Vladimir Putin was visited by a cancer specialist 35 times and bathes in blood extracted from severed deer antlers, an investigation found.

The Russian president has “constantly” been visited by oncology surgeon Yevgeny Selivanov at his Black Sea palace in the past four years.

Mr Selivanov, who specialises in thyroid cancer for “senile patients”, spent 166 days with Putin at his “personal” palace in Sochi.

Putin ‘has been visited by cancer doctor 35 times in four years’ (msn.com)