Kremlin officials 'have hit the vodka', with Putin 'worried by drinking among his inner circle'

Vladimir Putin is worried that several of his aides and senior political supporters have begun drinking excessively since his invasion of Ukraine, according to a new report.

Putin is especially troubled by heavy drinking among ‘certain people from his inner circle’, Russian independent media outlet

claimed, as Kremlin elites reach for the bottle in futile attempts to calm their nerves.

‘People have been relieving their stress this way since February,’ a source from inside the Kremlin…