Russian leader's appearance questioned: AI points to possible impersonation
2:08 PM EST, December 7, 2023
The individual appearing at official events in Russia as President Vladimir Putin increasingly deviates from the recognized Russian leader. According to a mysterious social media account, General SVR, there are claims that the genuine Putin has passed away and has been replaced by an unconvincing substitute.
This anonymous profile suggests that the authentic Putin is no more, and the substitute presented by the Kremlin to conceal this reality is being increasingly detected. The apparent subpar imitation of the president can be discerned with the casual eye, a claim also supported by artificial intelligence analyses carried out by the Japanese.
The tabloid "Super Express" highlighted that theories about Putin's doppelgängers and the Kremlin's challenge in finding a believable substitute are consistently propagated by General SVR. The account suggests that every attempted plastic surgery only yields poorer results, making it hard to disguise the fake Putin.
"All attempts not only didn't yield the desired results, but only exacerbated the situation" - the social media account declares. The account suggests that the actual Russian president passed away due to natural causes on October 26, after a fight with cancer and a heart attack, and a stand-in is being used by Nikolay Patrushev, the covert director of services, to mislead the world.
The AI focused on facial recognition, voice, and movement analysis among other things. The results prove to be quite a surprise. It seems Patrushev is desperately trying to uphold the illusion of a steady situation. However, as the mysterious General SVR account reports, "the emperor's clothes are absent. It's increasingly harder to conceal it."
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"All the treatments the substitute underwent, aimed to restore the once mobile cheekbones to a stationary state, not only failed to achieve the desired result, but only worsened the situation," we learn. The face of the imposter posing as Putin is covered in bumps.
"Yesterday, the stand-in diverged more than ever from the real Putin. Unsurprisingly, none dared present such an unattractive sight to the ambassadors. According to the doctors who performed treatments on the substitute's face, the bumps will soon disappear, and the face will return to 'normal'", General SVR stubbornly states.
Indeed, the man portrayed as Russia's president, during the ambassador's welcome on December 6, seated himself significantly far from the assembly. This was conveniently explained as a measure for "sanitary reasons".
