After Nicolas Sarkozy, could it now be the turn of Vladimir Putin to have a snap-marriage with a woman half his age?
LONODN: After Nicolas Sarkozy, could it now be the turn of Vladimir Putin to have a snap-marriage with a woman half his age?
Moscow is rife with rumours that the Russian president is planning a secret wedding in June to gymnast and model Alina Kabaeva.
Unofficial reports of a romance between the 56-year-old Putin and the very flexible 24-year-old have been circulating in Moscow, but they were kept to only whispers thanks to the fact that Putin is still married to 50-year-old Ludmilla.
Even now there are only unofficial reports that Putin and his wife separated two months ago. However, a Russian newspaper has finally dared to talk openly about the ‘young’ romance quoting a party planner who is bidding to organise the couple’s lavish wedding reception.
According to Moskovski Korrespondent, the couple are to marry in mid-June, little more than a month after Putin steps down as Russian president. The wedding is apparently to take place on June 15 in Putin’s home town of St Petersburg, the Daily Telegraph reported.
The former KGB spy, Putin was an unknown figure until he came into the limelight as President to claim credit for rebuilding a post-Soviet era Russia. His new love was only a toddler when Mikhail Gorbachev began the reform process. Born in 1983, in Tashkent, now the capital of Uzbekistan, Kabaeva was a late starter as an athlete, but progressed swiftly due to her “extreme natural flexibility”.
She has won several medals in rhythmic gymnastic and represented Russia in Sydney and Athens Olympic games. Kabaeva is obviously good at multi-tasking. Apart from sports she is a model who has posed for daring photographs wrapped in nothing but fur. She is also a member of the Russian Parliament.
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