A 2008 study from a Pentagon think tank theorizes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger's syndrome - "an autistic disorder which affects all of his decisions".
The study from 2008, which was based only on videos of Putin, claimed that the Russian president’s mother had a stroke whilst pregnant with him that left lasting damage.
As a result his "neurological development was significantly interrupted in infancy," the report says.
Putin’s authoritarian style and obsession with "extreme control" is a way of overcompensating for his condition, the researchers concluded. More: usatoday.com.
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