article_snippet: Putin had been due to make a visit to Kazakhstan this week but an official there said it had been cancelled because he was ill.
article_snippet: Putin also failed to appear at an annual meeting of high-ranking officers from the Federal Security Service today, an event Putin has attended in past years.
highlights_snippet: Putin's visit to Kazakhstan was cancelled because Putin was ill, official said .
  
highlights_snippet: Putin also failed to appear at annual meeting of high-ranking officers today .
  