Is Russian president Vladimir Putin marrying former gymnast, Alina Kabaeva? He must be following the footsteps of the French president Nicolas Sarkozy.  Oh no, there isn’t that big of an age gap between President Nicolas and his newly wed wife, Carla Bruni. President Putin is 56 and Kabaeva is 24. At least she’s older than both of his kids apparently they are 22 and 23 somewhere around there.