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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Putin is surrounded by doctors and takes breaks during meetings for treatment, claims ex-British spy

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Vladimir Putin is “increasingly ill” and is “constantly accompanied” by a team of doctors, former British spy Christopher Steele has claimed.

Mr Steele, who wrote a dossier on Donald Trump and Moscow's alleged interference in the 2016 US elections, had earlier stated that the Russian leader was “quite seriously ill”, although the “exact details” of what ailed him are not known.

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