Putin’s Bodyguards’ Bizarre “Poop Suitcase” Mission Goes Viral



Vladimir Putin's bodyguards reportedly collect and return all his urine and feces during foreign trips to Russia to prevent foreign intelligence from analyzing his waste for clues about his health, medications, or genetic conditions.


Reports, first surfaced in a 2022 Paris Match article by journalists Regis Gente and Mikhail Rubin, claim Vladimir Putin’s Federal Protection Service (FPS) collects his urine and feces during foreign trips, including visits to France (2017), Saudi Arabia (2019), and the August 2025 Alaska summit with Trump, to prevent foreign intelligence from analyzing his health. The practice, allegedly dating back to 1999, involves special briefcases, as noted by sources like The Independent and Times of India. Former BBC journalist Farida Rustamova corroborated similar precautions during Putin’s 2018 Vienna trip. Speculation about Putin’s health, including unverified claims of cancer, fuels this unusual security