Putin 'had cardiac arrest in hotel room' and was 'resuscitated' before ICU move

24 October 2023 , 18:20

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A Telegram channel claiming to have sources inside the Kremlin alleges that body doubles have been stepping in to represent Putin in public (Image: Getty Images)

Tyrannical Russian leader Vladimir Putin reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest over the weekend and had to be resuscitated by doctors.

The report has emerged from the General SVR Telegram channel, which regularly posts claims about Putin's ailing health, claiming to have a source within the dictator's entourage. In the past, the channel has claimed that Putin is on death's door, and that the Kremlin has employed body doubles to represent him in public.

During the incident on Sunday, the channel alleged that doctors had to revive the statesman before he was moved to his official residence and placed there in intensive care.

"At about 21:05 Moscow time, security officers of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who were on duty at the residence, heard noise and sounds of falling coming from the president's bedroom," the channel claimed. "Two security officers immediately followed into the president's bedroom and saw Putin lying on the floor next to the bed and an overturned table with food and drinks."

"Probably, when the president fell, he hit the table and dishes and knocked them onto the floor, which caused the noise. Putin convulsively arched while lying on the floor, rolling his eyes. The doctors who were on duty at the residence and located in one of the adjacent rooms were immediately called."

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General SVR said Putin's condition had since been "stabilised" adding he had been moved to a "specially-equipped room" at his Moscow home kitted out with "the necessary medical equipment for resuscitation," reported the Daily Star.

The channel continued: "We have already repeatedly talked about the deterioration of Putin’s health due to oncology and a number of other diseases. This case of cardiac arrest seriously alarmed the president’s inner circle, despite the fact that the attending doctors had already warned that Putin was very ill and was unlikely to live until the end of autumn."

While the channel regularly makes concerning claims about Putin's health, it has never provided any proof of the existence of its source. The latest reports from the Telegram channel remain unverified at the time of writing.

Harry Thompson