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Ponietz

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3. Yesterday Repuke Senator Thom Tillis said Putin IS a cancer

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 01:58 PM

Feb 2025

As to your question, Zelenskyy and others maintained Putin was replaced by a body double.

January 2023 claim by Zelenskyy
In January 2023, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly "questioned whether Vladimir Putin was still alive" during a virtual address to the World Economic Forum and suggested that Putin might have already been replaced by his body double.[15]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_of_Vladimir_Putin's_incapacity_and_death|

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So, did Putin find a cure for that genetic disorder they claimed he had a few years back? [View all] Baitball Blogger Feb 2025 OP

What's the point of this? Prairie Gates Feb 2025 #1

I think people should be reminded of their false predictions if they were way over the top (not saying in this instance) Polybius Feb 2025 #5

What a hero Prairie Gates Feb 2025 #7

I want to stress that I only do it if the predictions are wild Polybius Feb 2025 #8

Not sure why the first response has such an angry tone True Dough Feb 2025 #2

Yesterday Repuke Senator Thom Tillis said Putin IS a cancer Ponietz Feb 2025 #3

I'll be more mindful of looking at current photos. Thank you. Baitball Blogger Feb 2025 #4

That's wild Polybius Feb 2025 #6

Let's ask Zelenskyy what he was thinking Ponietz Feb 2025 #10

I doubt he believes it (at least I hope he doesn't) Polybius Feb 2025 #11

I think it was a Putin double who visited Mariupol in early 2023. John1956PA Feb 2025 #14

was all bullshit Takket Feb 2025 #9

maybe "they" were lying? WarGamer Feb 2025 #12

that's a good question. I don't know what happened samsingh Feb 2025 #13

He started the rumor himself to flush out rivals who would celebrate his death. hunter Feb 2025 #15