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Vladimir Putin’s private life is surrounded by mystery and secrecy. The Russian president is very jealous of his privacy. Officially it is known that he was married for thirty years to Lyudmila Putina, with whom he has two daughters. But a family portrait has never been published.

Since before their separation, the intimate sphere of the Russian president has been involved in rumors that still fly over the Kremlin: unrecognized children, millionaire cleaners and a lover hidden in a bunker.

The women who have been and still are part of Putin’s life are a well-protected mystery, or not so much?

The ‘official’ ex-wife

In 1983, Lyudmila Putina married Vladimir Putin, the man who would become president of Russia (2000), when she was 25 and he was 30. The couple met through a mutual friend three years ago, when Lyudmila, who was a flight attendant at the time, passed through St. Petersburg (Leningrad at the time) for a few days.

Loyalty test

According to the documentary ‘Putin: from spy to president’ of the BBCwhich can now be seen on Movistar, The president asked several of his friends to ask Lyudmila Putina out to check her loyalty before getting married.. She said no to all of them.

In 1985, the couple had their first daughter, Maria. And a year later the second one, Katerina.

Even as Putin’s power and fame grew, Lyudmila Putina kept a low profile on the political scene. She only went out publicly with her husband when it was strictly necessary. If she opened her mouth it was to support him.

After 30 years of marriage, in 2013 the couple announced their separation and the divorce became effective in 2014. She remarried. She now known as Lyudmila Ocheretnaya she is married to businessman Artur Orcheretnaya43 years old.

The ‘official’ daughters

Among the few recorded statements by Putin about his daughters, in 2013 He said he was very proud of them. “They continue studying and working.” Two years later, she denied rumors that Mariya and Katerina did not live in Russia.

“They have never lived abroad, they have only studied in Russia” and pointed out that both speak three European languages ​​fluently and one of them also masters an Eastern one.

But who really are Mariya and Katerina?

Mariathe eldest daughter of Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Putina, was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in 1985. She is a biologist and endocrine doctor married to dutch billionaire Jorrit Faassenwith whom he has two children in common.

The couple lived in the Netherlands, until In 2014 they had to move to Moscow due to the pressure it received after the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in Ukrainian airspace, where more than 200 Dutch people died.

Katerinathe youngest, was born in Desde (Germany) in 1986 (the city then belonged to the German Democratic Republic) and is a famous Russian acrobatic dancer and executive who has developed his career under the pseudonym Katerina Tikhonova.

Regarding her private life, it is known that in 2013 she married the billionaire Kirill Shamalov (co-owner of Rossiya Bank) and five years later they divorced.

Who is Alina Kabayeva?

A Russian media published in 2008 that Putin, still married, He was dating a woman twice his age (Alina Kabáyeva) whom he was willing to divorce and shortly after the media claimed that the couple could have had a child.. The newspaper was forced to close shortly after the exclusive due to “financial difficulties.”

“I like all Russian women”

Since then The Kremlin has flatly denied any relationship and among the Russian press it is considered risky to ask. The matter has been left to the European media. “I like all Russian women” Putin said when asked if there were new women in his life. Kabayeva gave more play to the press than the president and confirmed to the media that he had met someone “whom I love very much.”

Alina Kabayeva (1983) is a retired Russian rhythmic gymnast. In 2004 he won gold at the Athens Olympic Games, and has also accumulated gold in several world championships. Not only is she an elite athlete, she has been on the cover of Vogue (Russia) and tried to start a career as a singer.

Kabayeva has also had political career and as a member of parliament he has voted in favor of laws that prohibited, for example, the adoption of Russian orphans by Americans.

According to international media, in 2012 the gymnast had a second child with the president and in 2018 the rumor of a new pregnancy for Kabayeva arose, this time with twins, who would have been born in Moscow in April 2019. In her last appearances, the gymnast wore an alliance on his ring finger, something that for many reveals a new change in Putin’s marital status.

Since the outbreak of the war there are those who say that the ‘secret first lady of russia‘experience the invasion of Ukraine from a luxurious residence in Switzerland, with his kids; others assure that she is in a bunker in siberia. All guesses.

Rumor and mystery

Vladimir Putin’s most intimate life is surrounded by rumors and mystery. Although it is only officially known that he was married to Lyudmila Putina, with whom he has two daughters, and the main rumors concern the former gymnast Kabayeva, There are still several stories in the air that surround the Russian president.

Among these stories is the supposed affair that he would have maintained with a cleaning lady who had become a millionaire, Svetlana Krivonogikhwhose secret daughter was born 18 years ago in the Russian press, Luiza Rozova.

Rozova is a young influencer who lives surrounded by luxury and who, with almost 100,000 followers, has had to close his Instagram profile due to the threats received after the start of the war.

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