So Where is Putin?

[Gene Steinberg]

Aside from one alleged photo showing him in a meeting, he hasn't been seen in public for a while.

Is there a reason? Ill maybe? A coup in Russia?

Here's some interesting asides on the matter from my old friend Allen Greenfield:

Where is Vladimir Putin? What we know about the Russian president's…

 

[Wade]

Here'a a clue for you all

 

[Gene Steinberg]

The walrus was Paul.

 

[Wade]

BBC News - Speculation rife as world waits for Putin to reappear

Photo leaked of Vladi standing next to Robert Bigelow

 

[AlienEsq]

He would never permit himself to be portrayed as "weak" or "ill," so I imagine he's in hiding for that purpose. There were also rumors he had traveled to Switzerland to attend the birth of his latest child.