The Wall Street Journal claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin has three children from gymnast Alina Kabaeva and the United States is even considering imposing sanctions against him.
The yellow press talks about the fact that Vladimir Putin has had a relationship with gymnast Alina Kabaeva for a long time. Today, the Wall Street Journal’s business publication claims that Kabaeva could be punished in connection with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but is not included on the list of sanctions – allegedly not angering Putin.
old romance
In 2008, the Moscow Correspondent newspaper wrote that Putin, who was officially married at the time, proposed to Kabaeva. Putin, according to the WSJ, “violently denied” this information, and a few days later shut down the newspaper. During this time, Kabaeva left the sport and became a representative from the United Russia party, and in 2014 he left parliament and became chairman of the board of directors of the National Media Group holding.
Since about 2013, the WSJ writes, Kabaeva and her relatives have acquired six apartments in Russia, two houses and land in the most prestigious areas. Kabaeva and her family members did not respond to questions from the publication sent by e-mail.
WSJ sources tell Swiss, European and American officials that in 2015 Kabaeva gave birth to a child from Putin, and the birth took place at a select Swiss clinic overlooking Lake Lugano. The media then wrote that Putin had not appeared in public for eight days, suggesting that he was with Kabaeva. The Kremlin then said this was not true.
In 2019, according to WSJ interviewers with U.S. officials, Kabaeva gave birth to twins while in Moscow. The publication draws attention to the fact that news about it was published on the website of the Moskovsky Komsomolets, but quickly deleted.
Potential penalties
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed American officials, writes that U.S. authorities consider Kabaeva a friend of the Russian president and that he suspects Putin’s personal wealth abroad.
According to the WSJ, Kabaeva remains a potential target of U.S. sanctions, but among officials discussing the move, there is an opinion that the imposition of sanctions on the Olympic champion would be seen as a personal blow to Putin who it could increase tensions between Russia and the United States and hinder peace talks with Ukraine.
According to representatives of the US and European intelligence services, Kabaeva spent a lot of time in Switzerland. U.S. officials with knowledge of the gymnast’s movements said he lived in a high -walled mansion near Geneva.
The WSJ said Ukrainian authorities sent a letter to the Swiss government this month requesting that Kabaeva be banned from entering the country and that her property be confiscated, but Swiss authorities said none. they are evidence that he is in the country.
family secret
Putin carefully keeps information about his family. One of her daughters, Katerina Tikhonova, heads the Innopraktika Science Foundation, which receives numerous subsidies from state and government agencies.
The mother of his alleged third daughter, Svetlana Krivonogikh, is a shareholder in Rossiya Bank, which U.S. authorities call the president’s inner circle bank.
Alina Kabaeva heads the board of directors of National Media Group, the main shareholder of which is the same Bank of Russia. NMG owns several popular TV channels, including a stake in Channel One. True, after the start of the war in Ukraine, information that Kabaeva was working there disappeared from the holding website.
Source: korrespondent
