Posted on 06/07/2013 9:06:58 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, have announced that they have separated and their marriage is over.
The 60-year-old and his 55-year-old wife broke the news of the end of the 29-year marriage in an obviously staged TV interview after a night at the ballet that made no mention of Putin's alleged mistress, former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva, 30.
Asked on Rossiya-24 television about longstanding rumours that the Putins no longer lived together, the 60-year-old Putin said: 'That is true.'
But neither clarified whether they were legally divorced and Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said he did not know.
The obviously staged interview made no mention of Alina Kabayeva, a 30-year-old former gymnast who is rumoured to have been Putin's mistress for years.
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It’s rumored she has two kids from old Vlad..
Ok, wondering where she was in my youth?
LOL - that picture cracks me up every time I see it. I don’t think the girl got the response she wanted from her “protest”.
I have seen other picts of her and she was cute, no armpit hair.
That’s what I surmised. Weird with the cigarette there.
Wanted to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.
The s#itfly with some escapee from the Village People.
With a man like Putin, Mama didn’t stand a chance.
My wife and I are both 59. But my wife is my best friend as well as that other, well, you know, stuff...
I would NEVER risk that for a roll in the hay with some writhe little sex kitten. It is NOT worth it.
Then again, I’m not Putin. My priorities are a bit different.
Her front bumper looks a good bit larger than in her gymnastics days....
That was hilarious, Putin’s reaction to those nude protesters... a reporter asked him his thoughts about the protest, he smiled, shrugged and said — “I liked it!”
I know Putin’s a former KGB guy and has some authoritarian tendencies, but I can’t help but regard him being pretty cool.
“Ok, wondering where she was in my youth?”
She was banging a rich powerful 60 year old short guy...like Vlad.
As any viewer can see, there’s plenty of room on that couch, but the O-boy chose to sit rather cozily next to his... er... friend.
Figures..same ‘o same ‘o...
No, I don’t trust Putin at all and he is most definitely NOT our friend. However, I do respect him on one sense. He is keenly aware of the national interests of his country and seeks to promote them at every opportunity.
And I cannot say that about our president.
Mmmmmmm... gymnastics!
Lord, forgive me for that one.
Putin is indeed a firm and resolute leader, but make no mistake, he is an abject power-monger and tyrant-wanna-be. That, and his own indulgences are his interests.
Your definition of “national interests” is a lot more narrow than mine.
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