A Mark From An Injection Was Found On Putin's Palm
2- 1.09.2026, 16:07
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The palm is not exactly a standard choice for a puncture site.
While addressing schoolchildren and college students to mark the start of the school year, Putin showed a mark from an injection on his palm.
In a video released by the Kremlin press service, a dark spot is clearly visible on Putin’s left palm, which he partially covers with his right hand but points toward the camera several times while gesturing.
Most likely, this is a mark left by a not-so-successful “intravenous procedure,” said The Moscow Times three practicing physicians. One of them, a Moscow emergency physician, described the mark as a “three-day-old bruise from an injection.” According to another, an intensive care physician, the mark on Putin’s palm looks like the result of a “sloppy injection.” “But actually, Putin should have had a port (catheter—ed.) inserted (to ensure the safety of the procedure),” he said.
Judging by the video released by the Kremlin, the footage showing the marks on his palm is “archived footage.” For example, in addition to his address to schoolchildren, the injection mark on Putin’s arm is also visible in a video of his congratulations to miners, released two days earlier. But it is not visible in footage from his meeting with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on September 1, nor in the video from his meeting with educators at Moscow State Pedagogical University on Saturday, August 29. There, Putin discussed orcas attacking polar bears and compared the “food chain” in the wild to the war in Ukraine.
The palm is not exactly a standard choice for a puncture site; the antecubital fossa is usually chosen, where veins are closely spaced, relatively immobile, and have a comparatively large diameter, explains a cardiologist with over 50 years of experience.
An injection into the wrist is usually given when the veins in the elbow crease have been overused—for example, due to prolonged intravenous therapy—or are inflamed following catheterization, the doctor explains. A second reason is the need for an urgent injection—for example, when a person is fully clothed, and it’s more convenient and faster to use a wrist vein. Finally, catheters are now specifically designed for wrist veins; sometimes this is more convenient from a treatment strategy standpoint, the doctor adds.
Putin, 73, who has ruled Russia for more than a quarter of a century, does not disclose information about his health, despite periodic rumors of serious illnesses, including cancer. Concerns about Putin’s health intensified after the COVID-19 pandemic, when everyone scheduled to meet with the president was required to quarantine for several weeks and undergo PCR tests before seeing him.
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