Russia air awkward unedited clip of Putin coughing through speech before asking for second take amid ill-health rumours

VLADIMIR Putin coughed and spluttered his way through a propaganda speech which was then mistakenly shared across Russian state TV. The ageing president, 73, suffered an uncontrollable bout of coughing in the broadcast before asking to do a second take in an accidental show of weakness for the despot. Putin was forced to halt a…