But the fraught events leading to his departure have been much discussed in South Africa.
Putin, it is safe to say, does not want the Winter Games in Sochi to resemble the fraught events of Moscow in the summer of 1980.
Where some see disaster, others see victory … No, not the fraught events of 1940 as depicted in Christopher Nolan's war epic, but the right's battle against Europe.
As David Remnick writes from Sochi, "Putin, it is safe to say, does not want the Winter Games in Sochi to resemble the fraught events of Moscow in the summer of 1980".
Images of carnage and grief have flooded social media and dominated traditional news reports since Friday's terrorist attacks on Paris, leaving parents around the world to grapple with how and whether to explain the bloody and politically fraught events to their children.
"It's hard to remember a period so fraught with event risk, as midterm elections, an F.O.M.C. meeting, and a payrolls report are likely to add to volatility," said Guy LeBas, the chief fixed-income strategist for Janney Montgomery Scott.
But despite their best-laid plans, the event was fraught with technical difficulties and glitches.
A race called the Tour Feminin was held intermittently from 1984 to 2009, but the event was fraught with disasters including unpaid prize money, poor sponsorship, and even a legal battle over its name.
But a new arena, in a metropolitan area that already has four competing for concerts and events, is fraught with logistical and financial problems.
Life is fraught with emotionally upsetting events.
