Vladimir Putin said he is in good health after a two-day medical check-up, despite withdrawing from a blood pressure test at an artificial intelligence conference, reports show.
Putin, 73, appeared at the AI Journey forum in Moscow and was invited to try out a new AI-powered kiosk that measures users’ heart rate and blood pressure through a fingertip scanner, according to reports. Reuters.
The Russian president, surrounded by bodyguards, reportedly told the crowd: “I recently had my annual check-up. It lasted two and a half days, including an overnight stay at the clinic. Thank God everything is fine,” he said. The times.
Putin made the comments amid persistent rumors about his health.
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President Vladimir Putin observed an awkward dance performance by Green, a Russian AI-powered humanoid robot, at the AI Journey conference in Moscow. (Reuters)
At another event in Moscow on November 9, people noticed that the Russian president had a bruised or swollen hand.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Anton Gerashchenko posted a close-up photo of Putin’s hand on X, claiming his “veins are bulging” and adding: “There’s something wrong with Putin’s hands.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with Sberbank CEO German Gref as he visits an exhibition of the AI Journey 2025. (The associated press)
Video of Putin holding a table during a meeting with defense officials in 2022 also led people to suggest he suffered from Parkinson’s disease or chronic pain.
On Wednesday, Putin said at the forum that he believed humans could eventually live to be 150 years old the Day Express.
“It’s probably possible to reach 150,” he said. “But it will always be too little, just like with money – always.”
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From left to right: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
It is not the first time that the Russian leader has considered longevity.
During a heated microphone exchange with China’s Xi Jinping and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at a summit in Beijing in September, he was heard joking about biotechnology and organ transplants.
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“The longer you live, the younger you become,” he said. “Maybe one day we can even achieve immortality.”
