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Russian President Vladimir Putin Appears in Public For First Time in Days

We know where our president is today, but that wasn't the case for the people of Russia for about ten days. Russian people were speculating where he'd gone, even after the Kremlin released pictures last week showing that he was not sick, and not missing.

There was even a suggestion that his government had been overthrown, by people opposed to his leadership. The absence made people worry, because of the strained international relations due to the war in Ukraine. So it was a big deal Monday when the president appeared before cameras in Saint Petersburg for talks with the president of Kyrgyzstan.

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