Putin To 'Disappear' For Cancer Surgery, Says Russian Telegram Account

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to vanish for a while as undergoes cancer surgery, a mystery Russian Telegram account claimed, Will Stewart and Graeme Murray reported for the United Kingdom’s Mirror newspaper.

Photo Insert: The Russian President presiding over the meeting with members of the Council of Lawmakers

The same Telegram account said Putin secretly nominated Nikolai Patrushev, a former KGB counterintelligence officer who once headed the Federal Security Bureau (FSB), to take “control” of Russia while he is incapacitated, an act that is illegal since, under the constitution, power should pass solely to the prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, 56, a low-profile technocrat without known military or secret services links.

The outlet said the choice of spymaster Patrushev - which came after a two-hour “heart to heart” with Putin - was the worst option.

“What if, all of a sudden, Putin manifests particularly severe health problems? We know very well that he has cancer, and Parkinson's disease, plus a schizoaffective disorder, as we have said many times,” said the General SVR account. His cancer is worsening, it added.

Sir Richard Dearlove, who headed UK’s MI6 from 1999 to 2004 told GB News there is often a link between the disease and a “loss of restraint. Maybe Putin’s behavior - maybe his rationality - is prejudiced or compromised by illness. The best explanation, which we don’t know whether it’s correct or not, is that he may have Parkinson’s.”

"Putin was recommended to undergo surgery, the date of which is being discussed and agreed,” said a report from the outlet which claims to be privy to insider Kremlin information.

It went on: “The latest problems identified during his latest examination are associated with this disease.”

He also suffers from Parkinson's disease and schizoaffective disorder. The latter is defined as “a mental health disorder that is marked by a combination of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania.”

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