# Vladimir Putin to divorce wife, marry smokin' hot, highly flexible young gymnast **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918 "2008-04-18T17:51:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/21 "2008-04-18T22:41:23Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Excellent] Good Lord - the article mentions that she’s also an MP. Let me be the first to say: Hottest. Parliamentarian. Ever. (With apologies to the lovely Yuliya Tymoshenko: [http://irishspy.typepad.com/public\_secrets/WindowsLiveWriter/Ukraineonthevergeofcivilwar\_E82C/yulia-tymoshenko-01[7].jpg](http://irishspy.typepad.com/public_secrets/WindowsLiveWriter/Ukraineonthevergeofcivilwar_E82C/yulia-tymoshenko-01%5B7%5D.jpg) ) [/QUOTE] She’s hot, but I think that former Ukrainian parliamentarian [Ruslana](http://images.google.com/images?client=opera&rls=en&q=Ruslana&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=2) is hotter. Also, while they may not be tops in the hottness department, I have to think that [Ciccionlina](http://www.cinebizarre.com/xstar_cicciolina.asp) and [D’Abbraccio](http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4475345a23881.html) have some, um, _experience_ which makes up for any defects in their beauty, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/22 "2008-04-18T23:58:31Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Excellent] Good Lord - the article mentions that she’s also an MP. Let me be the first to say: Hottest. Parliamentarian. Ever. (With apologies to the lovely Yuliya Tymoshenko: [http://irishspy.typepad.com/public\_secrets/WindowsLiveWriter/Ukraineonthevergeofcivilwar\_E82C/yulia-tymoshenko-01[7].jpg](http://irishspy.typepad.com/public_secrets/WindowsLiveWriter/Ukraineonthevergeofcivilwar_E82C/yulia-tymoshenko-01%5B7%5D.jpg) ) [/QUOTE] Don’t forget Canada’s esteemed [Governor-General](http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/governorgeneral/michaelle_jean.html)! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/23 "2008-04-19T00:21:45Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Excellent] Good Lord - the article mentions that she’s also an MP. Let me be the first to say: Hottest. Parliamentarian. Ever. (With apologies to the lovely Yuliya Tymoshenko: [http://irishspy.typepad.com/public\_secrets/WindowsLiveWriter/Ukraineonthevergeofcivilwar\_E82C/yulia-tymoshenko-01[7].jpg](http://irishspy.typepad.com/public_secrets/WindowsLiveWriter/Ukraineonthevergeofcivilwar_E82C/yulia-tymoshenko-01%5B7%5D.jpg) ) [/QUOTE] Mmmmmm…looks…[moist.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464220) ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/24 "2008-04-19T00:28:59Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] That’s the answer to my invisible-to-women problem, then: become a world leader! Of course, that solution then invites other problems, like assassination and phone calls at 3AM. [/QUOTE] Phone calls at 3AM? You don’t have to answer those, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/25 "2008-04-19T00:32:06Z")
[QUOTE=Gorsnak] Phone calls at 3AM? You don’t have to answer those, do you? [/QUOTE] Depends on whether it’s the hot, highly-flexible gymnast or not. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/26 "2008-04-19T00:41:20Z")
For a beautiful politician, I have to go with France’s [Rama Yade](http://www.ambafrance-sg.org/IMG/jpg/Rama_Yade_HP060069_-_copie350-2.jpg). Gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/27 "2008-04-19T02:17:04Z")
It reminds me of that line in _Friends_ when Ross put Olympic skater ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/28 "2008-04-19T02:24:43Z")
It reminds me of that line in _Friends_ when Ross put Olympic skater[Dorothy Hamilll](http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2007/0710/dorothy_hamill_1008.jpg) on his list of women he could cheat with. > [@](#): > > You know she only spins like that when she’s on ice. And Mr. Putin should remember that Hillary Clinton was once [hot.](http://www.nynewsday.com/media/photo/2003-05/8005484.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/29 "2008-04-19T02:33:58Z")
Um, no. She wasn’t. But that gymnast is quite pretty and limber. And only one of several hot young women Putin has “sponsored” to become PMs recently. “I want a man like Putin” indeed… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/30 "2008-04-19T02:34:19Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] And Mr. Putin should remember that Hillary Clinton was once [hot.](http://www.nynewsday.com/media/photo/2003-05/8005484.jpg) [/QUOTE] That not hot, that is just average. Her face looks unattractive. Here is a better shot of a [young Hillary](http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/funnypictures/ig/Funny-Clinton-Pictures/Young-Bill-and-Hillary.htm). Apparently Bill has always had different taste than the normal in women. Here is [another one](http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/funnypictures/ig/Funny-Clinton-Pictures/Clinton-Hippies.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/31 "2008-04-19T02:35:11Z")
A “better” shot? Christ, they were a homely couple. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/32 "2008-04-19T02:36:44Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] A “better” shot? Christ, they were a homely couple. [/QUOTE] Sorry, I meant a better shot to demonstrate that she was not hot. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/33 "2008-04-19T02:38:17Z")
:smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/34 "2008-04-19T09:01:58Z")
Wow. Suddenly the reason for Chelsea’s “awkward phase” as a teen is perfectly clear. 😛 As for the gymnast, eh, I think she can do better. It’s kind of creepy that her dad thinks it would be awesome if she wound up with someone just like him. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/35 "2008-04-19T09:50:35Z")
Anybody who thinks of that routine as specially “provocative” hasn’t watched a lot of gymnastics events… ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/36 "2008-04-19T11:55:10Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] Anybody who thinks of that routine as specially “provocative” hasn’t watched a lot of gymnastics events… [/QUOTE] Yes, she has great ball skills, but it is no more provocative than many other routines. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/37 "2008-04-19T13:27:05Z")
I can not stop thinking of the “full twisting dismount” at the end of the routine. 10! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/38 "2008-04-19T14:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] Anybody who thinks of that routine as specially “provocative” hasn’t watched a lot of gymnastics events… [/QUOTE] There are a bunch of videos of her out there. I have no idea whether that was the one that the article had in mind–probably not; as you’ve observed, it’s not provocative. They might have meant the one that they grabbed those pictures from, but I didn’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/39 "2008-04-19T19:33:09Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Excellent] Good Lord - the article mentions that she’s also an MP. Let me be the first to say: Hottest. Parliamentarian. Ever. (With apologies to the lovely Yuliya Tymoshenko: [http://irishspy.typepad.com/public\_secrets/WindowsLiveWriter/Ukraineonthevergeofcivilwar\_E82C/yulia-tymoshenko-01[7].jpg](http://irishspy.typepad.com/public_secrets/WindowsLiveWriter/Ukraineonthevergeofcivilwar_E82C/yulia-tymoshenko-01%5B7%5D.jpg) ) [/QUOTE] Ms. Timoshenko gets to keep the “hottest Prime Minister” title, though. Meanwhile I can imagine the debates in parliament… \*“Oh, and spare me the doubletalk trying to explain your argument – if I wanted to watch someone twist themselves into knots I’d ask the distinguished lady from the 107th district to do it” “I say to you, people of Russia, judge the simplicity of the proposition by whether the proponent can explain it to you while doing a handstand with their legs crossed behind their head…” \* And if you’re a world leader with a roving eye, then I’d rather expect that you go for a “smokin’ hot highly flexible young gymnast” type. Bill C.'s rather pedestrian taste was kind of a letdown… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918/40 "2008-04-19T20:04:37Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] She’s hot, but I think that former Ukrainian parliamentarian [Ruslana](http://images.google.com/images?client=opera&rls=en&q=Ruslana&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=2) is hotter. [/QUOTE] And moister. [Munged link](http://psyxiatroz.pblogs.removethis.gr/files/5623-ruslana2og.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-to-divorce-wife-marry-smokin-hot-highly-flexible-young-gymnast/445918.md?page=3)