Can Putin's Absence Indicate A Palace Coup In Moscow?

FORBES ^ | 12 Mar 15 | Unknown

[elhombrelibre]

Recently media has been flooded with chatter surrounding Russian president Vladimir Putin’s absence from the public eye over the past week, with rumors suggesting that there might have been a palace coup in the Kremlin, and even far-fetched hypothesis that Putin is dead, or at least has health problems.

Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, dismissed the rumors that his boss is ill and insisted Putin is doing fine, but suspicions of a force-major situation in Moscow continue to circulate as no comforting evidence has been presented to the public to tamp down concerns. What if, indeed, something has happened to the Kremlin’s political system, or its leader?

[Politicalkiddo]

“dismissed the rumors that his boss is ill and insisted Putin is doing fine”

On the scale of Trotsky to Rasputin, how fine is he?

[elhombrelibre]

From the article:

"While Russia gets energized on its military spirit and reinforces the holiday and symbols of the past – whitewashing the image of Stalin, omitting the crimes of the communist regime from children’s history books – its neighboring countries, previously quite ambiguous about the Soviet past, are shifting away."

We've quite a few putinistas who seem to think Putin's swell and make no connection to his recent KGB career. They don't seem to realize that Stalinism is a good thing to Putin.

[elhombrelibre]

That’s how they roll in Russia.

[Jim from C-Town]

Couldn’t happen to a nicer thug!

[Jim from C-Town]

Yuri Andropov was dead fora quarter century,Didn’t prevent him from being the Soviet Premier.

[nickcarraway]

On the scale of Trotsky to Rasputin, how fine is he?

Well, he hasn't been icepicked at the home of a mediocre Mexican muralist.

[Politicalkiddo]

So Lenin, then?

[Zeppo]

Well, he hasn't been icepicked at the home of a mediocre Mexican muralist.

That we know of yet, anyway...

[nickcarraway]

I’m guessing Putin could take the guy Julius Rosenberg drove to Mexico.

[LucyT]

[1_Rain_Drop]

Isn’t Putin busy investigating the assassination of the dude that he had assassinated on that bridge?

[SatinDoll]

Vlad Putin was diagnosed with spinal cancer a couple years ago. Anything is possible.

I suspect that Hilary Clinton will pass away some time in the next few months. I don’t know what the Democrats are going to do if that happens.

[PCPOET7]

I think that there was a attempt on Putin’s life. it failed and Putin is hiding till he figures how far this failed attempt on his life goes in the Russian hierarchy. my guess is in the next month we will be hearing about senior Russian government officials dying or defecting from russia

[elhombrelibre]

That's correct. He's even lobbying to get permission to help O.J. Simpson find out who killed O.J's ex-wife.

[VTenigma]

Let's hope not. That will assure the next president is a Dem.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

I suspect that Hilary Clinton will pass away some time in the next few months. I don’t know what the Democrats are going to do if that happens.

They'll have her preserved and stuffed and will run her anyway.

[monocle]

"On the scale of Trotsky to Rasputin, how fine is he?"

Vince Foster to the Reset button.

[exPBRrat]

God bless Vladimir Putin.

[cynwoody]

On the scale of Trotsky to Rasputin, how fine is he?

About a Dzhugashvili?