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- The Kremlin has issued a denial after a prominent Russian Telegram account said Putin had a heart attack.
- The anonymous account, General SVR, regularly pumps out fascinating claims about Putin.
- There's good reason to be highly skeptical of the account, experts have told Insider.
It's "wild Putin health rumor" time again.
On Tuesday, tabloid news outlets breathlessly wrote up that the Kremlin had denied claims about President Vladimir Putin having brushed with death.
They originated in a post by the anonymous Russian Telegram account General SVR, an infamous source of juicy but unsubstantiated tales about Putin and his circle.