 Putin has Parkinson's and there is something wrong with him. Ex-MI6 boss Richard Diyalov, who ran Britain's spy agency between 1999 and 2004, as Putin first became leader of Russia, told LBC his contacts believe the autocrat's illness could be behind his paranoia. It comes after Kremlin arch-enemy Alexei Navalny died at an Arctic prison colony as many held Putin responsible. Speculation about the president's health has gone on for years thanks to images of him holding meetings at a long distance over a comically huge table or trembling during interviews according to LBC media outlet. I have contacts, friends, still in Eastern Europe who think that there is something fundamentally wrong with him medically, so Richard told LBC. But I'm not a clinician. Harry Parkinson's, which of course has different representations, different variations, different seriousness. But if the man is paranoid and I think the murder of Navalny might suggest a certain paranoia, this is one of the symptoms. Earlier this month, during a much criticised interview with US presenter Tucker Carlson, Putin was spotted using his hands to stop his leg shaking.