If it's true Putin has terminal bowel cancer does this make the situation more or less dangerous to Ukraine

[Bjarnum]

I have read this on several sites but am not sure if it is just a baseless rumour.

I would suggest more worrying he wouldn't care about using nuclear weapons and wiping the world out if he's going to die anyway! Although surely if he wants Ukraine under his power but is going to die anyway, why would he be doing all of this? I don't know, he's unpredictable and dangerous.

Bowel cancer can take years to come to it's final conclusion. He's clearly not on his death bed, sadly!

I think it's even more worrying, he's extremely focused (insane) and won't be around to live through the fall out, potentially literally.

I'd say we are all at great risk

Not just Ukraine. There won't be much left of Ukraine soon

Why can't someone just take him out before bowel cancer gets him? Surely the West must have had eyes on him for years.

I haven't heard about this rumour. But if it is true, people can take as long as 10 years to die with terminal cancer. It is a myth that everyone quickly dies. So he could have many years yet in him.

I haven't heard that either but you can guarantee he will have the very best healthcare at his disposal.

It's thought he is married to a fairly young Russian gymnast and has twins born in 2017 so why would he destroy the world for them?

It's all rumours ultimately anyway but who knows what he will do 🤷‍♀️

I wonder if this started as a theory on social media and then became a ‘truth’. Loads of things get posited as true / credible rumours but it’s very hard to identify a source. And knowing how secretive he is about his private life I’d be surprised if anyone in the know risked leaking it.

I read somewhere, that he has signs of Parkinsons disease, and early dementia, can't really beieve all that you read though. Putin always seems to have a flat dour looking,emotionless face,, so can never tell what he is thinking at all.. maybe he is human looking robot., with all wires and nuts and bolt in the head, and programmed to do and say, all the things he comes out with.

I dont suppose he would ever go and visit any of his Russian troups, in hospitals, those who have got badly injured in his war. a bit like some world leaders would do.

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Parkinson's doesn't mean he's gonna die soon

@nomistake

Why can't someone just take him out before bowel cancer gets him? Surely the West must have had eyes on him for years.

This was answered on this really informative thread, harder than you might think it seems.

The Telegraph reported on his health last week... massive covid paranoia and puffy steroid looking face amongst other things. I don't think it is just a social media rumour.

Either way - terrifying.

More worrying. He is facing his own mortality, that could well make him more reckless.

I doubt that’s true. He’s just a disgusting animal.

It's thought he is married to a fairly young Russian gymnast and has twins born in 2017 so why would he destroy the world for them? you have to wonder how, (and why) any woman would want to have sex with him don’t you? 😱

@nomistake

Why can't someone just take him out before bowel cancer gets him? Surely the West must have had eyes on him for years.

Because that is literally how world wars start.

He has a bunker for his family. A mega bunker they could stay in for years.

What a piece of shit the man is.

Ok i bothered to actually google rather than my earlier guesses. This article pulls together some sources of the speculation.

www.scotsman.com/news/world/is-putin-sick-and-why-is-russian-presidents-health-in-question-3598823

It's extremely unlikely that he'll live for years with bowel cancer...

Putin always seems to have a flat dour looking,emotionless face,, so can never tell what he is thinking at all.

That's Botox for you

I just think that if he were terminally ill suicidal, then he wouldn't have been so obsessively cautious about covid.

@IamSamantha

Bowel cancer can take years to come to it's final conclusion. He's clearly not on his death bed, sadly!

I think it's even more worrying, he's extremely focused (insane) and won't be around to live through the fall out, potentially literally.

@IamSamantha that's a massive generalisation! My DM died almost 6 months to the day after her diagnosis so if it was to be true we have no idea of knowing when he was diagnosed or how long he has!

@AlternativePerspective

It's thought he is married to a fairly young Russian gymnast and has twins born in 2017 so why would he destroy the world for them? you have to wonder how, (and why) any woman would want to have sex with him don’t you? 😱

Power, and money, spring to mind...........

If you were a young female would you dare to say no to Putin? I mean, presumably you have a family that you love.

Also, if you've been brought up in a narrow circle and with a great respect for the leadership, told you a glowing representative of Russia, and then the great leader himself actually is interested .... she might well be swept away or genuinely believe that he is a Saviour of Russia.