Yeah, me neither. But the intrepid NY Post says so, so it must be true. Right? Well, follow this logic. The NY Post piece was “reported” by Snejana Farberov and Evan Simko-Bednarski. Snejana speaks Russian and Hebrew, which leads me to suspect she’s not exactly a fan of Putin. And Simko-Bednarski spent 5 years as a producer at CNN before snagging the gig at the NY Post as a bona fide reporter. So what is their source for the stunning news that Putin has the Big C? A guy who blogs in Russian on Telegram. Farberov and Simko-Bednarski are kind enough to identify their source:
The channel — which is purportedly run by a former Russian Foreign Intelligence Service lieutenant general known by the pseudonym “Viktor Mikhailovich” — reported that Putin has been told by doctors that he must undergo an operation…