Putin ‘Beat Ex-Wife and Had Secret Facelift’, Claims Sensational Documentary
A sensational German television documentary claims that the Russian President Vladimir Putin regularly used violence against his former wife, Lyudmila, among a series of other extraordinary and bizarre claims.
The documentary, Putin the Man, aired earlier this week on ZDF television. The show’s makers apparently obtained access to previously unseen files by an unidentified Western intelligence agency, which provided details of Putin’s time as a KGB officer stationed in Dresden in the 1980s. A secretary inside the Dresden KGB office, with the codename “Lehnchen” who was a friend of Putin’s ex-wife, reportedly told superiors that he regularly beat Lyudmila, whom he divorced in 2013.
Putin is also portrayed in the programme as a man consumed by vanity. The show alleges that the 62-year-old likes to eat cottage cheese for breakfast in order to stay trim, and has secretly undergone a facelift operation. This is in stark contrast to his time spent in east Germany, when Putin was overweight and a heavy drinker. “He was depressed, fat, lazy and disillusioned,” Masha Gessen, an author and activist, told the documentary.
According to the documentary, the Russian president is terrified by his own mortality. That may not be surprising, considering that the show also reveals he has been the target of no less than five assassination plots. He is completely power-obsessed, the show says, and enjoys making people wait for him, once keeping Queen Elizabeth II waiting for half an hour.
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