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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev (not pictured) during their meeting
at the Constantine (Konstantinovsky) Palace in St. Petersburg March 16, 2015.
Putin laughed off suggestions he had been forced to lie low because of poor health, saying on Monday that life would be “boring without gossip”. REUTERS/Anatoly Maltsev/Pool (RUSSIA – Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)