Russia, the unknowns about Putin’s health: what would happen in the event of his resignation or death

PUTIN’S HEALTH ILLUSIONS

• A thyroid tumor, a severe form of diabetes, Parkinson’s and beginnings of dementia, stroke, spinal problems. In recent years there have been many rumors about the health of Russian President Vladimir Putin, all flatly denied by the Kremlin

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A TEAM OF DOCTORS EVERYTHING FOR HIM

• In recent years, media around the world have noted that Putin is often accompanied by a large team of doctors on his trips abroad. It all started in 2016, when trips outside Russia would see him surrounded by various doctors, including resuscitators, neurosurgeons and oncologists

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THOSE ALLEGED TRIPS TO SOCHI

• The media mainly focused on the presence of oncologists on the staff: one of them is known for his studies on thyroid cancer. According to press rumors, Putin “he would visit him 35 times in Sochi“, city in southern Russia. These alleged trips they were never confirmed by the Kremlin

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THE INDEPENDENT’S QUESTIONS

• Returning to Putin’s health is an article fromIndependenta prestigious British newspaper, which wonders what could happen in the event of resignation or death of the Russian leader. Just in recent days the Kremlin has denied some sources who spoke of a “cardiac arrest in bedroom” for the Tsar

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THE ALLEGED “HEART ARREST”

• This rumor was spread by a Telegram channel attributed – without any evidence – to former Russian intelligence generals. The text stated that Putin had suddenly turned himself upside down felt ill in his private residence: two security agents would have noticed the illness, and would have heard a thud coming from the bedroom of the Tsar

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“THEY RESUVED HIM”

• Also according to the Telegram channel, doctors “resuscitated” him after diagnosing him with “cardiac arrest”. Putin would then have been hospitalized in the premises of his residence used for intensive care. His conditions they would then stabilize and now he would be under constant medical supervision

THE OUTSTANDING DENIAL

• Again, the alleged heart attack was strongly denied by the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov (in the picture)who talked about “nonsense“. Furthermore, as the fact-checking site writes Fact NewsRussian media experts warned readers about the unreliability of this Telegram group, which was also called a “political fantasy channel“

SCENARIOS IN THE EVENT OF RESIGNATION OR DEATH

• But returning to the initial question, what would happen if Putin resigned or died? According to theIndependentthe threat of the armed rebellion led by has passed Yevgeny Prigozhin (died in a mysterious plane crash), questions remain about the future of the country’s leadership: his family is not in fact in the running to replace him, as usually happens with dictators

MISHUSTIN INTERIM PRESIDENT

• If the current Kremlin leader were to resign or die suddenly, the Council of the Russian Federation it would have 14 days to call early elections. If he fails to act, the Central Election Commission would summon him, while the prime minister Mikhail Mishustin (in the picture) would serve as president ad interim

DID MEDEV BE THE TRUE SUCCESSOR?

• As he writesIndependent, some observers consider Mishustin an unlikely option for a permanent post, given his lack of popularity in Putin’s inner circle. The British newspaper instead quotes the vice-president of the Russian Security Council and one of Putin’s closest allies, Dmitry Medvedevlike one of his own potential successorsalso recalling his past as president of the Federation from 2008 to 2012

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