the “real” Putin was in an “intensive care ware in his residence.”“This belongs to the category of absurd information hoaxes that a whole series of media discuss with enviable tenacity,” Peskov said, adding, “This evokes nothing but a smile.
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