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.

The former head of MI6 still has friends and contacts in Eastern Europe. They reported to him: ‘There is something fundamentally wrong with him (Putin, editor) medically’ However, he is not a doctor, added the ex-MI6 boss. “Not every tremor is Parkinson’s,” explained general practitioner Manfred Imbert after the dpa reports. However, this could be a symptom.