Olympic gold-medallist Alina Kabaeva is widely believed to be the Russian President Vladmir Putin’s secret girlfriend and the mother of the pair’s four children.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012.
The Russian President has been global news since his invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hasn’t been as easy for Putin as many political observers had expected. Putin’s nuclear blackmail suggests he’s not happy with how it’s going, either.
Whereas Vladimir Putin has been vocal about his invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president has been secretive about his personal life. Putin divorced his first wife Lyudmila Shkrebnev in 2013 and is rumored to have since married Alina Kabaeva. How old is Kabaeva, and what’s her net worth?
Who is Alina Kabaeva?
Kabaeva, a former rhythmic gymnast, holds two Olympic medals, 21 European Championship medals, and 14 World Championship medals. Between 2007 and 2014, she was a member of Russia’s parliament, and in 2014, she became the chairperson and titular head of National Media Group, a pro-Kremlin media organization.
How old is Alina Kabaeva?
Alina Maratovna Kabaeva was born on May 12, 1983, in Uzbekistan, which was then part of the former Soviet Union. She’s 40 years old. Putin was born in 1952 (making him 70 years old as of this article’s writing) and is 30 years older than Kabaeva.
Who are Alina Kabaeva’s parents?
Alina Kabaeva is the daughter of Lyubov Kabaeva and Marat Kabayev, a professional football player.
Her father is a Muslim Tatar and her mother is Russian.
Due to Marat’s career, the family often travelled to different places in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia.
She has a grandmom named Anna Zatseplina.
Kabaeva started rhythmic gymnastics at age three, with coach Margarita Samuilovna. In 1993, she represented Kazakhstan at an international competition in Japan.
In her early teens, Kabaeva moved to Moscow, where her mother took her to the Russian head coach, Irina Viner and where her career really took a good height.
Does Alina Kabaeva have any siblings?
Her younger sister, Leysan Kabaeva, is the general director of a real estate agency and in 2016 was appointed as a judge of the Almetyevsk City Court in Tatarstan by Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Who is Alina Kabaeva’s husband?
Decorated rhythmic gymnast and politician, Alina Kabaeva is not believed to have been ever been married and hence she has no husband. However, she is is reportedly in a serious relationship with Vladimir Putin.
The president is thought to have been dating Alina Kabaeva, dubbed “the uncrowned queen of Russia,” since the early 2000s.
Russian opposition leader and fierce Putin critic Alexei Navalny has claimed that Putin secretly married Kabaeva, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied the rumors.
Prior to that, in April 2008, the Moskovsky Korrespondent reported that Kabaeva was engaged to Russian president Vladimir Putin. The story was denied and the newspaper was shut down.
Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus seemingly confirmed the relationship.
Alexander Lukashenko, long-time president of Belarus (which is helping Russia in its invasion of Ukraine), previously claimed that Kabaeva is the reason for Putin’s divorce from his first wife. Putin and Lyudmila were married for 30 years and had two daughters. Putin said in 2020 that one of his daughters received the Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine.
Putin and Kabaeva first met in 2000
Putin and Kabaeva first met in 2000, the year she won a bronze medal in the Sydney Olympics. In 2008, Russian tabloid Moskovsky Korrespondent broke the news that Putin was planning to marry Kabaeva and had secretly divorced Lyudmila. The paper soon shut down, citing “financial difficulties.”
Does Alina Kabaeva have children with Putin?
Kabaeva, an Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast, reportedly has four children with the Russian leader, 69, but the two have never officially confirmed it, per PageSix.
The outlet says Kabaeva and Putin share 7-year-old twin daughters, who were born near Lugano, Switzerland, in February 2015. It is believed they also have two sons. “Alina has two young boys and twin girls with Putin who were born in Switzerland,” a source told Page Six about Putin’s alleged children with Kabaeva, 40.
Despite all claims about Putin and Alina’s kids been either debunked or unconfirmed, a Swiss gynecologist of Russian origin who assisted Kabaeva during her child birth confirmed that she had two sons; one in 2015 and the other in 2019 and that both were Putin’s sons, per Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung in 2022.
Also, in 2022, NYPost reported that Putin was furious with his girlfriend, Alina, for being pregnant with another daughter.
Where does Alina Kabaeva live now?
According to United States and European security officials, Kabaeva has spent long periods of time in Switzerland since 2015, at residences in Lugano and Cologny.
What happened to Alina Kabaeva?
Due to her relationship with Putin, Alina has faced series of sanctions in other countries.
In April 2022, the United States Department of the Treasury prepared sanctions against Kabaeva, however the United States government withheld the sanctions for fear of escalating tensions between Russia and the United States due to her alleged relationship with Putin. The Office of Foreign Assets Control added Kabaeva to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List on 3 August 2022, which results in her assets being frozen and U.S. persons being prohibited from dealing with her.
On 13 May 2022, Kabaeva and her grandmother Anna Zatseplina were sanctioned by the United Kingdom.
On 27 May, Canada imposed sanctions on Kabaeva. On 3 June, she was sanctioned by the European Union. On 1 July, she was sanctioned by Australia.
What’s Alina Kabaeva’s true net worth?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Alina Kabaeva has a net worth of $10 million. However, even Putin’s net worth is rumored to be much higher than reported. Whereas Forbes doesn’t include Putin in its list of billionaires, he’s said to have a net worth above $200 billion and be among the world’s richest people.