Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t been seen in public for over a week now, and speculation continues as to his whereabouts, especially in light of Russia’s recent Soviet history. Heck, the man himself is a former KGB apparatchik.  

Granted, Putin is not widely loved, and Americans generally aren’t wringing their hands about his mysterious absence. But that hasn’t stopped the speculation.

One creative soul posted this cartoon:

The Russian website Sputnik International, trying to be serious/not serious, listed the top five “ridiculous” theories and debunked each one. They include the following:

• He’s dead.
• He has cancer. He hurt his back. He had a stroke. Maybe the flu.
• He is witnessing the birth of his love child.
• He was overthrown in a coup.

And the number one theory listed by Sputnik:

• He’s binge watching House of Cards.

Of course someone had to put his mug on a milk carton:

And then there were the wags at Twitter using the hashtag #WhereIsPutin.

Journalist Jake Tapper had this exchange:

@jaketapper Sources say Putin is hiking an Appalachian trail with his Argentine soulmate.

— (C) Uri Blago (@UriBlago) March 14, 2015

Another Twitter poster swore he spotted Putin at a London art gallery with his pregnant girlfriend:

Putin spotted in disguise at London art gallery, with pregnant partner pic.twitter.com/mGm12rdQlb

— Patrick Jackson (@patrickgjackson) March 14, 2015

Did anyone think of checking Hillary’s emails?

#WheresPutin Nobody knows where he is. But her email may contain clues. pic.twitter.com/LyXrhZf6I0

— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) March 14, 2015

Poor Joe Biden. He’s really confused.

"I've been tasked with finding Putin. I hope he isn't with that Waldo guy that's eluded me for years." pic.twitter.com/47Sy77SKRK

— Matthew (@Matthops82) March 14, 2015

This isn’t the first time a Russian leader has mysteriously disappeared. Joseph Stalin went AWOL right after the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. In 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev was barricaded in his vacation dacha by hardliners in his cabinet. They all returned. Putin, however, has yet to surface. And Groundhog Day was last month.

So where’s Putin? Who knows? Until he surfaces — if he surfaces — the Interwebs will continue to engage in a bit of tomfoolery at the expense of the cartoonish leader.