While his statements on Crimea are alarming, rumours of the Russian president’s death have been – oh, you know how it goes.
A woman watches the Crimea documentary this week. Photo: DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty
Good news for those who have spent the last eleven days in the “Putin’s probably not dead” camp: the Russian president has appeared in public for the first time since 5 March, and by all appearances is still breathing.
Putin started his meeting with Atambayev at Konstantinovsky palace pic.twitter.com/WyVXwkSZbK
— Ilya Arkhipov (@world_reporter) March 16, 2015
Putin was pictured this morning meeting Kyrgyz head of state Almazbek Atambayev in a …read more
Source: New Statesman
