Coughing and spluttering Putin, 73, struggles to make it through speech as tyrant faces fresh ill-health rumours

VLADIMIR Putin coughed and spluttered his way through a propaganda speech, sparking fresh rumours that the ageing tyrant is terminally ill. Russia's president, 73, struggled to finish the broadcast as he suffered with an uncontrollable bout of coughing. The despot was forced to halt a recording of a TV address on International Women's Day and...