普京緋聞情人登上《時尚》封面大綱

The newly appointed editor of Russian Vogue has courted controversy by putting Vladimir Putin's alleged mistress on her first front cover。

俄總理弗拉基米爾•普京的緋聞情人近日首次登上俄羅斯版《時尚》雜誌封面，這讓該雜誌的新任主編陷入爭議。

The January 2011 issue features former rhythmic Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva, 27, wearing a £21,000 gold Balmain dress with her hands on her hips。

2011年1月刊的封面人物是前奧運會藝術體操選手、現年27歲的阿琳娜•卡巴耶娃，她雙手叉腰，身穿一件價值2.1萬英鎊的巴爾曼品牌金色裙裝。

Viktoria Davydova’s decision to give her such prominence in the magazine is one that is likely to irritate the strong man Russian prime minister who has scornfully denied a newspaper report that he has left his wife Ludmila, with whom he has two daughters, for Miss Kabayeva。

新任主編維克多莉婭•達維多娃讓卡巴耶娃登上雜誌封面的決定很可能會激怒俄羅斯“硬漢”總理。普京曾輕蔑地否認了他爲了卡巴耶娃而與妻子柳德米拉離婚的報道。普京與妻子育有兩個女兒。

While there is no substantive evidence that Mr Putin, 58, is romantically linked to Miss Kabayeva, who also happens to be an MP for Mr Putin's ruling United Russia party, the alleged affair has long been the hottest gossip topic among Russia's elite。

儘管沒有充足的證據表明58歲的普京與卡巴耶娃有戀情，但這起桃色緋聞一直是俄高層中最熱門的八卦話題。卡巴耶娃恰好還是普京領導的“統一俄羅斯黨”的一名議員。

The rumour first came to public prominence in 2008 when a Russian newspaper, owned by billionaire oligarch Alexander Lebedev, quoted a source as insisting the story was true。Mr Lebedev shut the newspaper down soon afterwards claiming it had not been a commercial success though many suspected the real reason was to appease an angry Mr Putin。

緋聞首次曝光是在2008年，當時俄羅斯一家報紙援引其他消息來源稱緋聞屬實。這家報紙的老闆是億萬富豪寡頭亞歷山大•列別捷夫。列別捷夫隨後以不賺錢爲名關停了這家報紙，然而很多人猜測真正的原因是爲了安撫暴怒的普京。

The rumours later escalated when bloggers claimed Miss Kabayeva had subsequently given birth to Mr Putin's love child. Mr Putin has angrily claimed that there is "not one word of truth" in any of the allegations, while Miss Kabayeva's spokesperson has refused to discuss what she derided as "nonsense."

隨後謠言升級，有人在博客中曝料稱卡巴耶娃後來生下了普京的私生子。普京憤怒地稱所有這些“都是胡說八道”，而卡巴耶娃的發言人則嘲諷說這樣的流言是“廢話”，對此不予置評。

Mr Putin has rarely been seen in public with his wife Ludmila in recent years, citing a heavy workload. He married Ludmila, a former air hostess, in 1983, the same year as Miss Kabayeva was born。

普京近年來很少與妻子柳德米拉一同在公開場合亮相，理由是工作繁忙。1983年，普京迎娶了前空姐柳德米拉，而同年卡巴耶娃剛剛出生。