Anders Aslund, a Swedish economist and former adviser to Ukraine and Russia, said the video showed both Putin and Shoigu 'depressed and seemingly in bad health'.
'Shoigu has to read his comments to Putin and slurs badly, suggesting that the rumours of his heart attack are likely. He sits badly. Poor performance.
'Professor Erik Bucy, a body language expert from Texas Tech University, told The Sun Online: 'It's an astonishingly weakened Putin compared to the man we observed even a few years ago.'
An able-bodied president would not need to keep himself propped up with a hand held out for leverage and would not be concerned about keeping both feet planted on the ground.''This is not a portrait of a healthy Putin but one appearing increasingly feeble and barely able to hold himself upright at a small conference table,' Bucy added.
Putin's bloated face and neck has sparked claims he is undergoing steroid treatment, whilst reports have suggested Putin is 'constantly' accompanied by a doctor specialising in thyroid cancer.
Surgeon Yevgeny Selivanov, of Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital, has flown to the Russian leader no less than 35 times in Black Sea resort Sochi, his favourite place of residence.
The respected doctor's thesis - showing his area of medical expertise - was entitled: 'Peculiarities of diagnostics and surgical treatment of elderly and senile patients with thyroid cancer'.- from the Sun online.
My comments: On the other hand, he could just be stressed, and have had cosmetic surgery. The foot tapping is a sign of impatience. The table gripping not so sure it's needed for stability, but the two of them look very down.
Putin's alleged to have ordered an attack on the Defence Minister, which may have caused the heart attack. Or he may have just had one on his own.
Regardless of the theories, it's not going well, which makes Putin only more not less, dangerous.
The current head of the FSB is being referred to as a Putin successor, but he's even more bloodthirsty since he presided over all the killings and attacks.
Hard to think of an upside if they start deploying nuclear weapons, but on the other hand this is the thin edge of the wedge.
