SAINT PETERSBURG – President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts and health of the Russian strongman.Putin is scheduled to meet with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in Saint Petersburg later Monday, and a Kremlin official confirmed to AFP that the meeting was on track to take place.Putin, 62, was last seen in public on March 5 at a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.Last week he cancelled a number of scheduled events including a trip to the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan …read more
Source: AsiaOne
