Putin DOES use body doubles and has ‘clean zone’ where staff have to quarantine before getting close to him, Russian investigation claims

Putin uses body doubles and has a 'clean zone' where staff must quarantine before coming close to him, a Russian investigation has claimed.

The extent of Putin's aloofness is noted in the report by the Russian media company Proekt.

People who constantly accompany the Russian president spend time in the so-called “clean zone” – a guest house where only quarantined people live and work, according to the report.

They can leave their room and walk around the assigned area. The sanatorium 'Rus' in Sochi was initially used as a 'clean zone', it added.

Since then, the zones have appeared in other regions important to the president.

The researchers studied oThe official events in which Putin, who today declared that he will run for a new term as president, took part from November 1 last year to October 31 this year, amounted to 521.

In 43 percent of them, the president visibly distanced himself from his interlocutors in some way, the report said.

There were a total of 113 video meetings this year, including almost all Security Council meetings and all meetings with the government, the report said, adding that when Putin needs to communicate with people in person, the Kremlin resorts to “wild security measures.” '.

The number of gatherings where Putin did not practice social distancing but “most likely forced other people to go into quarantine” amounted to 185 – almost 36 percent of the total for the year, the report said.

The investigation came as Putin bizarrely refused to stand within 75 feet of Britain's new ambassador to Moscow at a diplomatic ceremony this week, blaming it on “sanitary reasons.”

In awkward scenes reminiscent of the height of the Covid pandemic, Putin insisted on keeping a huge distance between himself and other diplomats at the Kremlin event, where he accepted the diplomatic credentials of several new ambassadors to Russia, including the new British man in Moscow, Nigel Casey. .

Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, several duplicate reports have emerged about the Russian president.

Proekt points out that before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the president's agenda included virtually no events where he would remain at an unnatural distance from attendees, which contrasts with his behavior during the dates examined.

Putin, a judo enthusiast who has long cultivated an image of an “action man,” turned 71 on October 7 and rumors of his ill health have circulated for years.

In a 2020 interview, Putin denied long-standing rumors that he uses body doubles, although he said he had been offered the opportunity to use one in the past for security reasons.

But observers have pointed to the Kremlin strongman's changing appearance over the years as possible evidence that he is using someone else to replace him on assignments he does not want to take on or that he considers too dangerous.

The speculation emerged in June when Putin made a surprise visit to the city of Derbent in southern Russia just days after the failed Wagner uprising, with images showing the despot as a Hollywood actor on a red carpet in a night crowds went into hiding.

Seemingly imbued with new energy after averting a small-scale civil war a week earlier, the normally stoic and isolated Putin was unusually personable. He shook hands and planted kisses on the head of a young teenage girl who gushed over him and begged her mother to take a photo of her with the president.

In another bizarre moment, he shook hands with – and appeared to try on something on the uniform of – an officer who may have been carrying his nuclear briefcase.

He has never greeted his security guards in such a manner before.

The scene was a marked departure from the extreme measures of recent years, which imposed strict quarantines on anyone outside Putin's immediate circle before meeting him.

His transformative behavior – described as “astonishing” by the Kremlin – has led many, including senior Russian figures, to fuel speculation that Putin's greeting to Dagestan's adoring fans was in fact a doppelgänger.

Russian political analyst Dr. Valery Solovey said in October: “The fact is that current President Vladimir Putin is living the last days of his earthly life.”

Solovey is a former professor at the prestigious Institute of International Relations in Moscow [MGIMO]a training academy for spies and diplomats.

The head of Ukraine's military intelligence, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, has claimed that the real Putin has not been seen since June last year.

“The one everyone used to know was last seen around June 26, 2022,” he said in September.

Budanov has claimed that a Putin 'double' may have been used for his arrival at a summit in Iran where he met Turkish President Erdogan in July last year.

While the Russian leader looked uncomfortable as he descended the steps of his presidential plane in Tehran, Ukrainian sources noted that he acted unusually quickly and was more alert than in previous public appearances.

In August last year, Budanov appeared on TV to claim to viewers that Putin's height and ears have changed during recent appearances.

He said: 'The image, let's say, of the ears, is different… And it's like a fingerprint: each person's ear image is unique. It cannot be repeated.'

A recent Japanese TV report used AI to analyze Putin's face, walk and voice in multiple appearances, concluding that he is using one and perhaps two body doubles.

Putin has made trips to Kyrgyzstan and China, and has been extremely active in traveling within Russia.

In October he visited Perm and held talks with his wartime commander General Valery Gerasimov in Rostov-on-Don, after taking a 'detour' to visit the military headquarters.

The channel says these are all carried out by body doubles who have undergone plastic surgery and years of training by Russian secret services to act as Putin stand-ins.

In April, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted there were many reports of Putin's doppelgängers, but claimed the warmonger was “megaactive.”

“You may have heard that Putin has several lookalikes who work in his place while he is in a bunker,” he said.

'These are more lies. This is another lie.

'You see our president. He is still exactly as he was: mega active.'

In March, Putin was mocked by Ukraine for allegedly sending a lookalike to war-torn Mariupol during a high-security visit.

Kiev official Anton Gerashchenko posted three images of Putin's chin and wondered whether they were of the same man.

He taunted, “What's wrong with your chin, Putin?”

Putin has admitted that his aides had previously asked him about using body doubles, a routine procedure for former Kremlin leaders Stalin and Brezhnev. The Russian president said he had rejected the plan.