The Kremlin put the rumors to rest.
He will now meet fellow heads of the Eurasian Union in Astana, Kazakhstan on March 20.
More info about the Eurasian Union (also called the Eurasian Economic Union) is here:
Member states are: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. Kyrgyzstan seeks to accede in the future as a full member.
In the future, the Union will embrace the entire post-Soviet space apart from the Baltics and Ukraine.
He also ordered the Northern Fleet for drills very interesting.
Did they? He was supposed to resurface today, not put off the meeting till the 20th.
This is apparently the same exact meeting that was supposed to occur today:
“Ekho Moskvy, on the other hand, reports that Putin will appear tomorrow at a scheduled meeting with the leader of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev. However, Ekho Moskvy (another embattled independent media outlet) also notes that it’s not clear whether the press will be allowed to cover the event.”
http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-update-putin-still-missing-will-he-appear-tomorrow/
More weirdness. This same guy who is saying he will meet with Putin on the 20th apparently arrived in Moscow today to meet with Putin. Why’d he show up if the meeting is cancelled? And what is the explanation for the cancellation?
“President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet today in St. Petersburg with Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev, who has already reportedly arrived in the city.
An announcement on the meeting appeared last week amid concerns that Putin has not been seen in public since March 5, when Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi met him at the Kremlin, and later some mothers taped an International Women’s Day show with him aired March 8.
Other stills and videos of Putin meeting with regional governors and the head of the Supreme Court could not be authenticated as having been filmed live. There were a number of sources that indicated they could have been taped the previous week.
Only some journalists have received accreditation for the press conference following the meeting, where the two leaders are to discuss Kyrgyzstan’s possible entry into the Eurasian Customs Union. Currently Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are members but other allies in the Commonwealth of Independent States are reluctant to join.”
http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-update-march-16-2015/
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If he truly does meet with them, I’m sticking with a previous guess....that he had surgery that he doesn’t want to make public.
Reported 10 mins ago, Putin reappears
To dictate terms.