Putins Appear Together to Announce Split

New York Times: “For years Moscow has been captivated by speculation about the apparently moribund marriage of President Vladimir V. Putin… The Kremlin and Mr. Putin vigorously denied that his marriage was in trouble, and a newspaper that suggested otherwise was shut down abruptly. But on Thursday night Mr. Putin made a rare public appearance with Lyudmila to announce that they were divorcing after nearly 30 years, the first time since Peter the Great in 1698 that a sitting leader of Russia has dissolved his marriage.”