Russian President Vladimir Putin has kept Queen Elizabeth and the Pope waiting but recently found time to meet a group of students from Britain's elite Eton school, the Kremlin said Thursday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin held an hour-long audience with students from the school about a week ago. "It was an absolutely private visit by the boys and the meeting was not public," Peskov told journalists, saying Putin took part in "an open discussion".