Vladimir Putin (L) and his wife Lyudmila attend a service to mark the start of his term as Russia's new president at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 7, 2012.

Standing awkwardly side by side, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Putina announced Thursday their decision to divorce on Russian television. Putin confirmed the two no longer ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has two secret sons who are being raised in isolation and luxury, a Russian media report ...

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's divorce from his wife of nearly 30 years has broken a taboo for Russian officials, who almost never speak publicly about their personal lives, let alone their personal ...

When Vladimir Putin proposed to his first wife, he was so low key that she was sure he was trying to dump her instead. Lyudmila Shkrebneva recounted the odd proposal in “First Person,” a 2000 ...

When Lyudmila stood alongside her husband Vladimir Putin to confirm that “our marriage is over,” it was a rare glimpse into the private life of Russia’s soon-to-be-former first lady.Such is ...

On Thursday evening, the Russian public got the news of President Vladimir Putin’s divorce the same way they have gotten every fact about his private life — spoon-fed to them in tiny, measured ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife of nearly 30 years announced on state television Thursday that they are divorcing. Those curious about what caused the breakup won’t have to wait ...

Anna Putina (Tsivilyova) is a first cousin once removed from Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Putin’s grandfather and Anna’s great-grandfather was Spiridon Putin, who served as Stalin’s cook at the ...

He was born 1952 in what used to be Leningrad, USSR and is now St. Petersburg,, Russia. Over the last 20 years, Putin has consolidated his grip on power by transforming many Russian institutions ...