Where Is Putin?

[Hopkirk]

Has someone done him in?

[Gromit]

Gardening leave.

He'll be back when his henchmen have finishedmurdering his opponents.

[tonyav]

He's busy playing with his nuclear weapons, Hopkirk.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/vladimir-putin-says-russia-was-preparing-to-use-nuclear-weapons-if-necessary-and-blames-us-for-ukraine-crisis-in-crimea-documentary/ar-AA9NISZ

[Hopkirk]

Has he got manflu?

[Hopkirk]

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/81666000/png/_81666091_b_6pnzcu0aat0dl.png

[ichkeria]

Due to meet the Kyrghyz president in St Petersburg today.
Everyone is waiting to see if it happens.

[ichkeria]

...which he has done

[tonyav]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/vladimir-putin-missing-russian-president-appears-in-public-for-first-time-in-11-days/ar-AA9P4o6

[Jomlett]

Putin survives the Ides of March, then!

[tonyav]

This time he has, Jomlett.

[Kromovaracun]

He's back.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/517465.html

As a friend of mine commented - Путин жил, Путин жив, Путин будет жить!

[ludwig]

Some ideas here..

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31901078

The truth will be something boring like he's been in hospital to have a nodule removed from his anus.

[anneasquith]

maybe he was having some cosmetic surgery ?

[youngmafbog]

Well he's pretty good at removing pains in the *** himself Ludwig!

[Jomlett]

Turns out he's had the flu...that's what happens, fighting cold wars!

[Hopkirk]

Drat and double drat, he's still alive.

[atalanta]

We should now look at his photos very carefully. He may have had a face-lift. Hasn't he got a very-much-younger girlfriend ?
I seem to recall that a certain controversial Italian politician is rumoured to have had a facelift in somewhat similar circumstances.