Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Reuters).
"We have heard some people say that President Putin had a lot of body doubles working while he was in the bunker. Another lie. You see for yourself what our president is like. He has always been like that, a very active person," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on April 25.
He also added: "Those who work with President Putin can barely keep up with him. People can only envy the President's energy and wish they had his health. Of course, he doesn't sit in any bunker."
Mr. Putin has repeatedly faced rumors that he has a body double for security reasons or due to health problems. However, Moscow has denied all of these.
Most recently, Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, claimed that Putin used a body double to inspect Russia's forward command posts in Lugansk and Kherson in Ukraine. "There was no Putin there. To see the real Putin, you would have to quarantine for at least 10-14 days," Danilov said, without providing evidence.
Last month, when Mr. Putin visited the city of Mariupol, Donetsk province, eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian intelligence representative also commented: "A person who looks like Mr. Putin has come to Mariupol."
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