Russia's Putin appears in public for first time since March 5

16/03/2015 - 12:02

STRELNA, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev on Monday, making his first public appearance since March 5.

Putin met Atambayev in the Constantine Palace, outside Russia's second city of St. Petersburg.

(Reporting by Denis Dyomkin; Writing by Lidia Kelly, editing by Elizabeth Piper)