Has Vladimir Putin gone under the knife?

 Vladimir Putin is looking less stressed nowadays and rumours are abuzz that he might have gone under the knife for his new look.

Comparison of his before and present photos revealed that the Russian Prime Minister looks more cleaned and younger now.

In the new photos his forehead is perfectly smooth, his cheeks aglow and those deep lines that once characterized his handsome (to some) face are now gone with the Baltic wind.

According to the Guardian, Botox did the trick and also suggested that he has also undergone some nip/tucks, People Magazine reported.

Four plastic surgeons analyzed Putin’s new look and concluded he had Botox in the forehead, his lower eyelids has been lifted and his cheek bones were firmed up with fillers" all in the bid to make him look more appealing as he faces an upcoming election next March, Russian magazine New Times revealed.