article_snippet: Putin on Monday reappeared in public after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts and health of the Russian strongman.
article_snippet: Putin on Monday reappeared in public in a meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev (left) after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts and health of the Russian strongman the Russian strongman .
article_snippet: Putin refused to explain Putin absence.
article_snippet: On the surface there is little difference in this latest appearance after a puzzling gap when Putin appeared to go AWOL, although some more subliminal non-verbal clues suggest the rumours about Putin health might just have legs. '
article_snippet: Putin refused to explain why Putin had been absent for 10 days .
article_snippet: Putin's absence occurred amid rumours of illness, a coup, or Putin Olympic gymnast 'lover'
article_snippet: Putin vanished soon after aides to one of Putin key allies were blamed for ordering the assassination of one of The Kremlin's most outspoken critics, Boris Nemtsov.
highlights_snippet: Putin reappeared in public after an unusually long 10-day absence .
  
highlights_snippet: Putin's absence occurred amid rumours of illness, a coup and a love child .
  