Is Alina Kabayeva the mistress of Vladimir Putin, who some believe is the antichrist?

Elite circles are abuzz with rumors that Vladimir Putin, who some believe is the antichrist, is linked romantically with gymnast Alina Kabayeva.

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.
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."
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.

My guess is that these type of sexual shenanigans with gymnasts young enough to be his daughter is just the type of thing the antichrist would go go go for, but of course there is no way to know at this time if Vladimir Putin, the most powerful and effective leader in the world, is actually the antichrist.

Click here for photos of Anna Kabayeva. Mmmmm hmmmm. Seems just the type the antichrist would go for.

Air crash that wiped out Polish government: "Cui bono?"

Putin of course:

When Polish President Lech Kacynski and 95 others were killed in a plane crash on Saturday, they were en route to the 70th anniversary commemoration of the Katyn massacre—the murder of more than 20,000 Polish officers by Soviet secret police. The massacre has been a primary cause of a huge rift between the Poles and the Russians for decades, but Saturday's tragedy might bring them closer together, and to Vladimir Putin's benefit.

Putin had extended a hand even before the crash occurred when he became the first Soviet or Russian leader to partake in a commemoration ceremony of the massacre last week. After the devastating crash, which killed Kacynski and dozens of Poland's key political and military figures, the Russian PM grabbed the reins and decided to personally oversee the investigation into the flight's safety and a potential decision-making error on behalf of its pilot. An image of Putin hugging his Polish counterpart—Donald Tusk—is everywhere, and the Poles are awash with surprise and gratitude at the Russian leader's sympathetic response.

But as Nathan Hegedus at the Faster Times points out, Putin's warm gestures aren't purely in the name of post-tragedy sympathy: The ice-thawing might have a lot to do with the fact that Russia is about to start pipelining oil directly and inexpensively to Poland without any middlemen, following a deal that was struck—surprise—last Wednesday. The same day that Putin was surrounded by Poles with a wreath in his hand in the Katyn forest.

Did Putin engineer Polish leaders air disaster?

There is no need to link to a story about the terrible air crash that wiped out the leadership of Poland.

We have all seen the imagery on our televisions and computers.

Any logical person would ask the question - could Vladimir Putin be the mastermind of this crash? Is it part of some Russian plot to exert control over Poland, a nation Russia has coveted for 500 years?

Russians protest against Putin

How many of them fear he is the Antichrist?

About 4,000 protesters braved biting cold to hold an unauthorized rally at a huge Lenin monument in Arkhangelsk's main square, chanting: "Down with this useless state power" and "Down with United Russia."

"We do not believe the authorities" and "We demand a pay rise," read some of the posters. Red hammer-and-sickle Communist Party flags dominated the scene.

The large rally was similar to recent protests held in Vladivostok in Russia's far east and in Kaliningrad in the west.

Demands by protesters across Russia vary from lower household bills to the abolition of transport taxes, lower imported car duties and demands to halt a paper mill at the pristine Lake Baikal.

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Putin's Russia to send spaceship to asteroid?

Is this some weird bid for Putin to manifest himself as "savior of the world?"

Russia's space chief said Wednesday his agency will consider sending a spacecraft to a large asteroid to knock it off its path and prevent a possible collision with Earth.

Anatoly Perminov said the space agency will hold a meeting soon to assess a mission to Apophis, telling Golos Rossii radio that it would invite NASA, the European Space Agency, the Chinese space agency and others to join the project once it is finalized.

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In October, NASA lowered the odds that Apophis could hit Earth in 2036 from a 1-in-45,000 as earlier thought to a 1-in-250,000 chance after researchers recalculated the asteroid's path. It said another close encounter in 2068 will involve a 1-in-330,000 chance of impact.

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Without mentioning NASA findings, Perminov said that he heard from a scientist that Apophis is getting closer and may hit the planet. "I don't remember exactly, but it seems to me it could hit the Earth by 2032," Perminov said.

He wouldn't disclose any details of the project, saying they still need to be worked out. But he said the mission wouldn't require any nuclear explosions.

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"Calculations show that it's possible to create a special purpose spacecraft within the time we have, which would help avoid the collision without destroying it (the asteroid) and without detonating any nuclear charges," Perminov said. "The threat of collision can be averted."

"People's lives are at stake. We should pay several hundred million dollars and build a system that would allow to prevent a collision, rather than sit and wait for it to happen and kill hundreds of thousands of people," he added.

Boris Shustov, the director of the Institute of Astronomy under the Russian Academy of Sciences, hailed Perminov's statement as a signal that officials had come to recognize the danger posed by asteroids.

"Apophis is just a symbolic example, there are many other dangerous objects we know little about," he said, according to RIA Novosti news agency.

Former investor: Putin turns Russia "criminal state"

From the sound of this, Putin has turned Russia into a police state:

Russia has now turned into a "criminal state", according to the man who was once its leading foreign investor.

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"When Putin first showed up and said he was going to tame the oligarchs, I was the biggest fan of that particular concept. Then I realised that what he meant by taming the oligarchs was sticking law enforcement people in their place," he says.

"Now, you have a bunch of law enforcement people who are essentially organised criminals with unlimited power to ruin lives, take property and do whatever they like and that's far worse than I have ever seen in Russia before. Russia is essentially a criminal state now."

Many Christian evangelicals believe Russia plays prominent role in apocalypse

From UK's Guardian:

A common strand in end-times theology is that the Book of Ezekiel foretells Russia's role in leading an Arab army to attack Israel, triggering the apocalypse. Anything Russian, then, is suspicious, whether it is the modern day country's alliance with Iran, or the supposed installation of "czars" in Washington.

Could Vladimir Putin be the antichrist?