Story By:  Ana Marjanovic, Sub-Editor: Michael Leidig, Agency:  Newsflash

The famous Italian former porn star Cicciolina – who was once married to Jeff Koons and is now aged 70 – has offered a night of elderly passion to ailing Russian President Vladimir Putin in exchange for peace in Ukraine.

The controversial former porn actress – who was also a politician and singer and whose real name is Ilona Staller – took to Instagram to make the bizarre offer on Saturday, 14th May.

She wrote (in Italian): “My message of peace, against war and for Russian President Putin.

“I offer myself for a night of sex, in exchange for peace for Ukraine, for the Russian people!”

Staller’s proposal comes off the back of her appearance on the reality show ‘L’isola dei famosi’ (The Island of the Famous), which is currently being broadcast on Italian TV.

The 70-year-old’s post has racked up over 1,000 ‘likes’, but it seems to have not yet reached the number one man in the Kremlin, who famously barely uses the Internet and who has not publicly commented on the offer.

Various reports have indicated that Putin might be suffering from cancer and might even now be undergoing surgery, but such speculation has not stopped the ex porn star from making her eyebrow-raising offer.

Staller was born in Budapest, Hungary, but later settled in Italy after marrying an Italian national.

Her breasts were famously the first to be bared live on Italian TV, in 1978. She appeared in her first hardcore pornographic film in 1983.

Staller also had a career as a politician. She was elected to the Italian parliament in 1987 and served as an MP until 1991.

During her time in office, she offered to have sex with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein before the outset of the Gulf War in return for peace.

She was married to American artist Jeff Koons from 1991 to 1994.