Putin. Personal life Salye was well known to have lived with a female partner whom she called her "sister." Her partner followed Salye to exile shortly after Putin's first election to the presidency in 2000. She died from a heart attack on 21 March 2012. Honours and awards Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" Commemorative decoration "Citizen of the siege of Leningrad" References and notes External links Biography Biography (in Russian) Почему Марина Салье молчала о Путине 10 лет? Interview to Radio Liberty in March 2010 Интервью М.Салье на радио "Эхо Москвы", 28.01.2000 Interview to the radio "Ekho Moskvy" in January 2000 2012 deaths 1934 births People's Freedom Party "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption" politicians People's Freedom Party politicians Russian dissidents Russian women geologists 20th-century women scientists Burials at Serafimovskoe Cemetery