DEBKAfile reports that Russian websitesThursday morning began running unconfirmed reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin had suddenly died. This has not been confirmed by any official in Moscow. But a short announcement of Putin’s death was seen briefly on Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s website early Thursday, only to be removed after 20 minutes. According to officials in Moscow, Putin was expected in Kazakhstan Thursday for meetings with its leaders, but failed to turn up.


http://www.debka.com/newsupdate/10758/

The world should be so lucky.

i like Putin, he's got some hacky sacks down there... unlike our currant disgrace for a president...

Putin is really loved by most of his people & if compared to Obama odds are in his favor

more western media BS...lol

The
mystery over the whereabouts of Vladimir Putin deepened on Saturday as
Russian state media broadcast "then retracted" reports that he had
hosted an official visit from the President of Kyrgyzstan.
Mr Putin
has remained hidden from public view for nine days. Levels of fear and
uncertainty in Moscow have been rising as rumours fly over what could be
behind Putin's lengthy disappearance.
The Kremlin has repeatedly
denied that there is anything amiss with the Russian leader, batting
away suggestions that he is ill, dead, victim of a palace coup or in
Switzerland to be by his girlfriend's side as she gives birth.

Mr
Putin's next public appearance is scheduled for Monday, when he is due
to meet Almazbek Atambayev, the President of Kyrgyzstan, in Saint
Petersburg.
But that encounter was thrown into confusion on Friday
night as announcers on state television, apparently reading from an
incorrect script, described the meeting in the past tense.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/

By Howard Amos, Moscow, and Nick Squires in Rome



Rossiya 24, the channel involved, later described the incident as a "mistake" but the blunder deepened suspicions that state media is covering up for Mr Putin's unexplained absence.

On Friday, ostensibly new footage of Mr Putin meeting a senior Russian judge at his residence was shown on state television but failed to quell the speculation. Such clips are often recorded in advance, and released when the authorities give the go-ahead.

Meanwhile, Swiss media reported that Alina Kabaeva, a gymnast turned parliamentarian who is allegedly Mr Putin's girlfriend, had flown to Lugano, Switzerland to give birth to a baby girl at the private clinic of Santa Anna di Sorengo.

But the Swiss reports diverged on when the former gymnast had given birth.

A tabloid, Bilk, claimed that Mr Putin was present when his 32-year-old alleged lover gave birth to the baby, purportedly explaining his public absence. Other local reports said that the Russian leader had reserved two rooms at the clinic, one for his girlfriend and the other for her bodyguards, and had himself stayed with friends nearby.

But Corriere del Ticino, an Italian-language Swiss newspaper, claimed that Miss Kabayeva had the baby two weeks ago and that the event did not explain Mr Putin's absence from official events in the last week.

"Putin never set foot in Ticino while his girlfriend was staying at the clinic," it said.

Reports claimed Mr Putin had chosen the clinic in Lugano after it was recommended to him by his friend Silvio Berlusconi.

One of the former Italian premier's daughters, Barbara Berlusconi, gave birth there in 2009. It was also reported that Mr Putin was friends with a Russian gynaecologist who works at the private clinic.

Mr Putin's spokesman told the Russian edition of Forbes magazine that "information about the birth of a baby fathered by Vladimir Putin does not correspond with reality."

Mr Putin and Mr Berlusconi developed a close rapport when the Italian billionaire businessman was in power, visiting each other in Moscow and Rome.

Mr Putin has not been seen in public since he met Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, on March 5.





tanks surrounding Moscow...

when I see things like this I wonder if it's a smoe screen to distract attention from something more crucial.

unless it's actually true...

if it's actually true are they concealing it to give his family time to mourn?
to regroup and prevent chaos in the country?

??

Yes, our world is full of people who enjoy wars and the leaders who promote and sustain them. Leaders are rarely recognized or popular for avoiding conflict and promoting peace.

couldn't happen to a nicer Guy!

http://nypost.com/2015/03/15/swiss-media-reveals-more-about-putins-girlfriend-baby/

More Swiss media confirmed Saturday that Vladimir Putin is the father of a bouncing baby girl, giving the lie to the Kremlin's determined efforts to deny the story.

The Russian president's much younger girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva, delivered the girl at least a couple of weeks ago at the Clinica Sant Anna in Sorengo, Switzerland, a suburb of Lugano, says Corriere Del Ticino, a Swiss newspaper.

But the 62-year-old Putin was not present for his daughter's birth, according to that newspaper and other Swiss reports.

The local branch of Swiss broadcaster RSI reported that Kabaeva, 31, booked two rooms at the ultra-private clinic, which caters to the rich and famous.

Kabaeva had also been seen recently in the main plaza in Lugano, Switzerland's biggest Italian-speaking city, another paper, Neue Z�rcher Zeitung, reported.

And an unusual number of Russian-registered cars were spotted around Lugano earlier this month, local site Ticino News reported.

another Russian Leader having a Brainstroke?

I didn't hear that exactly op ... just heard he had not been seen ...
and forget what he is waiting for to come out... forget ... but will be soon ... maybe their auditioning look a likes my bad...

they were saying his last public speech, his words stated slurring and acting like he had a brain stroke...

I must have read by that part ... but that is was they said with something coming up he will attend ... but not if he had that... unless it was mild ...

Vodka has that effect on people.
Russians tend to be quite proud
of their tater juice.

'

Vodka...

and that did come to mind lmao