Vladimir Putin Buys Luxury Mansion, Shares It With “Girlfriend” Alina Kabaeva: Report

Putin secretly lives in a palace along with his gymnast lover.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is secretly spending hundreds of thousands on his girlfriend to purchase large properties for her and their younger kids, in accordance with Independent. The outlet claimed that the 70-year-old chief allegedly funnelled hundreds of thousands in illicit funds to purchase a giant mansion and a big penthouse for his 39-year-old girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva.

The Telegraph cited sources from Russian investigative information portal The Project, a Russian opposition web site banned by the Kremlin, in its report and stated that Ms Kabaeva, an Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion who has lengthy been related to the Russian president, resides in a villa on Putin’s property on Lake Valdai, roughly 250 miles (402 kilometres) north-west of Moscow.

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According to The Project, the Russian president allegedly used a slush fund in Cyprus to buy his lover’s actual property empire value $120 million. The building of Ms. Kabaeva’s residence began in 2020 and was completed in 2021. The palace, which is about 13,000 sq. toes, was constructed fully out of wooden within the design of a Russian dacha. Businessman Yuri Kovalchuk, a Russian tycoon also referred to as “Putin’s banker,” was answerable for the development.

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Independent claims that although Mr. Putin has by no means publicly recognised a relationship with Ms. Kabaeva, who has been dubbed “the uncrowned queen of Russia,” they’ve reportedly been courting for the reason that early 2000s, together with throughout that point when he was nonetheless married. The Olympic gold medalist is broadly believed to be the mom of not less than three of Putin’s younger kids.

Mr Putin has bought quite a lot of expensive properties for Ms. Kabaeva’s members of the family too, together with her grandmother, Anna Zatsepilina, who, in accordance with The Project, is the proprietor of property value virtually 10 million Pounds (Rs 99,18,39,600). This features a three-storey manor home in a fancy neighbourhood near Moscow.