Reports claim Putin’s bodyguards carried ‘poop suitcase’ during Alaska summit with Trump
Alaska: Reports have surfaced that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bodyguards carried a special suitcase to collect his faecal waste during his summit with former US President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.
According to The Express, the unusual practice is meant to prevent foreign intelligence agencies from gathering information about Putin’s health. The report, citing investigative journalists Regis Gente and Mikhail Rubin, claimed that members of the Federal Protection Service (FPS) — responsible for Putin’s security, store his waste in sealed bags and transport it back to Russia in designated briefcases.
The report further stated that this security measure has been in place for years. It was also reportedly used during Putin’s 2017 visit to France and his trip to Vienna, where he is said to have relied on a portable toilet. Journalist Farida Rustamova also quoted a source as saying the practice has been followed since Putin first assumed leadership in 1999.
Speculation over the Russian President’s health has been ongoing for years. During a press conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, in November 2023, Putin was seen moving his legs repeatedly, sparking concerns about possible medical conditions. Dr. Bob Berookhim, quoted by The Express US, suggested the movements could be linked to Parkinson’s disease.
Similar observations were made during Putin’s meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in 2023, when he was seen twitching. Other unverified claims cited in the report suggested that Putin may have suffered a cardiac arrest in the past and required urgent treatment at his residence.
The fresh claims about the so-called “poop suitcase” emerged alongside the Alaska meeting, where Putin and Trump reportedly discussed peace talks over the ongoing Ukraine conflict.
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NATO, others turn down US call for help in Hormuz: Trump
Washington (PTI): President Donald Trump on Tuesday said NATO and most of US' other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as the war with Iran entered the third week.
In a social media post, Trump asserted that Iran’s military has been “decimated” and he no longer felt the need for assistance from NATO countries or anyone else.
Last week, Trump had sought help from European nations and others who depend on oil supplies transiting from the Hormuz Strait to safeguard the critical waterway.
“The United States has been informed by most of our NATO “Allies” that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon,” the US President said in a post on Truth Social.
Iran's attacks on Gulf nations and its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil is transported, have sparked increasing concerns of a global energy crisis and are unnerving the world economy.
“I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one-way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need,” Trump said.
He said Australia, Japan and South Korea too have turned down his call for help.
“Fortunately, we have decimated Iran’s Military – Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the World, again,” Trump said.
He said that given the scale of recent military successes, the US no longer "need" or desires assistance from NATO countries, adding that it never relied on such support in the first place.
Speaking as President of the United States, the "most powerful" country in the world, "we do not need" help from anyone, Trump said.
The West Asia conflict began on February 28 when the US-Israeli combine conducted airstrikes on Iran.
The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, has effectively been shut following the US and Israel attack on Iran and Tehran's sweeping retaliation.
However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said that from Tehran's "perspective", the strait is "open". "It is only closed to Iran's enemies, to those who carried out unjust aggression against our country and to their allies.”
Earlier in the day, a second Indian-flagged LPG tanker, Nanda Devi, reached the country after safely sailing from the war-hit Strait of Hormuz. On Monday, the first ship, Shivalik, reached Mundra port in Gujarat.
As of now, 22 Indian vessels remain on the west side and two on the east side of the strait.
Indian authorities are in constant touch with all the relevant stakeholders in the region to secure the safe passage of the remaining ships, officials said.
