Iron man on the international scene, having built the image of an “invincible” Russian through war – in Ukraine currently -, nuclear threat and shirtless photos, Vladimir Poutine is also very secretive about his private life. In his country, those who tried to find out more got their money’s worth, such as this Russian media, Moskovsky Korrespondent, which closed shortly after announcing the president’s engagement to his supposed girlfriend, gymnast Alina Kabaeva. Indeed, this former KBG locks and controls everything, like his divorce after thirty years of marriage with Lyudmila Putina, in 2013.
It’s the June 6, 2013 that Vladimir Putin announced that he had divorced Lioudmila Putina, after thirty years of marriage, in an interview on Russian television, reported by Russian agencies and taken up by AFP. At the time, they were respectively 60 and 55 years old. “It was a joint decision, our union is over“, Lioudmila said during this interview with the Rossia-24 television channel. But for a long time now, in the spheres of power in Russia, the separation of the presidential couple – which dates back to nine years ago – was no longer in doubt, especially since the first lady did not show up at official events lately. His last appearance alongside the president dated from May 2012, the date of the presidential inauguration in May 2012.
An announcement that was intended to be unexpected, but which was certainly not when the couple was questioned by public television Rossia-24, after the presentation of the ballet The Emeraldfrom Cesare Pugni to the Grand Kremlin Palace. The world returned to this announcement. “It is so rare to see you side by side, it is even said that you live apart, is that true?” “Yes, it is so“, then replies the Russian number one. “A joint decision indeed. Our union is over, because we hardly ever see each other“, adds Lyoudmila. “Vladimir Vladimirovitch is completely immersed in his work, our daughters have grown up, they each live their own lives“, explains the first lady, smiling and relaxed. “That word hasn’t been spoken, I’m afraid to say. Is it a divorce?“, dares the journalist. “A civilized divorce“, specifies Lioudmila Putina. “With a wave of his hand, the master of the Kremlin ends the interview“, specifies the daily.
Why so many taboos? “For Russia, this is an absolutely unprecedented phenomenon. In the last two centuries, no Russian leader had lifted the veil on his private life“, had commented Olga Krychtanovskaïa, expert of the elites and former member of the United Russia ruling party. The moral influence of the Orthodox Church also weighs heavily on the country. former flight attendant who met Vladimir Putin in 1982 through a friend and married him less than a year later.The couple have two daughters: Maria (1985) and Ekaterina (1986). woman, Vladimir Poutine makes the choice of the transparency, avoiding hypothetical marital scandals, him to which one lent several connections as with the ex of Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng.