Vladimir Putin to get divorced
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila have announced on television that their marriage is over
Putin and wife 'never saw each other'
Vladmir Putin and his wife Lyudmila confessed they rarely spent time together as they announced their divorce in a joint interview on Russian TV. The Russian president said:
"We practically never saw each other. To each his own life."
The couple married in 1983 and have two daughters, Maria and Yekaterina. Lyudmila, who eschews the spotlight said:
"I don't like publicity and flying is difficult for me, [...] We will eternally be very close people. I'm thankful that he supports me."
Divorce is common in Russia, nearly 700,000 couples dissolved their marriages in 2009, according to UNICEF.
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