A Moscow hospital is on standby as Russian President Vladimir Putin suffers from pancreatic cancer, it has been speculated.
Ex-Soviet and now Israeli journalist Mark Kotlyarsky claimed the cancer diagnosis was confirmed to him by both Kremlin and medical informers in Moscow.
He posted: "Putin was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer - a malignant aggressive tumour, which is characterised by uncontrolled growth of glandular and epithelial tissues in the excretory ducts of the organ.
