{"id":21126,"date":"2022-05-02T16:06:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T16:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=21126"},"modified":"2022-05-02T16:06:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T16:06:04","slug":"putin-is-suffering-from-parkinsons-and-dementia-boris-karpichkov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/05\/02\/putin-is-suffering-from-parkinsons-and-dementia-boris-karpichkov\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin is suffering from Parkinson&#8217;s and dementia- Boris Karpichkov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">An ex-KGB agent who defected to the West has said\u00a0Putin\u00a0is likely to be suffering from Parkinson&#8217;s and early stage\u00a0dementia, but added that members of his inner circle may be kept in the dark about his physical state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Putin&#8217;s press secretary has insisted Putin&#8217;s health is &#8216;excellent&#8217;, but several videos and photos have emerged suggesting the Russian president may be enjoying less than perfect health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Boris Karpichkov, a former KBG agent who defected from Russia, told\u00a0The Sun\u00a0that Putin was &#8216;insane&#8217; and becoming &#8216;obsessed by paranoid ideas&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He sees literally everyone, including those inside the Russian security services and even inside his close inner circle, to be &#8220;traitors&#8221;&#8216;, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Putin may be keeping those closest to him unaware of his health difficulties, in under to maintain his strongman image, said Karpichkov.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-35ae5f0459bb5bb4\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/02\/15\/57308143-10775259-image-m-37_1651502541397.jpg\" alt=\"Boris Karpichkov, a former KBG agent who defected from Russia, said Putin was 'insane' and becoming 'obsessed by paranoid ideas'. He says the Russian president is suffering\u00a0from Parkinson's and early stage dementia\" width=\"634\" height=\"461\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Boris Karpichkov, a former KBG agent who defected from Russia, said Putin was &#8216;insane&#8217; and becoming &#8216;obsessed by paranoid ideas&#8217;. He says the Russian president is suffering\u00a0from Parkinson&#8217;s and early stage dementia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The former KGB-agent listed Parkinson&#8217;s, cancer, or another medical condition as an explanation for his odd behaviour, adding his voice to the list of commentators speculating over Putin&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I am not a medic myself&#8230; but there is a serious concern that Putin is suffering from numerous physical health conditions &#8211; possibly from the sport injuries during his younger years,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;This is along with some issues which affect older people &#8211; such as Dementia in the early stages.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Karpichkov said the Russian president is known among his circle as obsessive over details, with a reputation for remembering faces and conversations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He is so suspicious and so obsessed with his paranoia ideas that he can be now compared with Stalin tyrant,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3ea9edcb50135ad0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/02\/15\/57308085-10775259-image-a-28_1651502507084.jpg\" alt=\"The defected KGB agent said the Russian president is known among his circle as obsessive over details, with a reputation for remembering faces and conversations. But his recent behaviour marks a change in character\" width=\"634\" height=\"439\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The defected KGB agent said the Russian president is known among his circle as obsessive over details, with a reputation for remembering faces and conversations. But his recent behaviour marks a change in character<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"p-22\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news\" data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"1.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e3f276a7dbdaaba6\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/04\/26\/16\/56935913-10755599-image-a-1_1650986856199.jpg\" alt=\"Bloated Putin was seen gripping a table while slouching in his chair during a televised meeting with his defence minister Sergei Shoigu. He has been unable to shake cancer rumours\" width=\"634\" height=\"382\" data-gallery-handler-attached=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bloated Putin was seen gripping a table while slouching in his chair during a televised meeting with his defence minister Sergei Shoigu. He has been unable to shake cancer rumours<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news vjs-flyout-placeholder\">\n<div class=\"vjs-has-started vjs-visually-ready vjs-controls-enabled vjs-default-skin video-js vjs-paused vjs-user-inactive\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Stalin&#8217;s last years were marked by paranoia and mistrust. He had one of his doctors imprissoned after he suggested the dictator should retire from political life to try and improve his health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">By 1952, the Kremlin was rounding up doctors and torturing them for allegedly plotting to kill senior politicians, resulting in most medical professionals fleeing the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Putin has also begun to interrogate doctors\u00a0\u2014 in an echo of Stalin&#8217;s last years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In February, Russian authorities interrogated Professor Valery Solovey, 61, for seven hours over the regular claims about Putin&#8217;s supposed medical and mental condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Solovoy was a professor at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, attended by future top diplomats and spies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Professor Solovey has been linked to the Telegram channel General SVR which\u00a0reported\u00a0on Saturday that\u00a0Putin\u00a0may be forced to give up control of the war in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0for days as he is set for cancer surgery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news vjs-flyout-placeholder\">\n<div class=\"vjs-has-started vjs-visually-ready vjs-controls-enabled vjs-default-skin video-js vjs-paused vjs-user-inactive\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It said the Russian dictator will reportedly nominate hardline Security Council head and ex-FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev to take control of the invasion while he is under the knife, after having personally taken control of on-the-ground operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The surgery had been scheduled for the second half of April but was delayed, SVR claimed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It will now not take place before the Victory Day commemoration of Russia&#8217;s World War Two victory in Red Square on May 9, the person alleged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">General SVR reported that Putin has abdominal cancer and Parkinson&#8217;s 18 months ago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mol-1aade7b0-ca28-11ec-adb9-a9ae75cad238\" class=\"art-ins mol-factbox news\" data-version=\"2\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10775259\/Putin-compared-Stalin-paranoia-says-former-KGB-agent.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">The tell-tale tremor of a doomed tyrant: How Putin&#8217;s &#8216;uncontrollable&#8217; shaking hand bears the hallmarks of Hitler&#8217;s Parkinson&#8217;s disease<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Amid rumours about his poor health, a video showing Vladimir Putin&#8217;s shaking hand as he greeted Belarus&#8217;s leader resurfaced earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The clip, which was filmed just before Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine in February, showed him gripping a chair and pressing his hand to his chest to stop it shaking as he greeted Alexander Lukashenko.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It fueled further speculation of the state of his health after footage and images appeared to show his bloated face and slouching posture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the scenes of Putin&#8217;s apparent struggles are reminiscent of a clip that showed Adolf Hitler&#8217;s own failing health as Germany faced total defeat in the Second World war.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"splitLeft\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5eaf11593e6917aa\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/02\/16\/57075219-10775259-A_resurfaced_video_showing_Vladimir_Putin_s_hand_shaking_as_he_g-a-41_1651505960560.jpg\" alt=\"A resurfaced video showing Vladimir Putin's hand shaking as he greeted Belarus's leader Aleksander Lukashenko in February is reminiscent of a clip that revealed Adolf Hitler's own failing health as his country faced total defeat in the Second World War\" width=\"284\" height=\"159\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splitRight\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f9f867c465ff5ed3\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/05\/02\/16\/57101373-10775259-The_1945_clip_of_Hitler_showing_his_shaking_hand-m-40_1651505955022.jpg\" alt=\"The 1945 clip of Hitler showing his shaking hand\" width=\"286\" height=\"159\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A resurfaced video showing Vladimir Putin&#8217;s hand shaking as he greeted Belarus&#8217;s leader Aleksander Lukashenko in February is reminiscent of a clip that revealed Adolf Hitler&#8217;s own failing health as his country faced total defeat in the Second World War.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In what was one of the last times the dictator was seen alive outside of his Berlin bunker, a propaganda video filmed in April 1945 showed him decorating members of the Hitler Youth who had been called up to defend Berlin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The film was supposed to show how Hitler was still in command, even as the Soviet Union&#8217;s troops closed on the capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But a telling part of the footage was cut from the final version and was supposed to have been destroyed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The clip, which was discovered in an East German film laboratory in the 1970s, showed the Nazi leader&#8217;s left hand shaking violently as he held it behind his back while greeting military officers during the same trip outside his bunker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Many historians and experts believe that Hitler was suffering from Parkinson&#8217;s disease at the time the video was filmed. The condition hampers muscle control and impairs mobility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">British historian Richard Evans previously told how Hitler began to show symptoms of Parkinson&#8217;s disease earlier in the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He told the Smithsonian Channel in 2014 that symptoms of shaking in his left hand were &#8216;for a time&#8217; cured after he was injured by the bomb that went off in the 1944 attempt on his life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"vjs-flyout-wrapper-fixed\">\n<div class=\"vjs-flyout-wrapper-absolute\">\n<div id=\"v-7667600750722304956\" class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news\">\n<div id=\"vjs_video_1198\" class=\"video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-paused vjs-controls-enabled mol-fe-animated-preview mol-empty-playlist vjs-visually-ready vjs-user-inactive\" data-opts=\"{&quot;linkBaseURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10775259\/Putin-compared-Stalin-paranoia-says-former-KGB-agent.html#v-7667600750722304956&quot;,&quot;isMobile&quot;:false,&quot;duration&quot;:73000,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2022\/04\/30\/7667600750722304956\/1024x576_MP4_7667600750722304956.mp4&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;AP&quot;,&quot;playerId&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Ukraine Army says Russian troops are 'regrouping and strengthening'&quot;,&quot;preload&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;initialVideo&quot;:true,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/04\/30\/12\/57236659-0-image-a-21_1651317911297.jpg&quot;,&quot;poster&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/04\/30\/12\/57236659-0-image-a-20_1651317910612.jpg&quot;,&quot;syndicationService&quot;:null,&quot;shortURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/mol.im\/a\/10775259#v-7667600750722304956&quot;,&quot;plugins&quot;:{&quot;social-share&quot;:{&quot;embedUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/2674801.html&quot;},&quot;autoplay-next-video&quot;:{&quot;videos&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/2674801\/related-videos.json&quot;,&quot;countdown_time&quot;:10},&quot;ads-setup&quot;:{&quot;adsEnabled&quot;:false,&quot;screen&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:636,&quot;height&quot;:358}},&quot;sources&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/7667600750722304956\/video-sources.json&quot;},&quot;flyout&quot;:{&quot;viewportOffset&quot;:0.4,&quot;switchBack&quot;:true,&quot;forceFlyout&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false,&quot;muted&quot;:true,&quot;switchBack&quot;:false}},&quot;tracking&quot;:{&quot;channelShortName&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;sponsored&quot;:null,&quot;referenceId&quot;:2674801,&quot;trackingType&quot;:&quot;embedded&quot;},&quot;animated-preview&quot;:{&quot;data-hd-fps&quot;:7,&quot;displayName&quot;:null,&quot;data-hd-frame-count&quot;:59,&quot;frames&quot;:127,&quot;width&quot;:636,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2022\/04\/30\/6505127453205838642\/636x382_JPG-SINGLE_6505127453205838642.jpg&quot;,&quot;fps&quot;:0,&quot;data-film&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2022\/04\/30\/6505127453205838642\/308x174_JPG_6505127453205838642.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-fps&quot;:7,&quot;data-video&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2022\/04\/30\/6505127453205838642\/636x382_MP4_6505127453205838642.mp4&quot;,&quot;data-hd-film&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2022\/04\/30\/6505127453205838642\/636x382_JPG-HD_6505127453205838642.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-hd-frame-width&quot;:636,&quot;data-frame-height&quot;:184,&quot;data-frame-width&quot;:308,&quot;data-frame-count&quot;:59,&quot;height&quot;:382,&quot;data-hd-frame-height&quot;:382},&quot;related-videos&quot;:{&quot;videos&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/2674801\/related-videos.json&quot;}},&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;7667600750722304956&quot;,&quot;descr&quot;:&quot;Ukrainian military spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun says Russia is continuing its attacks on civilian and military infrastructure across Ukraine's territory. He he also stated that the Russians were 'regrouping and strengthening' their assets.&quot;,&quot;referenceId&quot;:2674801,&quot;grapeshot&quot;:{&quot;article&quot;:{&quot;articleURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10775259\/Putin-compared-Stalin-paranoia-says-former-KGB-agent.html&quot;}}}\">\n<div class=\"vjs-control-bar\">\n<div class=\"vjs-social-controls vjs-control\">\n<div class=\"vjs-social-share-control vjs-control vjs-social-share-control-facebook-button\" role=\"button\">\n<div class=\"vjs-social-icon vjs-facebook-button-icon \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He had a shake in his left hand and for a time that was cured as it were by the bomb that went off on July 20, 1944.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;As he said, that&#8217;s not the way I would choose of curing it. But soon after that, the shaking came back in his right side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He began to drag his feet and shuffle. He began to speak in a more flat, less animated sort of way. Normally.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Comparisons of footage filmed in 1940 and 1944 showed how Hitler&#8217;s mobility had appeared to decline during the course of the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Surviving records show how Hitler&#8217;s personal doctor Theodor Morell first noted Hitler&#8217;s tremor in 1941 but put it down to stress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Then, in the final days of the war, he concluded that Hitler was suffering from &#8216;shaking palsy&#8217; &#8211; the original name for Parkinson&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As well as impairing thought processes, Parkinson&#8217;s can impair posture and muscle control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Hitler killed himself inside his bunker, which was built near Berlin&#8217;s Reich Chancellery, on April 30, 1945.<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"vjs-flyout-wrapper-fixed\">\n<div class=\"vjs-flyout-wrapper-absolute\">\n<div id=\"v-8811069070064267334\" class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news\">\n<div id=\"vjs_video_1577\" class=\"video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-paused vjs-controls-enabled mol-fe-animated-preview mol-empty-playlist vjs-visually-ready vjs-user-inactive\" data-opts=\"{&quot;linkBaseURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10775259\/Putin-compared-Stalin-paranoia-says-former-KGB-agent.html#v-8811069070064267334&quot;,&quot;isMobile&quot;:false,&quot;duration&quot;:103000,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2022\/04\/30\/8811069070064267334\/1024x576_MP4_8811069070064267334.mp4&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;AP&quot;,&quot;playerId&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Zelensky says there is 'high risk' talks with Russia will stop&quot;,&quot;preload&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;initialVideo&quot;:true,&quot;thumbnail&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/04\/30\/06\/57230145-0-image-a-107_1651298389440.jpg&quot;,&quot;poster&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/04\/30\/06\/57230143-0-image-a-105_1651298381976.jpg&quot;,&quot;syndicationService&quot;:null,&quot;shortURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/mol.im\/a\/10775259#v-8811069070064267334&quot;,&quot;plugins&quot;:{&quot;social-share&quot;:{&quot;embedUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/2674713.html&quot;},&quot;autoplay-next-video&quot;:{&quot;videos&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/2674713\/related-videos.json&quot;,&quot;countdown_time&quot;:10},&quot;ads-setup&quot;:{&quot;videoAdServerUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?sz=[size]&amp;iu=%2F5765%2Fdm.video%2Fdm_video_news&amp;ciu_szs=&amp;impl=s&amp;gdfp_req=1&amp;env=vp&amp;output=xml_vast3&amp;unviewed_position_start=1&amp;url=[referrer_url]&amp;correlator=[timestamp]&quot;,&quot;adsEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;adsCancelTimeout&quot;:15000,&quot;screen&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:636,&quot;height&quot;:358}},&quot;sources&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/8811069070064267334\/video-sources.json&quot;},&quot;flyout&quot;:{&quot;viewportOffset&quot;:0.4,&quot;switchBack&quot;:true,&quot;forceFlyout&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false,&quot;muted&quot;:true,&quot;switchBack&quot;:false}},&quot;tracking&quot;:{&quot;channelShortName&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;sponsored&quot;:false,&quot;referenceId&quot;:2674713,&quot;trackingType&quot;:&quot;embedded&quot;},&quot;animated-preview&quot;:{&quot;data-hd-fps&quot;:7,&quot;displayName&quot;:null,&quot;data-hd-frame-count&quot;:63,&quot;frames&quot;:135,&quot;width&quot;:636,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2022\/04\/30\/4337225926403668761\/636x382_JPG-SINGLE_4337225926403668761.jpg&quot;,&quot;fps&quot;:0,&quot;data-film&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2022\/04\/30\/4337225926403668761\/308x174_JPG_4337225926403668761.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-fps&quot;:7,&quot;data-video&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2022\/04\/30\/4337225926403668761\/636x382_MP4_4337225926403668761.mp4&quot;,&quot;data-hd-film&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/preview\/mol\/2022\/04\/30\/4337225926403668761\/636x382_JPG-HD_4337225926403668761.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-hd-frame-width&quot;:636,&quot;data-frame-height&quot;:172,&quot;data-frame-width&quot;:308,&quot;data-frame-count&quot;:63,&quot;height&quot;:356,&quot;data-hd-frame-height&quot;:356},&quot;related-videos&quot;:{&quot;videos&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/api\/player\/2674713\/related-videos.json&quot;}},&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;8811069070064267334&quot;,&quot;descr&quot;:&quot;Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking to the media said there is a \\&quot;very high\\&quot; risk of interruptions to any talks with Russia. Zelensky also spoke of the need for talks that would lead to the evacuation of those in Mariupol.&quot;,&quot;referenceId&quot;:2674713,&quot;grapeshot&quot;:{&quot;article&quot;:{&quot;articleURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10775259\/Putin-compared-Stalin-paranoia-says-former-KGB-agent.html&quot;}}}\">\n<div class=\"vjs-control-bar\">\n<div class=\"vjs-social-controls vjs-control\">\n<div class=\"vjs-social-share-control vjs-control vjs-social-share-control-facebook-button\" role=\"button\">\n<div class=\"vjs-social-icon vjs-facebook-button-icon \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The mass murderer took his own life alongside his wife Eva Braun, who he had married the day before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">By then, Germany was on the brink of total defeat against Allied and Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Nazi dictator had launched 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