SARAH WEAVER
STAFF WRITER
Daily Caller News Foundation
Russian president Vladimir Putin was treated for advanced cancer in April and had an assassination attempt on his life in March, according to a report by the U.S. intelligence community, Newsweek reported Thursday.
Three high-ranking, anonymous officials representing the office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Air Force and the Defense Intelligence Agency told Newsweek that Putin is paranoid and feels his hold on power is becoming more tenuous.
“Putin’s grip is strong but no longer absolute,” one official, whom Newsweek claimed had direct access to the reports, said. “The jockeying inside the Kremlin has never been more intense during his rule, everyone sensing that the end is near.”
The Russian leader has
