Friday, 22 July 2022 — Moon of Alabama
Over the last months the British MI-6 disinformation service had fun with strewing rumors over Vladimir Putin’s health, mostly via British tabloids. It used its usual tools – a former MI-6 chief, ‘former’ MI-6 spies and the ever available ‘anonymous’ Russian oligarch who lives in London. Like its other propaganda claims these were obvious nonsense but found a reliably echo in the gossip media.
- Putin Laughs Off Rumors of Ill Health
Reuters / NYT – Mar 16, 2015 - Opinion: Is Putin dying? Is he mentally ill? The emerging field of ‘Putinology’
LA Times – Mar 5, 2022 - Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko attacks Putin: ‘He’s sick, he’s an unhealthy man’ – EXCLUSIVE
Yahoo – Mar 18, 2022
- Putin’s hand shakes before he grips chair arm and awkwardly taps his feet during meeting with Lukashenko two months ago in latest sign Russian leader is suffering health problems
Daily Mail – Apr 26, 2022 - What’s wrong with sickly Vladimir Putin?
Evening Standard – Apr 27, 2022 - Report: Putin faces cancer surgery; his temporary fill in won’t ‘do anything rash’
Boston Herald – May 2, 2022 - Is Vladimir Putin sick? Health problems and abdominal cancer prognosis explored amid latest report
Sk Pop – May 3, 2022 - Putin ‘plans to hand over power as cancer rumours and signs of ill health grow’
Mirror – May 4, 2022 - What The Obsession With Putin’s Health Says About The Grim State Of The War
Worldcrunch – May 4, 2022 - People think these bruises on Putin’s face are proof he’s very ill
Indy 100 – May 11, 2022 - Is Putin Sick – Or Are We Meant to Think He Is?
NewLines – May 12, 2022 - Vladimir Putin ‘very sick’ with cancer and other illnesses, army boss says
Mirror – May 14, 2022 - Russian oligarch secretly recorded saying Putin is ‘very ill with blood cancer,’ report says
Insider – May 14, 2022 - Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘Seriously Ill’, Ukraine Invasion ‘Element’ Of Illness: Report
ABT – May 15, 2022 - Vladimir Putin is ‘seriously ill’, says ex-British spy; Russian Oligarch claims Prez ‘suffering from blood cancer’
Free Press Journal – May 15, 2022 - Russian President Putin Is ‘Seriously Ill’, Claim Ex-Spy, Others: Reports
The Quint – May 16, 2022 - Former M16 chief backs claims Vladimir Putin is in poor health following reports president is ‘very ill with blood cancer’
Sky News ´- May 16, 2022 - Putin Is ‘Seriously Ill’, Potentially Terminal, Ex-MI6 Russia Head Says
Newsweek / MSN – May 16, 2022 - Putin Leaving Meetings To Get Medical Treatment, Claims Ex-MI6 Intelligence Officer
Republican World – May 21, 2022 - Putin will land in sanatorium and lose power by 2023: ex-MI6 head
NY Post – May 22, 2022 - ‘Putin will be gone by 2023’: Ex MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove says Russian president will be sent to a sanatorium
Bulldog reports – May 22, 2022 - Russia’s Putin will be in a sanatorium and out of power by 2023, ex-MI6 chief predicts
Business Insider / SCMP – May 23, 2022 - America’s ‘Biggest Enemies’ – Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping Critically Ill; Suffering From Terminal Brain Disease – Media
Eurasian Times – May 26, 2022 - Putin sick with cancer, has three years to live, says Russian spy
News.au – May 28, 2022 - MI6 spies claim Vladimir Putin could be dead and a body double is taking his place at public events – Chronicle
May 29, 2022 - Timeline shows Putin’s alleged health problems after contested Ukrainian claims that he is concealing a serious illness
Insider – May 30, 2022 - Russia’s Sergey Lavrov denies Vladimir Putin is ill
SCMP – May 30, 2022 - Vladimir Putin may already be dead with body double being used, MI6 source says
Daily Record – May 30, 2022 - Is Vladimir Putin Sick? What We Know About the Russian President’s Health
Newsweek/MSN – May 30, 2022 - Exclusive: Putin Treated for Cancer in April, U.S. Intelligence Report Says
Newsweek – Jun 2, 2022 - Ex-MI6 Agent Claims Russia’s President Putin Is A Body Double.
Medium – Jun 2, 2022 - ‘Putin Is Definitely Sick’: Brutal Russian Autocrat Treated for Cancer, Survived Assassination Attempt, Intel Analysts Say
CBN News – Jun 3, 2022 - Putin health deteriorating FAST: Warning to ‘be ready’ as ‘everyone senses end is near’
Express – Jun 5, 2022 - The Many Deaths of Vladimir Putin
CEPA – Jun 6, 2022 - Why the world is fixated on Vladimir Putin’s health
Financial Review – Jun 8, 2022 - VLAD THE PALER Is Vladimir Putin ill?
U.S. Sun – Jun 10, 2022 - DYING DAYS Putin health latest: Sickly tyrant will be ‘incapacitated’ and toppled in coup within three months, claims ex-MI6 spy
Sun – Jun 10, 2022 - Putin ill health claims may be Western spy bid to topple despot – expert
Express – Jun 14, 2022 - Vladimir Putin seen shaking in latest video
NY Post – Jun 14, 2022 - ‘Hits the Botox heavily’ Hypochondriac Putin obsessed with looks – doctor ‘never far away’
Express – Jun 14, 2022 - Does This Video Prove Vladimir Putin Is Sick with Blood Cancer?
1945 – Jun 15, 2022 - Is Vladimir Putin ill?
Economist – Jun 15, 2022 - Vladimir Putin is gravely ill and will be ‘dead within two years’, spy chief claims
Joe – Jun 26, 2022 - Vladimir Putin seen gripping table with veins bulging as illness rumors mount
NY Post – Jun 16, 2022 - VLAD THE WEAKER Telltale signs sickly Putin is ‘losing control’ after disastrous limping appearance in Iran
Sun – Jul 20, 2022 - ‘PUTIN’ ON A SHOW: Sick Vlad Tries to Keep Up Appearances as He Gets Off His Plane in Iran
Hanity – Jul 20, 2022 - Is Vladimir Putin dead?
New Statesman – Jul 21, 2022
CIA Director William Burns finally had enough of it. Getting asked and having to answer stupid questions about Putin’s health is a waste of time. Official media picked up on it. The narrative is thereby dead.
- Vladimir Putin ‘entirely too healthy’ says CIA chief
Euronews – Jul 21, 2022 - Putin is ‘entirely too healthy,’ the C.I.A. director says.
NY Times – Jul 21, 2022 - Ukraine war: CIA chief says no intelligence that Putin is in bad health
BBC – Jul 21, 2022
The Russian’s said ‘thanks’ to Burns and reinforced his message.
- Russia Denies Rumors Putin Is Sick
Forbes – Jul 21, 2022
For incomplete lists of other MI-6 induced nonsense headline storms see:
- Russia Is ‘Weaponizing’ … Everything
MoA – Mar 3, 2016 - How Putin’s Russia Weaponizes X
MoA – Dec 17, 2018 - Putin Asks And Trump Delivers – A List Of All The Good Things Trump Did For Russia
MoA – Jan 15, 2019 - The Man Who Weaponizes And Loses Everything
MoA – Aug 13, 2019 - The ‘Russian Military Build-Up’
MoA – Apr 2, 2021 - How Russia ‘Weaponized’ 111 Times
MoA – Apr 5, 2021 - When China Does Great Question Its Cost
MoA – Dec 27, 2021 - China, Where Everything Vanishes
MoA – Jan 29, 2022
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