JAKARTA – Former Russian gymnast and adult magazine model Alina Kabaeva is rumored to have been the mistress of Vladimir Putin. This relationship is allegedly the cause of White's divorce with his wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya.

Claims of a romantic relationship between Putin and Kabaeva emerged to the public in 2008. The news was published in a newspaper owned by Putin's former KGB espionage partner, Alexander Lebedev.

Lebedev's newspaper has now been closed citing financial difficulties. However, one of the sources from the newspaper claims that the close relationship between Putin and Kabaeva is true.

Meanwhile, Putin was also quick to deny the claims. However, more reports surfaced after that saying that Kabaeva was pregnant.

Kabaeva has opened up about rumors involving her with Putih on many occasions. Then in 2014, she said that anyone has the right to keep a little secret to herself.

“Everyone should have their own little secret. I hope that one day the gossipers will calm down," Kabaeva was quoted as saying by the Daily Star.

Kabaeva earned the nickname 'Russia's most flexible woman' after becoming the star of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. At that time, in this most prestigious multi-sport event she managed to bring home a bronze medal.

Then in 2004 Kabaeva again participated in the Athens Olympics. Here, she managed to improve his achievements by claiming a gold medal after previously having his title revoked due to doping problems.

Success in Athens made Kabaeva's name soar. She then set off a storm in Russia after posing naked for Maxim, a Russian men's magazine, that same year.

The photographer who photographed Kabaeva at the time, Mikhail Korolov, said: “I didn't even have to persuade her. She poses very naturally. She's full of sex drive."

After that began to appear many reports linking the gymnast with Vladimir Putin. Some reports even claim the couple already have children together.

Putin was previously married to Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, but they divorced in 2013. The divorce is strongly suspected to be the result of an illicit relationship between Putin and Kabaeva.

Kabaeva was last seen in public on October 11, 2018, when she was a speaker at a university in St Petersburg about training preschoolers in rhythmic gymnastics.

There were reports that Kabaeva gave birth to twins in April 2019 before she mysteriously disappeared afterward. Two years later he was seen again in a video praising Russian athletes.

Shortly after the rumors, Leyla Adamyan, who works at the clinic where Kabaeva is suspected of giving birth, was awarded "For Merit to the Fatherland" by Putin. The award is Russia's highest civilian medal.


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