I thought I read somewhere that his gf had a baby or something like that
I read that too, but they are denying it. Not that a denial means anything, but really, nine days for your girlfriend to have a baby is a little excessive.
Who knows if there is a baby or not, but if there is, it's no reason to go MIA for this long.
He's apparently scheduled for a public appearance on Monday.
If it was as something planned in advance I would assume there would be coherent excuses prearranged and possibly fake video.
I think it is health related or he had a spur of the moment desire for a vacation and told everyone to wait for his return.
In Russia vacation take you
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Amid claims that Putin has not been keeping well, Daily Mail, citing pro-Kremlin Islamic Committee chairman Geydar Dzhemal, reported that former Federal Security Service chief Nikolai Patrushev staged a stealthy coup in Moscow.
Further backing the rumour that Putin has been taken out in a coup, social media reports claimed that several tanks were spotted outside Kremlin after a three-hour power outage.
Vladimir Putin is 'alive' but 'neutralised' as shadowy security chiefs stage a stealthy coup in Moscow, it was claimed last night.
Former FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev was behind the plot, claimed chairman of the pro-Kremlin national Islamic Committee, Geydar Dzhemal.
There have been no confirmed sightings of Putin for nine days, while in the febrile atmosphere engulfing Moscow a convoy of large trucks parked outside the Kremlin fueled rumours of a flit by the president.
I am seeing reports that this is actually a Photoshop. The attempts to fool the public into thinking that he was seen cruising around in this matter are false. I'm worried.
There has also been an intriguing posting on photo-sharing website Instagram by one of Mr Putin's close allies, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
In the posting, Mr Kadyrov renews his pledge of loyalty to the president and adds: "I am devoted to him as a person. And this regardless of whether he is in his position or not!"
This feeds into another theory which some speculate could be the reason for Mr Putin's strange absence: that the unity of the ruling elite surrounding the president has cracked and a powerful faction has now turned against him.
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I'm not actually surprised to be honest. All of the recent stuff with Ukraine screamed of man desperately trying to assert the illusion of strength, but I think he overplayed his hand.
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