Sky News' Moscow correspondent Diana Magnay has weighed in on the likelihood of Vladimir Putin having a body double.
The Kremlin has dismissed fresh speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ill and called rumours that he uses a body double an 'absurd hoax'. The comments from Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov came after the General SVR Telegram channel, which regularly alleges Mr Putin is terminally ill with cancer, claimed he suffered 'cardiac arrest' on Sunday evening.
'The Kremlin denies it as obviously it would, but the speculation around certain images or moments tends to stem from Ukrainian sources or the tabloid press and those are never that reliable vis-a-vis Russia. 'Vladivostok to Moscow is a little over eight hours if you're flying commercial, which Putin doesn't.
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