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This is why it’s impossible for the Kremlin to lie about Putin’s weird disappearance

The president's carefully cultivated image rests on never showing weakness.

By Julia Ioffe March 14 at 6:00 AM

Julia Ioffe is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. She was the Moscow correspondent for Foreign Policy and The New Yorker.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/03/14/this-is-why-its-impossible-for-the-kremlin-to-lie-about-putins-weird-disappearance/

Where in the World Is Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin? Not Giving Birth.

By Reid Standish
March 13, 2015 - 3:44 pm

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/03/13/where-in-the-world-is-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-not-giving-birth/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=*Editors%20Picks&utm_campaign=2014_EditorsPicksRS3%2F13