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Article: Newspaper that angered Putin closes
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 21, 2008
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Moskovsky Korrespondent, the newspaper that first reported
rumours of a marriage between Vladimir Putin and Alina Kabaeva, a 24-
year-old gymnast, has closed, shortly after the President told
journalists it was unacceptable to pry into his private life with
"snotty noses and erotic fantasies".
Mr Putin strongly denied that he had divorced his wife, Ludmilla,
and planned a June wedding with Ms Kabaeva. The owner of the paper,
Alexander Lebedev, had said he thought the story was "nonsense" and
the editorial team admitted there was no factual basis to the
report.
The head of the paper's parent company, Artem Artemov, told
journalists the paper was being "temporarily halted" due to its lack
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