MOSCOW, July 5 (RIA Novosti) – A smiling President Vladimir Putin is featured on a Russian celebrity magazine cover as the country’s most eligible bachelor, a month after the announcement of his divorce.
This week’s Tainy Zvyozd (Secrets of the Stars) magazine says that ever since the country’s first couple announced their split on state television, Russian women have been casting their eyes in the direction of their 60-year-old leader.
However, the Putins, married for almost 30 years, have not yet officially filed for divorce, the president’s press secretary said following the cover-page tribute.
The article praises Putin’s macho man image and his passion for sports, and shows him fishing with his shirt off and flying a glider.
The weekly Tainy Zvyozd has a circulation of nearly 600,000 in Russia and Ukraine.
