Putin: cancer diagnosis? The Kremlin insider says his successor will be announced in January

London – The health of Wladimir Putin it is kept as a state secret. An entire department should take care of that Head of the Kremlin remains healthy. One of his personal doctors, Sergei Mironov, is said to have said only this: “From a medical point of view it is Put in significantly younger than he would be according to his age. “In general, Putin prefers honey tea and gentle massages – he’s pretty skeptical about drugs.

But now a Kremlin insider is again circulating rumors about the president’s health. Putin is said to have developed cancer and been operated on earlier this year. The British Daily mail it would have Valery Solovei, a celebrity Putin’s critics*, then says that Putin and his daughter are planning to resign in early 2021 Katerina Tikhonova he wants to establish himself as a successor. She is known as an academician, dancer and author:

Cancer diagnosis for Putin? The Kremlin critic reveals the alleged plans for the resignation of the Russian president

There is strong speculation about a possible disease Daily mail Ever since the papers leaked that Putin was preparing for the post-presidency period. But for Solovei one thing is certain: Put in he suffers from Parkinson’s disease and a cancer that will soon force him to resign. “I’m not a doctor and I can’t give an exact diagnosis,” Solovei would have said.

Above all signs of a possible Parkinson’s disease they are therefore closely watched in Russia: so it should Putin repeatedly drinking from a cup of medication during television appearances or shaking your legs under the table. Recently, a violent coughing fit during a live performance fueled speculation that Putin may be sick.

Does Putin have cancer? Should the rumors weaken his position?

It is clear, however, that rumors about Putin’s possible cancer were already circulating in 2012. Again and again there was speculation about his health if Putin hadn’t appeared in public for a long time. International observers assumed around 2014 that this would weaken Putin’s stance, like focus.de then he wrote. Strong Daily mail the Kremlin rejected speculation about the disease.

On the other hand, it is certain that: Head of state Putin it must be concerned about the health of its citizens. More recently, over 23,000 new infections have occurred with Coronavirus* given within one day:

Russia is fighting the pandemic in makeshift hospitals, among other places. “The assumption that all is well is out of place,” Putin said. (kat) * Merkur.de is part of the German publishing network Ippen-Digital.