[Kreuzberger]

Many are secondary.

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... 1030&dpr=1

[Cyclist]

It were on the BBC website the other day. Putin's got Parkinson's Disease or summat similar.

Edit: Kreuzy's all over it.

[youngian]

I have always thought of Medvedev as a reasonably shrewd bag carrier but not really that much more. A; are we going to find out? B; what the hell happens when that house of kleptocratic cards starts to wobble?

That's a common misconception about Medvedev but he has a more Western vision for the Russian economy than Putin. Who sees business as another centre of power to control in the service of Mother Russia (him).

[crabcakes_windermere]

The Parkinson’s stuff is all based on his gunslinger walk and visible tremors, so I suspect it’s accurate. Thing with Putin is, without his strongman image he’s vulnerable, so I don’t think this is so much retirement as getting the fuck out of the way before someone takes an opportunity.

[Boiler]

And as ever - I'll believe it when I see it.

[Samanfur]

The only place I saw reporting it was The Express, which is why I was reluctant to say anything.