Lyudmila Putin rumored pregnant, or shuffled off in favor of Anna Chapman
(NEWSER) - Virgins everywhere might have Vladimir Putin's back, but as the Russian strongman prepares to assume the presidency in two weeks, wife Lyudmila has been conspicuously absent from his side—and tongues are wagging furiously. Is she locked away in a monastery, wonders the Daily Mail ? Or shall we believe the Huffington Post, which picked up a report that she's pregnant with the couple's third child and resting in a Berlin hospital? Still other rumors have Lyudmila Putin shuffled offstage while her husband pursues torrid affairs with either former spy/current lingerie model Anna Chapman or gymnast Alina Kabayeva, with whom he's alleged to have a love child. More»