Is Putin sick? Ex-secret service chief gives insight: “One of the symptoms”. Russia's president probably suffers from Parkinson's disease, says Sir Richard Dearlove.

“If the man is paranoid and I think the murder of Navalny could suggest a certain paranoia,” Dearlove said. Not all experts believe that Putin is ill. Professor Mark Galeotti said he was “deeply skeptical” that Putin was terminally ill: ‘There are a lot of rumors, propaganda and wishful thinking’