article_snippet: (CNN)When Putin reappears, CNN)When Vladimir Putin does it with style -- and an in-your-face attitude.
article_snippet: Putin was recently out of sight without explanation for 10 days, during which time various meetings were canceled.
article_snippet: Putin reappeared only Monday.
article_snippet: Lest anyone doubt Putin was still in charge, Putin, who prides Putin on Putin fitness, has been displaying a different form of muscle this week -- the military kind.
article_snippet: Putin mobilized Russia's entire Northern Fleet in a military exercise that reportedly ranks among the largest since the breakup of the Soviet Union.