Questions arose as to whether Covid-19 has nurtured Vladimir PutinThe paranoia after allegations surfaced, the isolated president spent time “suffocating in his own fears” after “retiring” during the pandemic.
Putin reportedly had contact only with his inner circle during the pandemic, but even they were asked to present fecal samples several times a week to check for infection, and in some cases were asked to isolate themselves for two. weeks before the face-to-face meeting.
This is the last of a series of questions asked about the state of mind of the Russian leader after he announced invasion of Ukraine in a “confused, terrifying, apocalyptic” way.
Rumors about the Russian leader’s health have been circulating for years, with repeated reports suggesting he suffers from cancer and Parkinson’s disease or has been affected by long-term Covid-19, which causes brain fog.
Fears were raised again yesterday after US Senator Marco Rubio said he thought Putin was mentally ill in a tweet warning that it was “quite obvious” that “something was wrong” with the Russian president amid the invasion. his in Ukraine.
“I wish I could share more, but for now I can say that for many it is quite obvious that something is wrong with #Putin,” wrote the Republican senator from Florida.
“He has always been a murderer, but his problem now is different and significant. It would be a mistake to assume that Putin will react in the same way as he did five years ago. ”
US Senator Marco Rubio yesterday suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be mentally ill in a mysterious tweet
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio tweets that it is “quite obvious” that “something is wrong” with Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine
Rubio did not specify his claim, but in recent days has described the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a “swamp.”
He also warned that Putin’s inner circle “may soon have to decide whether to accept new orders that will make them internationally wanted war criminals for the rest of their lives.”
Rubio also warned in what appeared to be a mocking tweet that Russian military leaders “must think carefully before carrying out Putin’s orders” because the president is “two years less than the life expectancy of a Russian man.”
He said military commanders could spend the rest of their lives avoiding an international tribunal to commit his crime, suggesting he believes Putin could die in the next two years.
This comes as Putin praised his special forces today for “heroically fulfilling their military obligations” during the Ukrainian invasion.
“Special thanks to those who heroically perform their military duty these days during the special operation to help the people’s republics of Donbass,” he said in a televised address.
“The heroic traditions of the special forces are embedded in the centuries-old history of our army.”
However, despite his remarks, Andrei Kortunov of Russia’s International Affairs Council told the BBC that Putin had not informed his staff about the invasion of Ukraine.
He said the decision was “surprising and shocking” to foreign ministry officials, adding that many were “overwhelmed to see what is happening”.
Meanwhile, said Tatiana Stanovaya from the political analysis firm R.Politik The timesthat Putin is no longer “asking for advice.” He sets tasks and demands and they are fulfilled.
She said: “He has withdrawn a lot in the last two years. He distances himself from the bureaucratic machine, from the establishment, from the elite. He spends a lot of time alone, suffocating in his own fears and thoughts.
Putin is now believed to be relying solely on a hardline group of military, security and spy services as advisers – the same people who encouraged the Russian president to annex Crimea in 2014 and who reaffirmed the idea that Ukraine is ruled by “drug addicts and drug addicts”. . neo-Nazis “.
Among Putin’s trusted officials is the head of Russia’s Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, who claims that some European countries have “legalized the marriage of animals.”
Meanwhile, the head of the SVR’s foreign intelligence service, Sergei Naryshkin, has often accused the Russian opposition of working with Western intelligence agencies.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is another close friend of Putin and heads the GRU’s military intelligence, which was accused of poisoning Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in 2018.
Although these officials were once allowed to have their own views and were heard by Putin, they are now considered “benefactors” around President Putin.
This map shows the strikes that Russia has so far been known to have inflicted on Ukraine, with more explosions rocking the country in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Ukrainian servicemen take refuge in combat positions at Vasilkov Military Air Base in Kyiv Oblast
Putin has been largely isolated from the outside world for the past two years as officials try to protect him from Covid-19.
At the start of the pandemic, he worked hard to avoid contracting the virus during a hospital visit, wearing a full protective suit at Russia’s main coronavirus clinic.
But overall, the president remained far from the public eye during the Covid-19 crisis, with officials and journalists having to isolate themselves before meeting with the president.
Last year, Russian Olympic medalists invited to meet with the president were told they would have to spend a week in quarantine before the meeting resumed.
And in September, it turned out that Putin had entered into self-isolation after a member of his entourage became infected with Covid-19 despite stringent precautions.
The Russian president gave up a planned trip to Tajikistan, did not personally participate in the parliamentary election campaign and held meetings with foreign counterparts at tables several meters long, which provoked mass ridicule on social media.
He was fully vaccinated with the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V – he received his second injection in April.
In March 2020, Putin did a great deal to avoid contracting the virus during a hospital visit by wearing a full protective suit at Russia’s main coronavirus clinic.
Under austerity measures, officials met with Putin only after spending two weeks in isolation and asking for faecal samples several times a week. They also led to a meeting between Putin and foreign colleagues at extremely long tables
The US think tank speculates that after behavior and statements that are “wrong” and “wrong,” it is suffering from a brain fog caused by Long Covid.
Moreover, the isolation caused by the pandemic itself could have left the 69-year-old even more detached from reality, with one neuropsychologist arguing that “progressive isolation” could lead to arrogance syndrome, which “reduced his ability to weigh risk.”
Speaking to MailOnline, clinical director at Medicine Direct. Hussein Abde explained how a person’s mental state can be eradicated from the virus.
He explained: “The study at the beginning of the pandemic also found that a small number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 experienced sudden behavioral changes, including delirium, confusion and agitation.”
It is usually associated with loss of contact with reality and overestimation of one’s own competence, achievements or abilities.
It is characterized by a model of excessive self-confidence, recklessness and contempt for others and is recognized mainly in subjects occupying positions of considerable power.
Vladimir Putin went into self-isolation after a member of his entourage contracted Covid-19 a day after meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last September
Surrounded by Russian confidants who are afraid to say no, Putin is hardly a world leader who can be linked to being the most grounded or the highest level.
But in televised speeches leading to the invasion of Ukraine, he has been confused, horrific and apocalyptic, while yesterday he issued a chilling warning to her allies in the West, promising terrible consequences for any foreign country that “intervened”. .
Meanwhile, Professor Ian Robertson, a neuropsychologist at Trinity College Dublin, has suggested that Putin may be suffering from arrogance.
Speaking of AndRobertson said Putin’s political trajectory was “as personal as it is political, because once the arrogance syndrome takes hold of the brain, the personal and the national are identical because the leader is the nation and its destiny.”
Meanwhile, he also said that changes in the frontal lobe of the brain caused by the condition could reduce a person’s ability to weigh risk.
COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of psychiatric diagnoses, including depression and anxiety, and triples the risk of sleep problems, the study found
COVID-19 infection leads to an increased risk of fatigue, sleep problems and psychiatric problems long after patients are diagnosed with their initial illness, a study found last month.
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used a British database of anonymous health records of about 12 million patients, after those who caught Covid within 10 months of diagnosis.
Patients who became infected with Covid were twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, or another serious condition after encountering the disease as patients without Covid.
In addition, they are twice as likely to be prescribed psychiatric medications and three times more likely to report sleep problems.
In addition, the study found that patients with negative Covid tests were also more likely to be diagnosed with the condition, suggesting that additional factors beyond coronavirus biology may play a role in this model.
However, the study provides new evidence for the long-term effects of Covid on patients’ sleep and mental health.
Fatigue, sleep problems, and brain fog are common symptoms of Long Covid, a condition in which patients continue to experience Covid symptoms for weeks or months after their initial infection.
Brain fog – a comprehensive term for problems with concentration and memory – is particularly common.
An international study of patients with Long Covid found that about nine out of ten patients reported neurological or psychiatric symptoms months after being diagnosed with Covid.
Some studies also suggest that Covid infection may be linked to anxiety, depression or mental health problems through links between the immune system and brain inflammation.