A wave of savage mockery breaks over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s conspicuous absence from public view, with the worst saying he died.
Even state TV footage clearly showing Putin working at his residence failed to quell the tide of fantastic theories circulating online since March 13 that the 62-year-old Kremlin leader had died, been deposed of, or travelled to Switzerland to watch his girlfriend give birth.
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