A new set of wild claims say that '"sickly" Vladimir Putin has been hit with a new nightmare after his “main” body double went down with “chronic kidney disease”.
This meant that on doctors’ orders his favourite Doppelgänger could not stand in for Putin - as he allegedly did in 2021 - for the president’s annual dip in an ice hole to mark Orthodox Epiphany.
Instead, the Kremlin pretended Putin had undertaken the ritual, while admitting there were no pictures or video, alleged General SVR Telegram channel.
