It Is Now Official: Russian President Putin's Divorce Comes Through

Putin and his wife of 29 years, Lyudmila, announcing their divorce on state television on June 6. Rossia 24

Vladimir Putin Confirms Divorce From His Wife Of 30 Years By Removing All Mention Of Her On His Official Website -- Daily Mail

* Russian president and Lyudmila Putina have been married for 30 years
* Met at university in Leningrad in the early 1980s and have two daughters
* Announced their intention to divorce in a television interview last June
* Last week all trace of Putina was removed from Putin's official website
* Now Putin's spokesman says edit confirmed the divorce had taken place
* Putin is rumoured to be in a secret relationship with an Olympic gymnast

Vladimir Putin has formally divorced his wife of 30 years, it has been announced.

The couple declared their intention to separate last June, but the recent removal of Lyudmila Putina's name from the Russian president's website 'means the divorce took place', his spokesman said.

There has been speculation for a number of years that Putin's marriage was in difficulty, with much made of an apparent secret relationship with 30-year-old former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva.

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More News On Russian President Putin's Divorce Coming Through

Russia President Vladimir Putin's divorce goes through -- BBC
Putin’s Divorce Comes Through -- WSJ
Vladimir Putin finalises divorce -- The Telegraph
Vladimir Putin finalises divorce from wife Lyudmila after 30 years of marriage -- The Independent
Vladimir Putin Divorce Confirmed as Ex-Wife Lyudmila Removed from Biography -- IBTimes
Putin's Ex-Wife Scrubbed From Kremlin Biography -- Moscow Times

My Comment: Only in Britain and in Russia is this big news .... everywhere else .... a big yawn.

Update: Here is another intriguing Putin story (thanks to regular commentator James for the link) .... 'I was Vladimir Putin's teacher' -- YNet News