# Has Putin mentally deteriorated? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Tags:** ukraine-invasion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179 "2022-02-27T05:01:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/221 "2022-06-11T17:45:45Z")
Interesting - but I doubt Israeli intelligence could’ve gotten much useful information from Assad’s urine about how long he had to live. In particular, urinalysis can’t do much to assess coronary artery disease and cardiac status, which led to Assad’s death (he reportedly had an M.I.). In any event, it seems silly to cart around your bodily wastes in a suitcase to foil secret agents. Someone of Putin’s stature surely could commission special port-a-Putin-potties that self-destruct after he’s off the throne. Messy, but effective. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/222 "2022-06-12T07:45:41Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Someone of Putin’s stature surely could commission special port-a-Putin-potties that self-destruct after he’s off the throne. So, a “special sanitary operation”. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/223 "2022-06-12T22:46:02Z")
So, _un cordon sanitaire, en effet_? > **[Cordon sanitaire (international relations)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire_(international_relations))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The seminal use of cordon sanitaire (or "sanitary cordon") as a metaphor for ideological containment referred to "the system of alliances instituted by France in post-World War I Europe that stretched from Finland to the Balkans" and which "completely ringed Germany and sealed off Russia from Western Europe, thereby isolating the two politically 'diseased' nations of Europe." > French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau is credited with coining the... ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/224 "2022-06-13T14:25:35Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > after he’s off the throne. He’ll never get off the throne on his own accord. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/225 "2022-06-14T07:06:11Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I doubt Israeli intelligence could’ve gotten much useful information from Assad’s urine about how long he had to live. They could have detected high doses of end stage drugs. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/226 "2022-06-22T02:06:06Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > a sex pest Huh? What does _that_ mean? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/227 "2022-06-22T02:11:37Z")
> [@bump](#): > > What does _that_ mean? Basically, “sex pest” means “annoying jerk who keeps inappropriately hitting on people or engaging in outright sexual harassment”. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/228 "2022-06-22T04:37:05Z")
Also once referred to, among the kind of people who took part in the debutante party season as NSIT (=Not Safe In Taxis"). ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/229 "2022-07-28T01:08:52Z")
CIA chief throws cold water on rumours Putin is sick: > **[CIA director: Putin 'too healthy'](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/20/cia-putin-health-00047046)** > > William Burns' comment is a blow to Putin's critics who believed the Russian leader was ill. But on the other hand: > **[Putin 'suffers overnight health scare'](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/vladimir-putin-suffered-a-health-scare-report-claims/LKO5EJ5EYUZHX6XLISECZBBP7I/)** > > Vladimir Putin suffered a middle-of-the-night 'health scare' during the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/230 "2022-07-28T14:09:55Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > CIA chief throws cold water on rumours Putin is sick: > > But on the other hand: So… On the one hand, we have the head of the CIA giving an account of how Putin looked while traveling internationally, shaking hands and having dinners with lots of officials. On the other hand, we have an unsourced Telegram channel… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/231 "2022-07-29T16:44:38Z")
Oh yes, I know which one I give more credence to and it’s not the Telegram. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/232 "2023-06-26T20:55:43Z")
I was shocked that Putin thanked Russians for their support. I don’t think its deterioration but someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179/233 "2023-06-26T21:48:39Z")
I mean he did say he’d bring those who were rebelling to justice but to thank his citizens afterwards is not normal. I wonder if the Russians are shocked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-putin-mentally-deteriorated/960179.md?page=11)