SICK Vladimir Putin's \"days are numbered\" as the tyrant faces being carted off to hospital in a \"sudden end\" to his rule, the former head of MI6 has warned.<\/p>\n
Rumours have swirled for months about the 70-year-old Russian leader's reportedly failing health - fuelled by his bloated face and trembling legs.<\/p>\n
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Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, told The Sun Online that there is clearly \"something wrong with him\" - and the most likely explanation is a diagnosis of Parkinson's.<\/p>\n
It comes after bombshell spy documents leaked to The Sun Online appeared to confirm he has pancreatic cancer and early-stage Parkinson's disease.<\/p>\n
Ukraine previously suggested Russia is using body doubles to stand in for Putin - and earlier this month, the country's spy chief claimed he will die very soon of cancer.<\/p>\n
The tyrant was alsopictured with suspected track marksfrom IV treatment on the back of his hand - amid rumours he's suffering from cancer and crippling pain.<\/p>\n
Sir Richard warned the \"preconditions for his disappearance or collapse\" have now been set as the tyrant's shambolic war in Ukraine rumbles on.<\/p>\n
The former spy boss also suggested Putin's increased isolation could be linked to his illness. <\/p>\n
\"My view is there is still something wrong with him, medically,\" he said. <\/p>\n
\"I'm not a clinician, but I know a number of people have watched him closely, and they think the most likely explanation is Parkinson's.<\/p>\n
\"There's no proof - but he shows quite a lot of the symptoms. If he does have Parkinson's, that can certainly impair your judgement. <\/p>\n
\"The two favourite medical diagnoses through observing him is either Parkinson's or blood cancer, or maybe both. <\/p>\n
\"But the Russians will be desperate to make sure Putin's health is a state secret.\"<\/p>\n
As the Russian leader's health reportedly deteriorates, Sir Richard said Putin could be \"shuffled\" off to a sanitorium - and never reappear. <\/p>\n
\"It's quite possible they just shuffle him off into a sanitorium and say he's unwell, and then he doesn't reappear,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"Talking to someone from central Europe who I regard as pretty well informed, he said you have the preconditions now for there to be a pretty sudden end to Putin's administration, or to Putin himself. <\/p>\n
\"It's impossible to say when that is going to happen. He's definitely in a very difficult place - there's no question about that.<\/p>\n
\"I think you have preconditions for his disappearance or collapse - which could be violent.\" <\/p>\n
Either he gets gently pushed aside and someone close to him takes over, or there's a major political upheaval and there's a real meltdown<\/p>\n
Sir Richard said there's \"no way\" Putin would step aside.<\/p>\n
\"Either he gets gently pushed aside and someone close to him takes over, or there's a major political upheaval and there's a real meltdown,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"I think both of those things are possible. Things are in a pretty bad state, and he's probably going to lose this war, or come out of it in a position where it looks like he's lost.<\/p>\n
\"He's got this so wrong, there must be a huge amount of opposition within the Kremlin. If it continues to go badly, I think Putin's days are numbered. <\/p>\n
\"The more so if he's got a medical problem. How that will happen and when it will happen is entirely guesswork. <\/p>\n
\"But people who are well informed think he's in a pretty fragile situation.\"<\/p>\n
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The former spy chief said the Russian dictator has got himself \"deeper and deeper into what looks like an unwinnable war\".<\/p>\n
Putin is said to be plotting a \"dangerous escalation\" in the war as the West have been warned over Russia's air-force capabilities.<\/p>\n
But Sir Richard warned the tyrant's \"days are numbered because of the disastrous war\".<\/p>\n
He said Putin's options are limited - and a further mobilisation will be hugely unpopular in Russia. <\/p>\n
\"The Russian military has performed very poorly,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"They expected to walk in Kyiv, knock the regime over, and put in a puppet regime... we know that didn't happen and he's just got himself deeper and deeper into what looks like an unwinnable war.<\/p>\n
He suggested said there could be a coup inside the Kremlin to oust Putin - but the mechanisms for political change in Russia are \"fragile\".<\/p>\n
\"I think we're heading into another phase where you're going to get a political upheaval as a result of a war gone badly wrong,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"There could be a coup inside the Kremlin. <\/p>\n
I think you have preconditions for his disappearance or collapse - which could be violent<\/p>\n
\"I don't think there will be a popular uprising in Russia, but because of the catastrophic situation they're in, there must be massive tensions in the current leadership.\"<\/p>\n
Despite the Russian front stabilising in Ukraine for now, Sir Richard said the war is still a \"disaster\".<\/p>\n
\"More and more intelligent Russians must realise he's in a difficult place - particularly now the West are gearing up to supply tanks,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"There are only two endings possible - one is victory, and the other is compromise. Putin is in a desperate place - but what's he going to do to win it? It's looking pretty dire for him. <\/p>\n
\"The circumstances will dictate the end of Putin's regime. The preconditions for it ending are already clearly there. I think he's in a catastrophic position already.\"<\/p>\n
Sir Richard also said the danger of the war spilling over still exists - but insisted it's \"unlikely\".<\/p>\n
\"NATO will do everything to avoid the risk of a direct conflict,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"On the other hand, the last thing the Russians need is a direct conflict with NATO as well. <\/p>\n
\"I think both sides will be very careful to keep the war within the boundaries it's currently contained in - unless Putin does completely lose his marbles and uses a tactical nuclear weapon. <\/p>\n
\"I think the chances of that are very unlikely. It would be an act of real desperation.\"<\/p>\n
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