Moscow ( CNN ) Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared in a series of photos released by the Kremlin on Friday after a week in which canceled engagements led to speculation over his health . The three images showed Putin meeting with the head of the Supreme Court in Moscow on Friday , the Kremlin said . State broadcaster Russia 24 also aired video footage of the meeting . CNN can not independently confirm that the meeting took place as stated . Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov sought to quell the rumors of ill health on Thursday , joking that they were down to `` spring fever , '' Russia 's state-run Tass news agency reported . `` When the sun comes up in spring , and as soon as spring is in the air , then the fever begins , '' Peskov said . `` Someone dreams of ( Rosneft CEO Igor ) Sechin resignation , others -- of government resignation , while others have not seen President Putin on TV for several days , '' he said , according to Tass . `` We are calm on this fever , and respond to the questions with patience , '' Peskov said . Speaking to Russian radio station Echo of Moscow , Peskov also urged people not to worry , saying that Putin was `` absolutely '' healthy . Asked if the President 's handshake was firm , he replied that Putin `` can break a hand . '' Last fall , rumors also circulated about the health of North Korea 's leader , Kim Jong Un , after he was absent from the public eye for more than a month . He eventually reappeared , with North Korean state media releasing photographs of him walking with a cane . The speculation about Putin began after a planned meeting in the Kazakh capital , Astana , between the Russian leader and the presidents of Kazakhstan and Belarus was postponed at short notice . Peskov confirmed Wednesday that the leaders had agreed to delay it for several days but did not give a new date , Tass said . The Kremlin press office said Friday that Putin would meet Monday with his Kyrgyz counterpart , Almazbek Atambayev , in the Russian city of St. Petersburg , Tass said . Putin 's last public appearance was Sunday , on International Women 's Day . Since then , he has had a number of meetings , but no video was released , only stills uploaded to the Kremlin 's website . In the course of his many years in power , Putin has cultivated the image of a strong and vigorous leader . His exploits , captured on film and released to the media , have included riding horses while shirtless , exploring the seafloor in a submersible , handling a tranquilized tiger and , just last year , earning a karate black belt . The Russian President has been in the international spotlight in recent months after Moscow 's intervention in Ukraine , which has prompted heightened tensions with the West . Opinion : Why has Putin gone missing ? CNN 's Alla Eshchenko reported from Moscow , and Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported from London .
Kremlin releases images of a meeting it says President PutinVladimir Putin held Friday . Vladimir Putin spokesman dismisses rumors of ill health sparked by Vladimir Putin 's cancellation of planned talks .