Alina Kabayeva (pictured right) a former Olympic gold medal-winning rhythmic gymnast, is widely believed to be the lover of Russian President Vladimir Putin and, according to several sources, the mother of at least one of his children.
Although she is rarely seen in public - and never on Putin's arm - the 31-year-old (left, in a rare picture of them together, an admiring look from Putin in 2008) is seen by many Russians as their country's undeclared First Lady. But, like so many things in Putin's private life, Alina Kabayeva has been kept hidden in the shadows. Indeed, while the 62-year-old Russian leader continues to rattle his sabre at Nato after annexing parts of Ukraine, on the home front he has silenced stories about his private life, maintaining a carefully choreographed public image as the strongman hero of his country.
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