The Kremlin rejected speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin uses body doubles to stand in for him at public engagements.
There has been long-standing speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin uses body doubles to stand in for him at public engagements for health or security reasons.Putin has previously said he was offered a body double but didn't use it.
Asked by reporters to comment on an unsourced report on a Russian Telegram channel claiming Putin had suffered a serious health episode on Sunday — a report picked up by some Western media outlets nonetheless — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov laughed. "This belongs to the category of absurd information hoaxes that a whole series of media discuss with enviable tenacity. This evokes nothing but a smile," Peskov added.Putin has built much of his leadership on an image of him as an active, macho "tough guy," and has even been photographed topless when riding a horse during fishing and hunting trips.
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