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Putin's recent public reappearance is a sham — he's been out of sight for 8 days now
Business Insider ^ | 03/13/2015 | Amanda Macias

Posted on 03/13/2015 8:44:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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The Kremlin's attempt to dispel rumors that Russian President Vladimir Putin's health had deteriorated just backfired again.

On Friday, Russian state television released footage of the "perfectly healthy" 62-year-old leader meeting with Supreme Court chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev to discuss judicial reform systems — except, the world has already seen this video, in October.

The video appears in a news report last year:

putin fake news1TV.RU

Kremlin's statement with the same video today:

russia putin Kremlin/Amanda Macias/Business Insider

Putin's rare absence is tallying in at eight days.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: civilwar; putin; putinhealth; russia; vladimirputin
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1 posted on 03/13/2015 8:44:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

maybe he is getting a facelift


2 posted on 03/13/2015 8:45:51 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe after his rival was murdered he doesn’t feel safe being out and about.


3 posted on 03/13/2015 8:46:00 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: SeekAndFind

So, they redecorated?
Maybe they just moved the desk into another room.
He’s probably getting liposuction or something.


4 posted on 03/13/2015 8:49:29 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: RummyChick
Wasn't he just recently seen leading a tank division into Ukraine?


5 posted on 03/13/2015 8:49:45 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: ilovesarah2012

yep


6 posted on 03/13/2015 8:50:14 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: SeekAndFind
putin photo: putin putin.jpg

He's having a lot of work done.

7 posted on 03/13/2015 8:55:36 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: SeekAndFind

Putin on the Fritz?


8 posted on 03/13/2015 9:02:14 AM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t know about that detective work. That appears to be two totally different rooms.


9 posted on 03/13/2015 9:03:52 AM PDT by gdani (No sacred cows)
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To: RummyChick
maybe he is getting a facelift

Or worse...

10 posted on 03/13/2015 9:09:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is odd. The leaders of both Russia and Iran are out of the public eye while their governments are rolling out old footage to claim all is well. Could there be a high level meeting going on or could fate be moving in a mysterious way?


11 posted on 03/13/2015 9:18:28 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

I see what you did there ;)


12 posted on 03/13/2015 9:26:57 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: SeekAndFind

it’s worth pointing out that it’s not the same video or even the same office as the previous meeting, even though it is the same two guys


13 posted on 03/13/2015 9:38:32 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: SeekAndFind

Putin’s not being seen for a while would not make me wonder too much about whether he remains extant but when they start putting up fake or re-run videos then I start to think that he may well be permanently indisposed.


14 posted on 03/13/2015 9:38:45 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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I mean it’s clearly NOT the same video. It’s not the same office, it’s not the same desk. I have no idea where Putin is, but this post is BS.


15 posted on 03/13/2015 9:40:20 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: SeekAndFind
He's dead Jim.

Still got a smirk on his face though?

16 posted on 03/13/2015 9:44:09 AM PDT by McGruff (Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.)
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To: noone

Putin Spokesman Denies Russian President Is Out of Town for Birth of Love Child (themoscowtimes)


17 posted on 03/13/2015 9:46:57 AM PDT by McGruff (Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.)
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To: babble-on

Curiouser and curiouser. I don’t think it actually matters to American-Russian relations, though.


18 posted on 03/13/2015 9:49:38 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Putin is currently incommunicado.

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19 posted on 03/13/2015 9:49:42 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (The night is far spent, the day is at hand.- Roman 13:12)
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Paternity leave for Putin? Swiss paper's baby rumor causes stir

The Russian president has not been seen in public for over a week. A Swiss newspaper claims to know the answer - that Putin's alleged girlfriend has given birth to the couple's third child...

http://www.dw.de/paternity-leave-for-putin-swiss-papers-baby-rumor-causes-stir/a-18314837

20 posted on 03/13/2015 9:49:45 AM PDT by McGruff (Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.)
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