Video from Vladimir Putin’s intimate meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Russia on Wednesday showed the Russian president continuing to spin his legs, sparking fresh speculation about his state of health.
During the summit at the Vostochny spaceport, the two allies were sitting opposite each other, flanked by their translators, when Putin appeared to struggle with involuntary leg movements, which had been observed on previous occasions.
In the video, Putin, 70, repeatedly lifts and twists his left leg from side to side, before putting it back down.
As he continued to speak to his guests through an interpreter, the Russian leader strangely lifted his shaky leg and held it off the floor for several seconds.
This seemingly forced fidgeting continued throughout the photo shoot, during which Putin mostly kept his hands awkwardly in his lap.
Vladimir Putin (second from right) appeared to suffer another bout of restless legs during his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (second from left).Kremlin
Cameras captured the 70-year-old Russian president repeatedly listing and twisting his left leg as he spoke.
Footage from Wednesday’s meeting reignited talk of Putin’s health, having emerged eight months after the Kremlin strongman was last seen in public moving his legs and feet strangely.
During a February meeting between Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, the Russian president was caught on camera struggling on unsteady legs and clutching the arms of his chair.
A similar move by Putin was also observed in September 2022, when he squirmed through events in Kamchatka.
At other times, Putin was seen clutching the edge of a table for support, was seen arriving to visit Tehran with a limp arm and was once spotted with a suspected IV in his arm.
During a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in February, Putin’s legs were observed twitching. SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images
It has long been rumored that the septuagenarian has Parkinson’s disease, which can cause dystonia, or involuntary muscle twitching.
A string of other illnesses have also been linked to Putin since the start of the Ukraine war, including various forms of terminal cancer that allegedly hastened his death.
Unsurprisingly, the Kremlin has repeatedly dismissed these claims as hoaxes, insisting that Putin is in “good health.”
The Russian leader is seen struggling with involuntary leg movements during an event in September 2022.SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images
CIA chief Bill Burns agreed, commenting last year at the Aspen Security Forum that the Russian leader was “too healthy.”
Britain’s MI6 chief, Richard Moore, speaking at the same conference, was more blunt, insisting that “there is no evidence that Putin is suffering from health problems.”
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