article_snippet: Mr Putin vanished soon after aides to one of Mr Putin  key allies were blamed for ordering the assassination of one of the Kremlin's most outspoken critics, Boris Nemtsov .
article_snippet: Mr Putin's revelation was aired in a pre-recorded TV interview broadcast at the end of last week.
article_snippet: Yesterday's interview came a full ten days after Mr Putin was last seen in public, amid rumours of illness, a coup, or Mr Putin Olympic gymnast 'lover'
article_snippet: Mr Putin vanished soon after aides to one of Mr Putin key allies were blamed for ordering the assassination of one of The Kremlin's most outspoken critics, Boris Nemtsov.
article_snippet: The crisis over Mr Putin disappearance will deepen if Mr Putin fails to appear this week at a number of events to commemorate the restoration of Crimea to Russia .
article_snippet: Opposition TV channel Dozhd has claimed that Mr Putin has hidden Mr Putin away in one of Mr Putin many luxurious official residences, a forest hideaway near Lake Valdai in the Novgorod region.
article_snippet: But asked yesterday about whether Mr Putin disappearance from public life was down to a bout of flu, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov would only say: 'No comment.
article_snippet: The crisis over his disappearance Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov will deepen if Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov this week the restoration of Crimea to RussiaCrimea Russia.
article_snippet: Today Mr Putin is scheduled to meet Almazbek Atambayev, the president of Kyrgyzstan – after last week postponing a summit with the leaders of Kazakhstan and Belarus.