Vladimir Putin’s shriveled hand at a public event in Russia has prompted a fresh wave of speculation about the dictator’s health.

Footage of the Russian president captured at a conference last week shows the 73-year-old despot’s right hand looking sickly and visibly withered, covered in bulging veins and thin, wrinkled skin.

As he stood motionless next to a basketball hoop, Putin’s hands were seen clenched tightly by his side, which commentators said looked extremely painful.

“Social media users are puzzled by what happened to the hands of the Russian dictator—they look extremely painful,” said pro-Ukrainian news outlet Nexta, which disseminated the video across social media.

Anton Gerashchenko, a former adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry, echoed the sentiment on his X account

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