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07/06/2013

Russia's Vladimir Putin To Divorce Wife

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, have confirmed their 30-year marriage is over.

The couple made the revelation live on Russian state television after they attended a ballet performance.

Mr Putin said: "It was a joint decision: we hardly see each other, each of us has our own life."

The President's wife has not been seen in public in recent months, which fuelled rumours that the couple's relationship was in trouble. Mrs Putin is known to dislike the publicity vision reported: "Vladimir Vladimirovich is completely drowned in work.

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"I am very grateful to Vladimir... that he still supports me. And the children, he really cares for them and the children feel this."

She added that the divorce was "civilised" and they would "always remain close", a sentiment echoed by the President.

"We are always going to be very close to each other. I am sure, forever," he said.

Neither party clarified whether or not their marriage had been legally dissolved, but Mrs Putin described their separation as a "civilised divorce".

Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Shkrebneva married in 1983 and have two daughters together. The Putins' marriage has often caused speculation in the past. In 2008, Mr Putin denied rumours that he had secretly divorced and was planning to marry former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva.

(JP/MH)

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"Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, have confirmed their 30-year marriage is over."