Moscow journalists were told to stay in the city for a Special Announcement
My bet is there's a Mafia Wedding in the offing and that Boris Nemtsov's murder was a wedding present from Mr Kadyrov
Anna Politkovskaya was murdered on the Godfather's birthday ...
The main trouble with Russia is that the president,tsar,generalissimo etc have to be strong,powerful and ruthless.The Tsar was useless and ineffectual,hence the revolution,Lenin was basically incompetent letting in Stalin,Kruschev and Malenkov were pushovers and the less said about Yeltsin the better.Russia needs strong presidents like Putin,whether we in the west like it or not.
There are all sorts of rumours flying around. Most of dubious provenance.
The last time a Russian leader missed a meeting of the Security Council was Nikita Krushchev : the day before he was 'retired'
Kromo yes the helicopters are an interesting development.
Someone else says Peskov - the smarm king of the Kremlin - had gone to France :-)
And so on
I did wonder if the news of the first successful penis transplant was relevant: given Putin's nickname now in Ukraine (D*ckhead)