Vladimir Putin has coughing fit during televised Covid-19 conference, forcing Kremlin to deny he has

[LiberalArkie]

Vladimir Putin has coughing fit during televised Covid-19 conference, forcing Kremlin to deny he has health problems

The Kremlin was forced to deny that Vladimir Putin had health problems on Wednesday after he suffered a coughing fit during a televised meeting.

The Russian president, 68, struggled to finish his sentence while speaking to top officials about 'acute financial problems' caused by Covid-19.

The video was later edited so that Putin's coughing fit seemed less severe in a version posted by his office.

Putin was speaking by video call to his finance minister Anton Siluanov and other senior officials when the coughing fit started.



https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2020/11/19/6488147525173528765/636x382_MP4_6488147525173528765.mp4

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8965073/Kremlin-denies-Putin-health-problems-coughing-fit.html

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. If Putin buys it, who takes over?

Does he have a hand picked successor or is there a war within the party?

Not that I think he will, I just ask out of curiosity. Does anyone know?

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. There is a strong oppo party in Russia.

Most likely, there we be a period of less meddling in world affairs without that head ratfucker in control.

[LanternWaste]

3. My money would be on Mikhail Mishustin

He's the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, appointed by Putin. Some good info on Wiki, but the sources cited there are the real gold-mines if you ever have the time.

[BlueTsunami2018]

6. Thanks.

I’ll check it out.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. I always assumed Dmitry Medvedev. But it looks like he's fallen out of flavor.

[BlueNProud]

5. May your lungs turn to oatmeal sweet prince

[Freedomofspeech]

7. I don't care...do you?

[Blue_true]

8. Hopefully he has the Black Death, the 1918 Virus, SARS, and MERS with

massive dollop of SARS-COV-2 on top as a nasty cherry.

[FelineOverlord]

9. Vladimir Putin has coughing fit during televised Covid-19 conference, forcing Kremlin to deny he has

There were rumors that he has Parkinson's.

https://eurasiantimes.com/does-vladimir-putin-really-suffer-from-parkinsons-disease-or-its-just-another-political-stunt-to-save-putinism/


But I guess it was just wishful thinking.

[LiberalArkie]

11. Interesting

He observed that while world leaders have been actively working since the beginning of the pandemic, Putin has been “behaving strangely”. He said Putin has also “become much worse at speaking.

Previously, he could flaunt figures during hours of interviews, telling us about numbers and facts but now the president continues to conduct his videoconferences, sits in his office, in the same position, in the same place”.

[FakeNoose]

12. He's infected with the horrible ill-fated Trump disease!

I hear it's fatal.

[BannonsLiver]

15. I wouldn't rule out a serious health problem.

It’s not like he’s going to come out and say “I’ve got Parkinson’s” before he has to.

He’s pushing 70. The life expectancy for Russian men is about 72.

[BannonsLiver]

14. He'd never confirm Parkinson's anyway.

At least not until it was so far advanced he could no longer hide it.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Oh. How sad.

I hope he's not terminal.

[Yavin4]

13. Death of Stalin, part II n/t

[bdamomma]

16. wouldn't

that be karma, if he does have it.