A Ukrainian spy chief has trolled Russia by suggesting Vladimir Putin is dead and has been using doppelgängers in his place for the past year.
Major-General Kyrylo Budanov said he is not certain that the Russian President, who has been plagued by reports of ill health, is still alive.
In an interview with Anzhelika Rudenko of Radio Svoboda, the spymaster, who is known to make controversial remarks, said: ‘The Putin who everyone used to know was last seen around June