Vladimir Putin's New Delhi arrival video has reignited body double rumours after the Russian president was filmed walking down the steps of his plane at Palam Air Force Station on Friday, ahead of the BRICS summit. Putin, 73, arrived in India's capital for the 11-member gathering, and within hours clips of him descending the aircraft stairs were circulating on X, where several users insisted the man in the footage was not Putin.
For context, claims that the Russian leader uses a stand-in are not new. The Kremlin dismissed similar rumours as 'lies' in 2023, when spokesman Dmitry Peskov called suggestions that Putin uses a body double 'yet another lie' and said the president remained 'mega-active' and in good health.
