BBC Newsnight: Putin “addicted to steroids”, claims Lord Owen – ‘Very dangerous’ | World | News


Speaking on the show that aired on Wednesday night, Lord Owen gave a warning over the Russian leader’s health, claiming he could be on anabolic steroids which can increase a person’s aggression. The statement comes after experts fear the Covid-19 pandemic scrambled Vladimir Putin’s mental health, sparking the paranoia which led to the invasion of Ukraine.

Mr Owen said: “I think his immunity is compromised, either by cortical steroids given him for some other ailment or he is on the steroids you give to people with body lifting and weightlifting.

“Those steroids, anabolic steroids, are very dangerous because you can get addicted to them, it’s very difficult to get off it and it definitely brings out aggression and it really does make a personality change.”

Questions are being asked about the Russian leader’s state of mind after he announced the invasion of Ukraine in a “rambling, terrifying, apocalyptic” fashion.

The US thinktank The Council For Foreign relations has speculated that, after behaviour and statements that are “off” and “not right,” he is suffering brain fog induced by Long Covid-19.

The former foreign secretary further said when asked whether Putin is acting recklessly.

He said: “When he went into Crimea and went into those two regions which are Russian speaking, he prepared the Russian public very carefully-for it and explained very carefully.

“This time there was no consultation at all and even now, Russians are not being told this is an invasion.

“They are hearing it from the soldiers in the field, ringing up and writing home and he has set Slav against Slav, families against families, and he is in very, very serious trouble.

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The former foreign secretary further said when asked whether Putin is acting recklessly.
He said: “When he went into Crimea and went into those two regions which are Russian speaking, he prepared the Russian public very carefully-for it and explained very carefully.
“This time there was no consultation at all and even now, Russians are not being told this is an invasion.
“They are hearing it from the soldiers in the field, ringing up and writing home and he has set Slav against Slav, families against families, and he is in very, very serious trouble.



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