Posted on 03/14/2015 10:08:49 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Ukrainian and Russian media have wondered where the missing Vladimir Putin: he allegedly did not appear in public for a week, and state media replicate his legacy application.
President's press secretary Dmitry Peskov, the second day in a row denies illness leader, while experts put forward new hypotheses about what is actually happening with Putin.
New time tried to weed out the most incredible of them, leaving the five most plausible hypotheses sudden disappearance Putin:
1. Putin ill. This version came after reports of an influential international agency Reuters, which quoted a source in the Kazakh authorities handed over on March 11 that the visit of the President of the Russian Federation to Astana is canceled due to illness. Sands immediately denied it, but a new round of information boom came with the news Russian media that the Kremlin has illustrated the latest news about the meeting between Putin photo a week ago. Immediately joined and those who believe that the President of the Russian Federation regularly does a facelift, and its absence may well be associated with certain cosmetic procedures that exclude some time appearance in public.
2. Putin died. After rumors about the illness of President of the Russian Federation have reached the scale of the general anti-Putin hysteria throughout the Russian Internet, in articles and blogs began to appear on the hypothesis that Putin had died. Any evidence for this is not, and the fake news about the death of the dictator - a common practice of many yellow publications around the world. In analogy examples of Hugo Chavez and Joseph Stalin, whose death was reported immediately. This version looks unlikely, since it is based on the antipathy and hatred of the president of Russia, as the man who attacked the Ukraine and ruining Russia. About the disease, which could lead to the death of the dictator, was previously known nothing at all. Is that information on back pain, also denied that the Kremlin.
3. Putin was the victim of a palace coup. This hypothesis is actively pushing Russian commentators and experts. Their argument is that the struggle for power in Russia broke out between two groups of influence (Putin's inner circle, and the so-called group of a major war), look quite seriously. Catalyst or the outcome of this strife, just was the murder of Boris Nemtsov. After him, the conflict has entered into an active phase, and now analysts' forecasts vary: or organizers of murder Nemtsov trying to throw Putin, whose supporters retreating, or the final battle yet to come, and an intense struggle in the Russian political circles - just the beginning. This version looks quite probable, as its proponents argue quite correctly that under Putin reeled throne.
4. Putin planned his disappearance, for preparing a full-scale war. While Runet froze in anticipation of the ending of the comedy thriller with the disappearance of Putin, the US introduced new sanctions, and the West provide new assistance to Ukraine in order to localize the conflict in the Donbass. It's all happening on the background of constant message of world media that Putin will deploy offensive in Ukraine as long as the EU and the US will take the position of reconciliation. Brussels and Washington, in principle, do. Kiev, on the other hand, every day, says that Moscow is preparing to attack, and confirms his words by the fact that the Russians and the rebels have created in the Donbass efficient army, which is ready to attack at any moment. Thus, the hype around the "disappearance" may be beneficial to Putin, as it gives him an advantage to capture sudden Ukrainian territories and misconceptions opponents.
5. Putin is alive and well. Russian President really all right, and reports of his plight in the last day - just innuendo, anti-war and anti-Putin Heated rhetoric. Putin himself may be left for a vacation or spending time with family, not wanting to waste their energies to refute or confirm their quiet life. In any case, many of the leaders and famous people one way or another from time to time do not go to the public for a long time, and it is often not related to their death or illness. But even in this case, the hype around his "disappearance" caused damage to the credibility of the leader, as revealed many possible weaknesses of power in Russia, which, at first glance, seems eternal and unyielding.
I heard he was In Italy for the birth of his “love child!”
read somewhere that his girlfriend had a baby girl
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putins-girlfriend-given-birth-5329008
or is it a boy
http://www.vocativ.com/world/russia/things-are-starting-to-get-weirder-with-the-rumors-about-putin/
Russian president Vladimir Putin, who has not been seen in public since March 5 and is feared in some panicky circles to have died or worse, has the flu, a CIA source tells Gawker. Or at least that’s what the CIA thinks.
http://gawker.com/cia-source-putin-has-the-flu-1691376175
In California where people are more tolerant with his new lifestyle "choice".
Sleeps with the sturgeons?
Waldo would know where Putin is. So would Carmen Sandiego.
Ouch! That’s a good pun. :)
Kremlin is preparing a major statement, journalists are requested not to leave here for the weekend/http://vlasti.net/ http://vlasti.net/news/213426
polonium?
4. Putin planned his disappearance, for preparing a full-scale war. While Runet froze in anticipation of the ending of the comedy thriller with the disappearance of Putin, the US introduced new sanctions, and the West provide new assistance to Ukraine in order to localize the conflict in the Donbass. It's all happening on the background of constant message of world media that Putin will deploy offensive in Ukraine as long as the EU and the US will take the position of reconciliation. Brussels and Washington, in principle, do. Kiev, on the other hand, every day, says that Moscow is preparing to attack, and confirms his words by the fact that the Russians and the rebels have created in the Donbass efficient army, which is ready to attack at any moment. Thus, the hype around the "disappearance" may be beneficial to Putin, as it gives him an advantage to capture sudden Ukrainian territories and misconceptions opponents.The other possibilities are, there was an assassination attempt (or success) and the political instability of a dictatorship means no news will be released until everything shakes out; the last one is, he visited his occupation force of cutthroats either in Crimea or in eastern Ukraine, and was either shot dead by a sniper (and not necessarily Ukrainian at that) or snatched by Ukraine forces.
Number six: vacay.
5.56mm
Wow Puttie looks much better in drag than our dear Leader =)
This is ROFLMAO irony.
I wrote awhile back “Putin won’t be around forever” and was attacked nonetheless with juvenile, derogatory blather.
If Putin’s gone, ITYS comes as a rather obvious cliche`...
...but the speculation is enough for me to enjoy the irony alone.
RE: I heard he was In Italy for the birth of his “love child!”
Italy or Switzerland? Which is it?
http://nypost.com/2015/03/13/putin-in-switzerland-for-birth-of-his-lovechild/
Well, Senator McCain did say yesterday that he felt Russia may invade Ukraine from the west. Transnistria. Only about 1400 “Peacekeepers” there. However, enough to draw off Ukraine assets from Mariupol which makes more sense for Russia to seize. Perhaps Putin is “supervising” said operation?
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