VLADIMIR Putin has stoked fears of World Conflict 3 after being pictured with Russia’s suspected nuclear briefcase.
The Russian president was noticed on the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, paying his respects to firebrand ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
A person in a go well with was additionally seen near Putin evidently carrying the Russian nuclear briefcase.
The seen presence of a high navy officer carrying the launch equipment for the Kremlin’s strategic missiles is chilling at a time of fears that Putin may deploy his atomic weapons.
Armed guards standing on the coffin later have been additionally not current as Putin laid a bunch of purple roses on the foot of the coffin.
Wearing all black, he then made the signal of the cross in entrance of Zhirinovsky’s open casket.
Nearly all different mourners have been cleared from the Church as Putin bade farewell to the far-right politician.
They could additionally mirror fears he may catch Covid – a longtime fear amid knowledgeable hypothesis that he’s affected by thyroid most cancers.
In distinction, when ex-Russian president Dmitry Medvedev additionally paid his respects, many different mourners have been current within the huge and crowded church.
Zhirinovsky died 15 weeks after predicting lengthy prematurely the date of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
He fell in poor health quickly afterwards with “coronavirus” – regardless of boasting eight Covid jabs – and had remained in hospital since in a grave situation.
Putin is seen as having lately embraced the hard-line views of Zhirinovsky.