MOSCOW, March 12 (UPI) -- The Kremlin denied Russian President Vladimir Putin is ill Thursday.
Stories regarding the health of Putin, 62, began circulating after he postponed a trip to Astana, Kazakhstan, scheduled for Thursday and Friday. A scheduled ceremonial signing of a treaty of interrogation between Russia and the breakaway state of South Ossetia did not take place, although there were reports the document was not complete and a security meeting Thursday, which was to include Putin, also did not occur.