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Tom Parry

Vladimir Putin 'is using steroids' as his neck and head 'fill out', says medical expert

A leaked conversation between a Russian oligarch close to the Kremlin and a contact in the West suggests Vladimir Putin is terminally ill.

In the secretly taped recording obtained by New Lines magazine, the unidentified oligarch, a close confidante of Putin, describes the Russian president as being “very ill with blood cancer”.

The revelation comes after months of speculation about the tyrant’s health following the invasion of Ukraine in February.

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