Putin secretly lives in a golden palace he shares with his gymnast lover

Vladimir Putin is reportedly living with his gymnast girlfriend at a vast, heavily guarded country estate featuring several palatial mansions, a room coated in gold leaf, and a playground for their young children.

Alina Kabaeva, 39, an Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion who has long been linked with the 70-year-old Russian leader, lives in a villa on Putin’s estate on Lake Valdai, about 250 miles north-west of Moscow, according to The Project, a Russian investigative news site.

The Russian president has reportedly bought his lover a property empire worth $120million through a slush fund in Cyprus, the site reported. Construction on Kabaeva’s mansion began in 2020 and was completed two years later, it is claimed.

At nearly 13,000 sq ft, the mansion was built entirely of wood in the style of a Russian dacha. Building was carried out by a company owned by Yuri Kovalchuk, the Russian businessman also known as “Putin’s banker”.