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CIA chief says no intelligence that Putin is in bad health

Politics 15:28 21 Jul, 2022

There is no intelligence that Vladimir Putin is unstable or in bad health, the director of the CIA has said

CIA chief says no intelligence that Putin is in bad health

There has been increasing unconfirmed media speculation that Mr Putin, who turns 70 this year, may be suffering from ill health, possibly cancer.

But William Burns said there was no evidence to suggest this, joking that he appeared "too healthy", Qazet.az reports.

The Kremlin has again dismissed the reports of Mr Putin's ill-health as "nothing but fakes".

It came as the US announced it would provide Ukraine with more long-range weapons.