{"id":131,"date":"2023-10-24T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2023-10-24T15:11:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:11:16","slug":"kremlin-says-putin-is-healthy-laughs-off-body-double-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/kremlin-says-putin-is-healthy-laughs-off-body-double-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin says Putin is healthy, laughs off body double rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><em>On October 24, the Kremlin dismissed reports of President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s illness and disregarded persistent rumors regarding the use of body doubles in his public appearances. Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for the Kremlin, unequivocally stated, &#8220;President Putin is in good health; these claims are entirely untrue.&#8221; In response to inquiries about an unsourced report that circulated widely through a Russian Telegram channel and was subsequently reported by some Western media, alleging a serious health incident involving the President on Sunday evening, Peskov reacted with amusement. He firmly denied any existence of body doubles, categorizing such claims as &#8220;absurd information hoaxes&#8221; that certain media outlets discuss persistently, but only serving to elicit a smile.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><em>Vladimir Putin, well-known for his passion for judo and his cultivated &#8220;action man&#8221; persona, marked his 71st birthday on October 7. He maintains a demanding schedule filled with meetings and televised public appearances. Recently, his agenda included a visit to China with stopovers in two Russian cities on the return trip. In a 2020 interview, Putin refuted long-standing rumors of using body doubles, though he did acknowledge that he had been offered such an option in the past for security reasons.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 24, the Kremlin dismissed reports of President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s illness and disregarded persistent rumors regarding the use of body doubles in his public appearances. Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for the Kremlin, unequivocally stated, &#8220;President Putin is in good health; these claims are entirely untrue.&#8221; In response to inquiries about an unsourced report that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livepulseofindia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}