Erstellt am: 16. 3. 2015 - 12:44 Uhr
Today's Webtip: Where's Putin?
Where's Waldo had a reboot. It wasn't an official one, mind you, but it was pretty darn entertaining.
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The rumours have ranged from hiding out in Switzerland for the birth of his secret love-child, to recovering from a facelift, with all sorts of tinfoil worthy variations in between. The put-upon press secretary did his best to reassure the world that the man action was still just as fit as ever though, reassuring Russian press that his handshake was still strong enough to break a hand.
There was enough twitter and meme madness going on to catch the attention of the Beeb, who posted their own article on the fun, featuring their mini best-of.
It looks like the (admittedly scary) fun has come to an end though. President Putin showed up at his scheduled meeting in Kyrgyzstan to shake hands and talk stuff with President Almazbek Atambayev.
According to one reporter on Twitter, “Judging by the Atambayev’s expression, Putin's handshake is strong,”