Putin's ex-wife marries man 21 years her junior, report says

While his nation waded deeper into the Syrian civil war, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, spent his 63rd birthday on the ice Wednesday, October 7, playing hockey with NHL stars and various Russian officials and tycoons in Sochi.  For years, Russia's leader has cultivated a populist image in the Russian media.





Russia is abuzz with rumors about the love life of its former first lady, Lyudmila Putina, amid reports the 58-year-old ex-wife of the Russian President may have secretly remarried.
According to an investigation by an independent Russian-language news magazine, "Sobesednik," or "Interlocutor," the former Mrs. Putina appears to have changed her name on official records to Lyudmila Ocheretnaya.
Under the headline "Lyudmila is No Longer Putin," the magazine says she has apparently adopted the surname of a 37-year-old businessman, Artur Ocheretny -- more than 20 years her junior -- with whom she has been photographed in recent months.
There is no confirmation of the union as marriage certificates are not public in Russia.
The Kremlin has refused to comment on the reports, with Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, reminding state media that "Vladimir and Lyudmila are divorced" and that "consequently, I am not in a position to say anything about Lyudmila or her personal life.

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