BREAKING: Putin “Assassinated by Circus Bear,” per KGB reports

Vladimir Putin was assassinated Tuesday evening, by an unidentified gunman in a Chinese food restaurant in Sergiyev Posad, a small village to the northeast of Moscow. Two bullets to the back of the head at close range, and a third through the heart, apparently for good measure.

Less than 24 hours later, security footage allegedly showing the incident was leaked to Worldly.

In the video, a sickly looking Russian circus bear in traditional garb, is flanked on each side by tumblers and strong men. A man who appears to be Putin seems to revel in the nostalgic performance until the lights cut out roughly two minutes into the video.

When the lights come back on, Putin’s security forces are scrambling and Putin is motionless on the floor.

There are artifacts which impact the quality of the video, but the frightened brown bear fleeing the scene with its circus comrades has been described by witnesses as “wearing black and white joggers.”