Friday 4 April 2014

Putin divorces Lyudmila

Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally divorced his wife Lyudmila after more than 30 years of marriage on 3rd April, 2014.

Putin and his wife announced that their marriage was over last June in a live broadcast on Russian state television, confirming longstanding speculation that they had separated. They has two daughters both are in their 20s.

In 2008, Putin said there was no truth to a newspaper report that he was preparing to marry Olympic rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabayeva, who was born in 1983, the same year he married Lyudmila.

Kabayeva, who was one of the torch bearers at the Sochi Olympics opening ceremony in February, also denied any relationship with Putin.

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