Vladimir Putin is facing relentless and brutal mockery over his weary and haunted appearance as health fears around the Russian dictator soar. Fearing a coup or assassination by Ukraine, he was branded a “deeply frightened, aging dictator” over his ‘Victory Day’ showpiece in Moscow on Saturday by his Russian foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Ukrainian commentator Anton Gerashchenko pointed to one unflattering image of the 73-year-old ex-spy and his swollen cheeks, posting: “The face of a ‘victor’ and the leader of a ‘superpower’. It seems sanctions have even reached Putin’s Botox”. He had a lopsided pillow face, lumpy filler, mismatched cheeks, and a melting wax face, according to observers. Monitoring group Crimean Wind said: “History shows that many dictators visibly aged before the fall of their regime or their death. Scientists link this to chronic stress, paranoid fear of losing power, and isolation, which accelerate the body’s aging.”
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