Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed latest studies within the Western media as ‘absurd’ and ‘amusing’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has no physique doubles, opposite to studies in some Western media shops, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has mentioned. He additionally dismissed rumors that the president is critically ailing.
Speaking to the Russian media on Tuesday, Peskov insisted: “No. There are no body doubles… This belongs to the category of absurd information hogwash, which is discussed with enviable persistence by a number of media outlets.” He added that such claims “give [everyone in the Kremlin] nothing but a smile.“
He additionally dismissed as pretend studies which have not too long ago emerged within the Western media, suggesting that the Russian head of state is having coronary heart issues.
“He is absolutely fine,” Peskov assured reporters.
On Tuesday, The Mirror newspaper in Britain ran an article, citing an nameless Russian Telegram channel known as General SVR, which alleged that President Putin had suffered a cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on Sunday. The paper additionally repeated the declare that the Kremlin makes use of physique doubles for a few of Putin’s public appearances, together with international visits.
The Mirror did be aware, nonetheless, that the Telegram channel it had quoted “never posts any solid proof behind such claims.“
The newspaper went on to quote a latest Japanese TV report, which additionally alleged that the Russian president has doppelgangers, having analyzed his face, stroll and voice in a number of appearances with the assistance of synthetic intelligence. The head of Ukraine’s intelligence service, Kirill Budanov, has made comparable claims in latest months.
Several different Western media shops have repeatedly reported that the Russian head of state is critically ailing, and even terminally ailing with some type of most cancers.
Last November, AP and numerous different Western shops alleged that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had been hospitalized after his arrival on the G20 summit on the Indonesia island of Bali.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was fast to share a video clip of herself with the minister, who seemed to be in good well being. She added that “[we] just couldn’t believe our eyes” after seeing the pretend studies within the media.