Fresh rumours over the health of Vladimir Putin have arisen after he appeared to be clutching his chair with a purple hand during a meeting with the Cuban leader.
A video published on the Kremlin’s website showed Putin and the Cuban head of state, Miguel Díaz-Canel y Bermúdez, deliver speeches at the unveiling of a monument to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in Moscow.
The “traditional friendship” between the two nations was hailed in the meeting with the bronze statue of Castro flanked by Russian military guards.