...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...was once again seen shaking and struggling to stand during an awards ceremony at the Kremlin — sparking renewed questions about the Russian leader’s possible declining health.
Video captured the president appearing unstable, swaying back and forth, after he awarded filmmaker Nikita Mikhailov the State Prize of the Russian Federation on Sunday, the UK’s Express reported.
Putin, 69, also shook his legs as he stood near the podium with his arms straight by his side.
The alarming footage emerged after his doctors have reportedly advised him not to make any "lengthy’’ public appearances because of his "unstable health.’’
The claim was made on the Telegram channel General SVR, which is purportedly run by a Kremlin military source.