Putin’s two secret sons Ivan, 9, & Vlad Jr, 5, living like royalty with his glamorous gymnast lover Alina Kabaeva
VLADIMIR Putin has two secret sons who live like princes and are being groomed to succeed him, Russian sources revealed yesterday. Ivan Putin, nine, and five-year-old Vladimir Jnr – from the tyrant’s relationship with glamorous gymnast partner Alina Kabaeva – are both being taught English. AlamyRussian President Vladimir Putin is raising two secret children who are being groomed to succeed him[/caption] East2WestThe children are thought to be from the tyrant’s relationship with glamorous gymnast partner Alina Kabaeva (pictured)[/caption] East2WestVladimir Putin’s Valdai residence where the children are said to be being raised[/caption] The pampered boys were secretly taught English by British and New Zealand governesses, who were sacked when he launched his bloodbath in Ukraine. And the pair are now being schooled in the language of the 71-year-old despot’s enemies – as well as German – by South African teachers. Putin has three daughters from his fir
VLADIMIR Putin has two secret sons who live like princes and are being groomed to succeed him, Russian sources revealed yesterday.
Ivan Putin, nine, and five-year-old Vladimir Jnr – from the tyrant’s relationship with glamorous gymnast partner Alina Kabaeva – are both being taught English.
The pampered boys were secretly taught English by British and New Zealand governesses, who were sacked when he launched his bloodbath in Ukraine.
And the pair are now being schooled in the language of the 71-year-old despot’s enemies – as well as German – by South African teachers.
Putin has three daughters from his first marriage – Maria, 39, Katerina, 37 and Luiza, 21.
And independent Russian sources claimed yesterday to have confirmed he has two sons – and cried out: “Hurray! Finally a boy!” when Ivan was born.
The investigative media outlet, Dossier Centre said: “The sons live in isolated residences, travelling on yachts and business jets.
“They are guarded by FSO [Federal Protective Service] officers, with nannies, governesses and professional trainers by their side around the clock.
“The brothers have little contact with their peers and see little of their parents, but they appreciate the rare moments they manage to spend with their father.”
They do not attend schools and are taught in Putin’s palaces – like the royal children of Russian tsars.
The revelations are likely to infuriate Putin who has kept his boys hidden and even refuses to acknowledge his relationship with Olympic gold-medal-winning Kabaeva, 41.
But they have been a couple since 2008, and perhaps earlier.
Dossier Centre says it has pictures of Ivan but has opted not to publish them for “ethical reasons”,
But it went on to detail the astonishingly lavish lifestyle of Putin’s privileged princelings.
Ivan himself is reported to have told his tutors of the dictator’s elated reaction when he was born in an exclusive private clinic in Switzerland.
The Putin prince‘s birth has not been formally registered and their birth dates are known only by their immediate family.
Their main residence is believed to be a Putin palace at Valdai, amid forests and lakes north of Moscow, according to a Putin household source.
The report said: “They don’t fly on regular flights, they have separate planes.
“They don’t attend kindergartens or schools, they are taught by hired governesses.
“They live in residences guarded by the FSO, sail on yachts and ride armoured trains.”
“Dozens of people are involved in the daily life of the president’s family: drivers, security guards, teachers, cooks, pilots, trainers, waiters, assistants and many others.”
Putin's secret lover
PUTIN and his alleged gymnast lover were first linked 15 years ago after a report in a Moscow newspaper run by media tycoon and former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev.
The despot was still married to his first wife at the time, Lyudmila Putina, whom he later divorced in 2014.
Kabaeva, who is 31 years younger than Putin, shot to fame as “Russia’s most flexible woman” and went on to become one of Russia’s most decorated gymnasts in history.
Around the time they first met, Alina was asked on a kids’ TV show whether she had found her “ideal man”.
And without naming the Russian leader, Alina replied giggling: “I have met him” and added that she was “so happy”.
“A man, a very good man, a great man,” she said, adding: “I love him very much.”
Russian state media bans any mention of links between the two and Putin is said to be ferociously private about their relationship.
“I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected,” he barked in one interview.
He deplored “those who with their snotty noses and erotic fantasies prowl into others’ lives”
A Moscow source previously told The Sun: “Putin is an intensely private man – he has been hiding his two adult daughters under fake IDs for years.
“Even now, though he talks about them occasionally, he never names them.
“If Alina gave birth to his children, her hiding away might be one of the strongest hints pointing to this.
“He is obsessive about the security of his family.”
In 2016, Kabaeva appeared in public wearing a ring on her ring finger, which she seemed to attempt to hide from the cameras.
She was wearing the ring again during a rare TV interview, where she failed to shed any new light on her alleged relationship with the Kremlin leader, whose name wasn’t mentioned.
In February 2017, Kabaeva made another public appearance, apparently showing off the ring at a gymnastics tournament in Moscow.
Months later, she teased Russians yet again by showing off what appeared to be a wedding ring on an outing in Italy.
