Posted on 06/06/2013 9:23:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his long-suffering wife, Lyudmila, are ending their nearly 30-year marriage, they announced on state television Thursday in a tone of mutual indifference.
“We practically never saw each other,” Putin told a reporter from the Rossiya 24 network as he and his soon-to-be-ex-wife departed a Kremlin ballet performance. “To each his own life.”
Russia’s first couple gave little explanation of why they chose to end the marriage now, other than the president’s assertion that “it was our joint decision.” …
The couple’s infrequent public appearances have sparked wild media reports and speculation. One particularly steady rumor asserts that Putin, following czarist tradition, sent his wife to live in a remote monastery in western Russia. Another held that he had a long-running affair with lawmaker and former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, which Kabaeva has denied. …
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All of those millions upon milions of available hot Russian babes have nothing to do with it....
Good to know that whole Christian Orthodoxy thing was not a cheap political front, but a heartfelt devotion.
My exact thoughts. Midlife crisis...except he is VP. He does not need a crisis. He just does what he will.
She is about to become a nonperson, Soviet style.
Zing! I still remember, from the resident FR Bolsheviks, “he’s a devout Christian.” LOLOL
Pic with the article shows she is pretty, if a bit frumpy. Putin trading in the ‘55 model for a low mileage mistress.
Bill Clinton is available.
My dearest Lyudmila:
It is time for us to part.
I know, I know. It makes me sad too.
But, I need my space now and I exile myself to The Blue Lagoon.
XO
Puti...
Upgrade ???
Um, did someone really say that? lol.
Eh, in profile, she’s not so hot, but then I’m female and only look at the face...
Eeee yeah. Don’t Mrs. Putin Version 1.0 is that limber .
She’s an image enhancer for a man with that big of an ego image
Image enhancer? Hardly, unless you are an envious guy. For me, it underscores his poor character.
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