Rumor: Putin has cancer.

[Lauren Johnson]

With the reports of all the activity around the Kremlin and the Defense Department, it I was reminded of the initial reports around the Cuban Missile Crisis, which were the reports of USG leaders being called to the White House on a Sunday. Col Cassad is guessing the same thing is happening -- this time in Moscow. (Computer translation)

On the topic of persistent questions in the comments on the topic of "Putin's disappearance" from the media.

In my subjective opinion, in the next few days he will appear in public, and this appearance will be associated with the development of the situation in Ukraine, which is now on the verge of a major war. Actually, it seems to me, the actual breakdown of the Minsk Agreement junta is in itself sufficient reason to think and prepare for certain decisions.

Officially, today is the last date when the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine may adopt a resolution on the implementation of the special status of the former Donetsk and Lugansk regions - if the decision will not be accepted today, it directly violates the "package of measures to implement the Minsk Agreement." Tomorrow begins the same way, and noted earlier time period from 15 to 20 March, in connection with which the various sources indicate that these days possible to resume large-scale hostilities on the initiative of the Kiev junta. Russia somehow be a possible failure to respond agreements, and very likely, we now come to the point of bifurcation, when the situation in Ukraine will start to change dramatically. So I think in the coming days the Kremlin anyway publicly define its future strategy (guess based on the military situation in the NPT, non-public with her ​​already decided) and Putin publicly announce part of this strategy.