Nice article brings back memories of how Russia lies to everyone
Soviet and Russian leaders: Their illnesses and deaths
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20171951
Quote:
Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov has played down concerns about the president's health, saying he suffered a minor sports-related injury but is still able to carry out his duties normally.
Suggestions that Mr Putin was limping, and reports that he had postponed several foreign trips prompted some media to speculate he had suffered an injury during a hang-glider flight last month which was getting worse.
No-one has suggested there is anything more seriously wrong with Mr Putin than back trouble.
The BBC Russian Service has been investigating how Moscow's authorities have dealt with the illnesses of its leaders since 1917, and the deaths of those who died in office.
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Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)
Josef Stalin (1878-1953)
Nikita Khruschev (1894-1971)
Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982)
Yuri Andropov (1914-1984)
Konstantin Chernenko (1911-1985)
Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007)