In Moscow's Shadows 120: Putin is Dead! (well, probably not)

In what sounds more like a scene from Armando Ianucci's Death of Stalin, an anonymous Telegram channel tells us Putin is dead, his body stuffed into deep freeze while Patrushev takes over. Credible? Not really, but that doesn't stop many Western media outlets running with the story. So, why this fascination with Putin's health, why does it matter, and what do I think would happen, if Putin really did die in office?As a natural follow on, in the second part, I look at PM Mikhail Mishustin's ch...