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Article: The gymnast and the czar.(Local)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2008
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Byline: FRED HIATT
By FRED HIATT
ON A RECENT visit to Italy, President Vladimir Putin was asked about a Russian newspaper report that he was divorcing his wife of many years to marry a 24-year-old rhythmic gymnast famous in Russia for her lithe beauty.
Putin denied the report in his usual charming way, scolding the media "with their snotty noses and their erotic fantasies." Then the newspaper that published the rumor was shut down.
Or, to be more precise, the newspaper that published the rumor, in a paroxysm of self-loathing , shut itself down. And a few days later, just to make sure, the lower house of parliament, or Duma, approved a law, by a vote of 339 to ...
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