Putin Quashes Rumors on Identity of Sochi Cauldron Lighter
SOCHI, February 4 (R-Sport) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday rubbished reports on the alleged identity of the athlete who will light the Olympic cauldron at the Sochi Games opening ceremony.
Well-connected Russian socialite Ksenia Sobchak, once monikered Russia's Paris Hilton, had tipped Olympic gold medal-winning rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva for a role in the lighting of the flame.
Asked whether he had heard the rumor, Putin said: “I’m aware of it. [Press secretary Dmitry] Peskov told me, but these are just more spoof stories.”
Kabaeva, now a parliament member for the ruling United Russia party, was once romantically linked by tabloids with Putin, who vehemently denied any alleged affair.
Meanwhile, Putin insisted he played no part in choosing the person to light the flame.
http://rt.com/news/line/2014-02-04/
Interesting switch to colloquial English - rubbished . Keep that up and they saying pants to convey the same next.
Anyway - the lighter is not suspected to be a Zippo.
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