How Putin’s Recent On-Camera Appearances Challenge Strongman Image | WSJ



Russian President Vladimir Putin’s health has been a topic of global discussion after footage showed him coughing, walking stiffly and seemingly tired. WSJ looks at how his on-camera appearances are being scrutinized amid the war in Ukraine and questions over his succession.

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43 thoughts on “How Putin’s Recent On-Camera Appearances Challenge Strongman Image | WSJ”

  1. As you get older your voice changes. Many men around 70 have to clear their throat alot. Its like reverse puberty.. or maybe he just has a cold.. but I think we all can agree he has some serious personality and moral flaws.. I plan to save the world through intelligent thinking.. haha.. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🌎 ✌

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  2. He is a sick man (even if he is not sick in his physical body), which means he is emotionally sick, the worse kind. Who else starts an all-out invasion war against your neighbor? Sick people do. Men are the biggest drama queens on the planet. War is that form of proof.

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  3. Obsessed with gaining superiority makes us forget that in commerce, business and politics, a monopole situation does not exist. Ignoring the need to negotiate a balance always results in an implosion.

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  4. That they are trying to show he's weak actually shows how strong he is. Think about it. If he has cancer or whatever else and can still pull off the offensive he has, then imagine what he could do with complete health. That's how I would think.

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  5. The "stiff right arm, hanging un natrually"

    Is debunked

    Remember his k.g.b. days?..

    That helped him develop the ability not to sway his draw arm for 2 reasons

    1) to have it at the ready "faster"

    2) to protect the agent's fire arm

    His "stiff" arm is not indicative of health for certain, and past speculation

    But the fact he was k.g.b. agent

    He still retains formal habits and it may just be for such an ego that "old"..habits die hard"

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  6. Have Russians started smoking marijuana yet so that they are not physically manipulated by Iphones and Smart phones?

    Marijuana smoke breaks down the Ether in the body that causes:

    1) Body parts to move without your will or assistance (coven)

    2) Ether based mental illness

    3) Ether based physical disability

    4) Ether based manipulation of you face via (interfacing) to alter your apperance and create variations of your facial profile.

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