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Putin's bodyguards collect his poop on trips abroad and take it back to Russia with them, report says

Putin's bodyguards collect his poop on trips abroad and take it back to Russia with them, report saysRussian President Vladimir Putin seen in Moscow on May 26, 2022. MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty ImagesIt appears to be an attempt to stop foreign spies discovering information about his health. For more stories go toPresident Vladimir Putin's bodyguards collect his poop when he travels abroad, according to a report from two investigative journalists.

The claim was made by Regis Gente, the author of two books on Russia, and Mikhail Rubin, who has covered Russia for 13 years, in a ThursdayAccording to the article, responsibility for collecting Putin's faeces lies with the Federal Protection Service , the department tasked with protecting Putin and other government officials.

According to Gente and Rubin, each time Putin needs to go, an FSO agent places his excrement in a specialised packet so that it can be returned to Russia in a special suitcase. Such excrement collections happened during Putin's visit to France on May 29, 2017, and also during his October 2019 trip to Saudi Arabia, the reporters wrote.in Putin's entourage accompanying him to a bathroom. One of them was seen exiting the bathroom holding a small briefcase, though it is unclear what it contains.

The tactic appears to be an effort to reduce the risk of foreign powers discovering information about Putin's health or predilection for future conditions that could be contained in the 69-year-old's DNA.that she was aware of a similar incident in Vienna, and citing a further source who said Putin had carried out the practice for years.

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