AFTER many months of rampant speculation about the health of Vladimir Putin, he will today visit both Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The ageing Russian president will likely be accompanied by a huge team of doctors who reportedly chaperone him on all of his trips.
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Vlad will also likely be travelling with the so-called nuclear briefcase that never leaves his side, which can be used to order a nuclear strike at a moment’s notice.
Rare footage from when he met with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing in October showed Putin surrounded by security with two Russian naval officers in uniform each carrying a briefcase.
Russian state news agency RIA said of the video: “There are certain suitcases without which no trip of Putin’s is complete.”
Putin’s travel plans must be carefully considered in the current political climate as visiting any of the 123 countries that are members of the International Criminal Court…
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