Putin secretly divorces wife and marries gymnast?

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Putin secretly divorces his wife and marries rhythmical gymnast Alina Kabaeva?

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Putin secretly divorces his wife and marries rhythmical gymnast Alina Kabaeva?

A recent issue of Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper said that Russia’s outgoing President Vladimir Putin was going to marry a girl who is 30 years younger. Furthermore, the newspaper wrote that Putin secretly divorced his wife, Lyudmila Putin, in February of the current year. With reference to rumours, La Repubblica wrote that Putin was going to remarry on June 15, Whit Sunday.

His new wife will be Alina Kabaeva, the rhythmic gymnast, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and obtained numerous European awards, the newspaper said. According to the newspaper, “Russians consider Kabaeva to be sexier than Sharapova and Kournikova.” After the Olympic Games in Athens Kabaeva gave up sport (read article (http://english.pravda.ru/sports/other/31-01-2008/103782-alina_kabayeva-0)) and decided to try her hand at cinema....http://english.pravda.ru/russia/kremlin/17-04-2008/104931-putin_kabaeva-0

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Lyudmila Putin

Putin's future father-in-law is Muslim

The prospective father-in-law of the Russian leader Putin, who is about to marry a gymnast who is 25 years his younger, is Tatar.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is said to be getting ready to marry the Olympic medal winner gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Alina Kabaeva was born in Uzbekistan and her father is a Muslim Tatar. Putin quietly divorced his wife Lyudmila Aleksandrovna. According to the claims, Kabaeva and Putin will get married in mid-June. Marat Kabaeva is a former professional football player. Marat Kabaeva warned his future son-in-law: "my daughter is a very sensitive girl; so, know how to make her happy."
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Paper Shut Down After Report Vladimir Putin Divorced Wife to Marry Gymnast
Sunday, April 20, 2008

A newspaper that defied the Kremlin by reporting that President Vladimir Putin was planning to marry an Olympic gold medal-winning rhythmic gymnast half his age was shut down Saturday.

The closure of Moskovski Korrespondent, whose editor Grigori Nekhoroshev was forced to resign, was a sharp reminder of the perils of invoking Kremlin displeasure.

Rumors of a romance between Putin, 55, and Alina Kabaeva, 24, who is also an MP in his party, have been circulating in Moscow for months, but until last week no one had dared to print them.

The paper admitted there was no factual basis for its claim that Putin had already divorced Ludmilla, 50, his wife of 24 years, and would marry Kabaeva in June, shortly after stepping down as president and becoming prime minister. It cited information from a party planner who claimed to be bidding to organize the lavish reception.

Both Putin and Kabaeva denied the report, which was followed up by European newspapers but ignored by Russia’s media, which do not delve into the private lives of politicians....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351860,00.html