Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday denied speculation that President Vladimir Putin was sick, said there were no signs that refer to any disease.Putin’s health and personal life are taboo subjects in Russia, and almost never discussed in public.
Answering a question from the French announcer TF1, Russia’s top diplomat said: “I don’t think that sane people can see the signs of this person from a kind of disease or disease.”Lavrov said that Putin, who would be 70 years old in October, appeared in public “every day.
“You can watch it on the screen, read and listen to his speech,” Lavrov said in a comment released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”I handed it to the conscience of those who spread rumors like that.”
Putin, who has been in power in Russia for more than two decades, sent troops to Ukraine on February 24, sent shock waves throughout the world.Moscow’s attack has killed thousands of people, triggered the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II and caused western sanctions that had never happened to Moscow.