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Putin surfaces after mysterious 10-day absence From The Washington Post of Marc.16.2015 Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev on Monday, according to footage from state tv. The meeting marked Putin’s first public appearance in more than 10 days, following rumors of poor health. (Reuters)

①Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first public appearance in 普京在十天后的这个星期一首次公开露面，同时，人们激烈的猜测是他的健康或者其他原因导致他离开公众视线。

“It would be boring without gossip,” Putin told reporters outside St. ②But he offered no other immediate details on why he missed a 是他没有即时透露其他关于这段时间他为什么缺席一系列会见和延期一个国事访问的细节。

The 62-year-old Putin showed no apparent signs of ill health as he met with Kyrgyzstan’s president, Almazbek Atambayev, in the Constantine Palace outside St. Petersburg, the Associated Press reported.

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On Thursday, Putin’s spokesman announced that the president would not attend a meeting with the Federal Security Service, which he usually attends. 行延期至本周晚些时候。

But the spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, insisted last week that Putin was healthy.

④There was been yet no official comment from the Kremlin on why 里姆林宫还未对普京——一个以事必躬亲和个人活力闻名的领导人少有的离开公众视线这一事件做出任何官方评论。

In comments apparently encouraged by the Kremlin, the Kyrgyzstan president gave a personal appraisal of Putin’s health, saying the Russian leader “drove me around the grounds, he himself sat at the wheel,” the Reuters news agency reported.

⑤Putin’s disappearing act came amid a series of challenges facing the 里姆林宫面临一系列挑战，包括进一步依赖石油的经济打击和来自普京主要政治对手鲍里斯涅姆佐夫的指责。Russian authorities claim Nemtsov was killed by Islamists from Chechnya, but Nemtsov’s backers have dismissed the arrests as a potential coverup.

Putin was last seen in public when he hosted Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The Kremlin said the president had other official

meetings in the following days, but there was no independent confirmation that Putin attended the sessions.

There has been previous speculation about Putin’s health. In 2012, rumors erupted after he was absent from public life for several days. No explanations were given at the time.

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