While never confirmed, Alina Kabaeva - a Russian gymnast who won a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics - is believed to be the ...

She won Olympic gold in 2004 and was one of Russia’s most celebrated athletes.

Little is known about Vladimir Putin's ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya. Reports say she hated serving as Russia's first lady, and the couple split up in 2013. More from Politics Little is known about ...

Putin's only public relationship was with his former wife Lyudmila Putina, whom he married in July 1983, when he was still a KGB officer. Lyudmila was often seen at official events but ...

Prominent Russian human rights campaigner and ex-Soviet dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva has died aged 91. She passed away in a Moscow hospital at 16:30 GMT on Saturday, Russia's human rights council ...