article_snippet: But another theory, advanced by the lawyer of murdered Boris Nemtsov, was that the strongman may be lying low because the strongman is 'afraid' of an assassination bid.
article_snippet: Official pictures have emerged of meetings since then, but rumours say these in fact took place earlier before Putin sudden and unexplained disappearance.
article_snippet: Nemtsov's lawyer claimed Putin may be scared over the high profile murder yards from the Kremlin, suggesting Putin maybe in hiding fearing an assassination bid. '
article_snippet: Perhaps Putin, even completely sincerely, was bewildered and even afraid,' said Putin. '
article_snippet: Because if you can do that next to the Kremlin, then is it not possible to do it along the route of the presidential motorcade?'
article_snippet: Spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the health speculation over Putin as 'spring fever'.
article_snippet: Spokesman Dmitry Peskov was 'holding meetings all the time' to solve the 'crisis'. '
article_snippet: Everything is fine,' said Peskov, not explaining why Putin did not make an appearance to disarm the rumour-mongers.