Russia Denies Reports That Vladimir Putin Has Cancer

Politico Europe reports:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has denied that Vladimir Putin is seriously ill in the wake of numerous reports suggesting that the Russian leader has cancer. “You know, President Putin appears in public every day. You can see him on the screens, read his speeches, listen to his speeches,” Lavrov said,.

“I don’t think sane people can discern any sort of symptom of disease in this man.” Earlier in May, New Lines Magazine obtained what it said was a recording of an oligarch close to the Kremlin who claimed Putin is “very ill with blood cancer.”

It came after weeks of tabloid speculation about the president’s health, with numerous media outlets pointing to Putin gripping hold of a table while looking uncomfortable during a meeting,

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“I don’t think sane people can discern any sort of symptom of disease in this man.”

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denies that Putin is seriously ill, as rumors around the president’s health grow. https://t.co/JgKtHGkPZr

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