Posted on 12/14/2010 1:24:05 PM PST by kronos77
The January 2011 issue features former rhythmic Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva, 27, wearing a £21,000 gold Balmain dress with her hands on her hips.
Viktoria Davydova’s decision to give her such prominence in the magazine is one that is likely to irritate the strong man Russian prime minister who has scornfully denied a newspaper report that he has left his wife Ludmila, with whom he has two daughters, for Miss Kabayeva.
While there is no substantive evidence that Mr Putin, 58, is romantically linked to Miss Kabayeva, who also happens to be an MP for Mr Putin's ruling United Russia party, the alleged affair has long been the hottest gossip topic among Russia's elite. Related Articles The gymnast linked to Vladimir Putin: Alina Kabaeva 18
The rumour first came to public prominence in 2008 when a Russian newspaper, owned by billionaire oligarch Alexander Lebedev, quoted a source as insisting the story was true.
Mr Lebedev shut the newspaper down soon afterwards claiming it had not been a commercial success though many suspected the real reason was to appease an angry Mr Putin.
The rumours later escalated when bloggers claimed Miss Kabayeva had subsequently given birth to Mr Putin's love child. Mr Putin has angrily claimed that there is "not one word of truth" in any of the allegations, while Miss Kabayeva's spokesperson has refused to discuss what she derided as "nonsense."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Well...apparently there’s nothing wrong with Putin’s eye sight.
Pretty fancy stuff for a geezer. Yep, money and power, just like honey for the pretty ones.
Ok I’ll be the first... Not Guilty. I’m not sure what the charge is but not guilty is the verdict.
Not guilty.
Ok I’ll be the first... Not Guilty. I’m not sure what the charge is but not guilty is the verdict.
It’s good to be king.
No wonder Vlad is in his second teenage-hood....
woof, woof
It’s good to be Czar!
It’s gonna suck to be the editor of this magazine
Vlad honey, I REALLY want to be on the cover of Vogue, but their mean editor said no. Can you talk to him????
Charo?
I love Charo.
Somewhere Bill Clinton is drooling.
Perhaps this merits your attention...
Hillary, too.
” there is no substantive evidence that Mr Putin, 58, is romantically linked to Miss Kabayeva, “
But the Telegraph sure isn’t gonna let a little detail like that get in the way of a juicy headline, is it??
(Having said that - seeing her picture - if the rumor is indeed true, Mr. Putin just went up a notch in my estimation....)
“It’s gonna suck to be the editor of this magazine”
I hear he’s “unavailable.”
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