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This absence has prompted rumors and speculation across the Russian blogosphere. "Putin has died" is now trending across the Russian internet, but there is no credible information citing what, if anything, might be afflicting him.
This kind of speculation may be natural given the secretive and autocratic nature of Putin's leadership. "These are the kinds of things that happen when a governing system is so dependent on the image of and physical person of one man," Hannah Thoburn, a Eurasia analyst with the Foreign Policy Initiative, told Business Insider. "This is certainly not the first time that similar rumors have happened. They happened under Yeltsin as well (although he really was in very poor health)."
If Putin is incapacitated, the Kremlin may try to keep that information tightly under wraps until all factions within the government have agreed to a successor.
Constitutionally, "Medvedev would take over as acting president for 90 days," Nichols said. "It's how Putin himself became president in 1999."
"But no, there is no way the Kremlin would announce [Putin's death] until all the deals have been cut," Nichols added.
Here are the best theories about why Putin has disappeared - Yahoo Finance
Putin is a great man and humanitarian.
The world would be a worse place without him. ......
I do not hate you but you are showing signs of having been thoroughly brainwashed by your communist Roman Catholic Pope. He's a huge fan of Putin too and an enemy of the American people. You need to wake up. Or move to Russia. (one or the other)
Does this mean we should stop buying stock in vodka?
I wonder if Dung Wing Wong Jan Jing of North Korea has already died from his 6700 calories a day diet?Does this mean we should stop buying stock in vodka?
If you had been buying stock in vodka to enjoy drinking it then, yes, it may be time to stop. But the actual vodka instead; it'll go down so much more easily than that dry paper.
Remember the French Revolution. People will only starve so long before they overthrow their own government. Kim Jon Stepstool will be dragged through the street by an angry mob of his own countrymen.I wonder if Dung Wing Wong Jan Jing of North Korea has already died from his 6700 calories a day diet?Does this mean we should stop buying stock in vodka?
If you had been buying stock in vodka to enjoy drinking it then, yes, it may be time to stop. But the actual vodka instead; it'll go down so much more easily than that dry paper.
Has Putin been taken out in a "coup" ?
The UK Daily mail is now suggesting a coup, or he's ill, or something else, but Coup is the play in the headline, even though they're just wildly guessing.
Vladimir Putin has been neutralised by a stealthy coup as rumours about his health and well-being continue to flourish Daily Mail Online
They name Nikolai Patrushev as the coup leader, suggesting he's been recruited by the United states to remove Putin.
Patrushev did visit the US, even though most senior Russians were banned from entering the country.
It should be noted, he's been very vocal in condemning the US, but politics is politics, so he could easily change his opinion if enough cash comes his way.
It is amazing they are pretending not to have heard about the article in New York Post which announced his girlfriend giving birth to his child in Switzerland. Do they live in some parallel universe or what?
