Vladimir Putin during his visit to Iran. Photo: AFP
“Is it Putin?” a Ukrainian intelligence official asked as he watched the Russian president get off his plane during his recent visit to Iran.
Major General Kyrylo Budanov It is escaped that Vladimir Putin used a double on his trip to Iran, his second out of Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24.
As indicated by The Sun via the Ukrainian 1 + 1 media, during his meeting with Ali Khamenei, the Russian president would have been much more “alert” and “mobile” than usual.
Putin (left) during his visit to Iran on 19 July. Photo: EFE
This call to attention has to do with the news circulating in the media opposed to the Russian government that Putin is fighting a serious illness.
Even though it may seem crazy, the idea that the president could have a double is not very far-fetched.
In May, an anti-Putin Telegram channel, allegedly run by a former Russian foreign intelligence lieutenant, claimed that double the politician’s body had been placed on high alert to replace Putin, if necessary, while he was undergoing surgery.
Left to right, Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: AP
In turn, Putin said two years ago that he was offered to use a stunt double in the early 2000s but refused.
Putin in Iran
The Russian president landed in Tehran on July 19 for meetings with his counterparts in Iran and Turkey focusing mainly on the conflict in Syria, but also on the war in Ukraine and its impact on the world economy.
After his arrival, Putin held a first meeting with the president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, with whom he discussed bilateral collaboration against radical Islamism, and another with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Putin is 69 years old. Photo: EFE
On his second trip abroad since the invasion of Ukraine, Putin, greeted at the airport with a red carpet, also met with another regional leader, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
grain arrangement
After the meeting on Friday, Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement brokered by the UN and Turkey to allow the resumption of exports to the world of Ukrainian cereals, Russian cereals and fertilizers and alleviate the global food crisis triggered by the war.
Turkish President and UN Secretary General António Guterres presided over the signing ceremony in the Turkish city of Istanbul, saying the deal will reduce global inflation resulting from rising food prices.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) greets Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: EFE
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksander Kubrakov signed separate documents in front of Guterres, while Erdogan witnessed the act.
The parties had reached an agreement in principle on a UN plan to export 22 million tons of wheat and other agricultural products that have been blocked in Ukrainian Black Sea ports since the Russian invasion.
Main sources: TELAM and EFE
Source: Clarin
