Putin’s constant leg twitching during Kim Jong Un meeting reignites health speculation

Video from Vladimir Putin’s closely watched meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Russia on Wednesday showed the Russian president continuously twisting his foot, sparking a new round of speculation about the state of his health. During the summit at the Vostochny spaceport, the two allies were sitting opposite one another, flanked by their translators, when Putin apparently began struggling with involuntary leg movements, which have been observed on prior occasions. In the video, Putin, 70, repeatedly lifts and twists his left foot from side to side, before setting it back down. As he continues to address his guest through an interpreter, the Russian leader bizarrely raises the twitchy foot and keeps it off the floor for several seconds. This seemingly compulsive foot fidgeting continued throughout the photo-up, during which Putin mostly kept his hands awkwardly clasped in his lap. Read more at