Tabloid cooked up Putin-in-love story, apologises

A Russian tabloid has withdrawn its story which claimed that President Vladimir Putin was in love with a gymnast-turned-politician and would marry her in June.

"There is no factual base for our publication,” said Moskovsky Korrespondent in a front-page apology. The tabloid admitted that it cannot substantiate the story and apologised for the "moral pain" it had caused

A weekend report in the tabloid claimed Putin, 55, had divorced his wife and planned to wed former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva, 25, on June 15. "In our matter only some rumours and some facts, which we presumed substantiate these rumours, were reflected. To say, there is no factual base for our publication—we accept this,” the apology said.

"We deeply regret if the information published in our article was insulting. We apologise to all those, who consider that this story has caused them moral sufferings."

A spokesperson for Kabayeva, a member of the Duma (Russia’s lower house Parliament), had denied the report and threatened to sue the tabloid if it didn’t issue an apology.

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