Vladimir Putin missing: Russian President refuses to comment on 10-day disappearing act – ‘it would be boring without gossip’

LIZZIE DEARDEN
IndependentUK
Monday 16 March 2015

Vladimir Putin has appeared in public for the first time in 10 days to meet with the President of Kyrgyzstan.

The meeting between the Russian President and Almazbek Atambayev in the Constantine Palace, near St Petersburg, follows more than a week of intense speculation over Putin’s sudden disappearance from the public eye.

A smiling Mr Putin did not address the issue while answering questions from reporters summoned for the occasion, saying only: “It would be boring without gossip.”

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