Russian President Putin Denies Rumours That He Uses Body-Doubles For Security Reasons

Vladimir Putin has denied years of rumours that he uses body doubles to avoid being assassinated, but admitted that he was once advised to use them

Reuters: 'Are you real?' Putin quashes rumors he uses a body double

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged he was offered the chance to use a body double to make appearances in public for security reasons, but said he declined the offer and never used one.

Putin, 67, who has dominated Russian politics for more than two decades, has long been the subject of conspiracy theories in Russia - all of them unsubstantiated - that he uses a body double or even a small army of them.

One of the more elaborate theories compares photographs of Putin over the years, claiming to have identified a number of different individuals posing as him.

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WNU Editor: Past Russian leaders used body-doubles all the time. For example .... Stalin's body double: Felix Dadaev (Twitter).

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