The filmmaker, who has interviewed him several times for a documentary, has revealed that the Kremlin boss is in remission, reports Business Insider.
Since the invasion of Ukraine began, Vladimir Putin’s health has been at the center of speculation. The Kremlin boss would suffer from cancer, for which he would be treated with steroids and chemotherapy, or suffer from Parkinson’s disease or even die, according to persistent rumours. Another theory, a severe cognitive impairment that would force him to make pointless decisions, like this declaration of war on the neighboring country. On the Russian side, all these hypotheses were quickly refuted. In power since 1999, the Soviet president has not lost any of his vitality. On Sunday, May 22, on Lex Fridman’s podcast carried by Business Insider, Oliver Stone scraped the Russian authorities’ communications by revealing that the leader had fallen ill: “Remember, Mr. Putin had cancer and I think he defeated him. He was also placed in solitary confinement because of the Covid. “Health issues that would have caused him to make ‘mistakes’.
The filmmaker behind Platoon and JFK interviewed Vladimir Putin several times between 2015 and 2017 as part of his four-part documentary, Conversations with Mr. Putin, and then reunited with him in 2019. According to Oliver Stone, the Russian head of state “would not have properly assessed the situation” before invading Ukraine and “may have lost touch with the people. »
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