Olympic rhythmic gymnast linked to Putin to head media group

An Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion, rumoured to be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s lover, has been appointed the head of a powerful pro-Kremlin media group. Alina Kabayeva, 31, announced on Monday that she was standing down early after seven years as an lawmaker for the ruling United Russia party, without saying why. “Alina Maratovna has accepted the offer of our shareholders to chair the board of directors,” National Media Group’s spokeswoman Oksana Razumova told AFP using Kabayeva’s patronymic. National Media Group (NMG) was created in a 2008 merger that included the holdings of businessma - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/olympic-rhythmic-gymnast-linked-putin-head-media-group/#sthash.4RyvMWt4.dpuf