Was KGB interrogation behind dailys retraction of Putins marriage story?
London, Apr 19 (ANI): After little-known Moscow newspaper the Moscow Korrespondent reported Russian President Vladimir Putins plans to divorce his wife and marry a former gymnast Alina Kabaeva, officers of the Federal Security Service, the successor to the Russian intelligence agency KGB, reportedly went twice to interrogate the papers editor about sources behind the story. Yesterday, the paper had admitted that the story had no factual basis after Aleksandr Lebedev, the billionaire owner of the newspaper, challenged staff to back up the claims or apologize. So alluring was the report of romance between Putin and Alina that publications all over Europe rushed to reprint a little-known Moscow newspapers report that the former KGB officer had divorced his wife Lyudmila secretly and would marry his lover on June 15. Putin (55) angrily reacted to a question about the rumours, saying: In what you said, there is not one word of truth. I have always reacted negatively to those who with their
