Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow October 22, 2012. REUTERS/Sergey Ponomarev/Pool
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed talk that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a back problem that prompted him to postpone foreign visits and might require surgery.
Putin, who began a six-year presidential term in May and turned 60 on October 7, was seen to be limping at an Asia-Pacific summit in the Pacific port of Vladivostok in early September.
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