It has been reported by several sources that putin will step down in Jan., due to ill health.

[niyad]

Assuming that is true, I find the timing interesting. One wonders if he would be staying if his orange traitor asset would still be here. Cannot imagine that he is looking forward to dealing with the Biden-Harris administration.

[icwlmuscyia]

1. did he take a drink out of the wrong glass?

I have heard these rumors floating around

[Blue_true]

19. Maybe his slight of hand trick to not drink from the poisoned glass failed him.

[mitch96]

28. Poison?

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. I suggest Phootie and RUMP fade away into the distance together - GOOD RIDDANCE.

[Xipe Totec]

3. He fears the cold draft of open windows. nt

[underpants]

4. Odd. He has apparently sealed himself off from the virus

[niyad]

16. What I read said cancer.

[Staph]

20. I heard Parkinson's.

[niyad]

25. I just saw that in IBT. Either works for me.

[Wicked Blue]

5. Maybe they will be roommates someplace.

[smirkymonkey]

6. This is too good to be true.

If it is, I wonder what he is "ailing" from? How lucky can we get that two dictatorial cretins will be off the world stage in the first month of 2021?

[bdamomma]

13. like the song

"wouldn't it be Lovely"




Could he be suffering from Parkinson's???

Hey smirkymonkey no yelling at the TV anymore!!!

[smirkymonkey]

21. Yes, bdamomma!

Isn't it glorious! I thought the nightmare would never end! I feel like this huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders! Let's hope this ushers in a new era of kindness and tolerance around the world!

[niyad]

14. What I read said cancer.

[klook]

17. Too much contact with plutonium from his KGB days? (nt)

[niyad]

22. A possibility. If true, I hope it is excruciatingly painful. And terminal.

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. no reputable, mainstream sources are reporting this, only fringe sources

if you have a link to a mainstream source, please post it.

[niyad]

12. It was posted several times recently here on DU. I don't remember the sources.

And please notice I only said "assuming" it to be true.

[jmowreader]

8. Ummm...guys...

"Ill health" was the Soviet way of saying they had to shoot a party apparatchik.

[niyad]

18. Ohhh, too bad.

[Binkie The Clown]

9. Other reports say it's disinformation. nt

[central scrutinizer]

10. Mission accomplished

Getting Drumpf into office was enough. Either outcome Tuesday was a win. Four more years of incompetence or four years of divisive struggle? Win-win, baby!

[Frustratedlady]

11. I thought he just got "reelected" a few months ago...

Besides, I swear I saw on DU recently that he wanted to join the Paris agreement. Am I losing it?

[dhill926]

15. If true, that would make this...

one hell of a Saturday!

[bdamomma]

23. found this

https://www.ibtimes.sg/does-putin-have-parkinsons-russian-president-planning-step-down-next-year-reports-53115#:~:text=Russian%20President%20Vladimir%20Putin%20is%20reportedly%20contemplating%20stepping,which%20is%20taking%20a%20toll%20on%20his%20health.

[Demovictory9]

24. He is older than he looks. Has had lots if cosmetic surgery

[Eugene]

26. Serious news agencies only note that it is officially denied.

I'll file this under too good to be true.

[blueinredohio]

27. Maybe he and Trump will fly off into the wild blue yonder. Bye bye.