Thanks so much for this. I'd not heard rumors of his ill health before. I wonder if they're true? Anyone hear anything else about this??

Susoni

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Some recent reports have woven a link between the Russian President Vladimir Putin's impatience and belligerence in Ukraine with that of his failing health because of a reported cancer in his spinal chord.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin attends an informal meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 8, 2014.

According to New York Post report, Putin is allegedly being treated for cancer and that is why he is in a hurry to invade Ukraine. The report also says that an elderly doctor from the old East Germany is treating Putin, whom he knows for many years, when he was serving in Dresden as a KGB agent. The German doctor has been administering various treatments to Putin, that included steroid shots, explaining Putin's puffy appearance. But the 84 years old physician quit recently, saying he disliked visiting Russia as he was feeling ill-treated by Putin's security guards.

According to Page 6 scribe Richard Johnson, in a report, "Some say that Putin has only three years to live and wants to leave a legacy in terms of expanding the Russian frontiers like Peter the Great or Stalin", reports

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/570841/20141027/russia-putin-ukraine-eu-usa-west-moscow.htm#.VE7hLRaKU5g

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