PUTIN refused to stand within 70ft of Britain’s new ambassador to Moscow for “sanitary reasons” at a diplomatic ceremony – sparking fresh rumours of ill health.
The Russian tyrant, 71, insisted on keeping a huge distance between himself and other diplomats at the Kremlin event – including the UK’s Nigel Casey.
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During a speech at the ceremony to accept the new ambassadors, Putin appeared to offer an olive branch to Britain as he called for a “change for the better” in relations between Moscow and London.
Despite his bizarrely warm tone, he refused to talk to Casey or any of the new 21 envoys.
In a similar scene to the middle of the Covid pandemic, the Russian president was pictured standing metres away from other officials.
Arriving through an enormous golden door adorned by Russian…
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