It's official. Vladimir Putin is single again.

The Kremlin confirmed this week that his divorce from his wife of 30 years has been finalized.

Putin announced the end of the marriage last June.

The announcement removes a big question mark about the private life of a president who has increasingly touted traditional values and championed the conservative Russian Orthodox Church as a moral authority.

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