Sons cut off from the world, companions… what do we really know about the private life of the master of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin ?

While the master of the Kremlin continues his "special military operation" in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has always remained very discreet regarding his private life.

The great Putin family. The Russian president, whose real name is Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, is in the international spotlight for his invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022. While much is said about the master of the Kremlin, little is known about his personal life.

“Finally ! A boy!"

According to a report by a Russian investigative group, Putin has fathered two more sons with former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva. These two young children would live completely cut off from the world while the Russian president officially recognizes only two daughters, Maria, 39, and Katerina, 38, from a union with Lyudmila Otcheretnaïa, reports Forbes.

Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Otcheretnaïa in Moscow in 2011. MAXPPP

Vladimir Putin is said to have started a relationship with the gymnast in 2008 while he was still with Lyudmila Otcheretnaïa, from whom he separated in 2013. However, the Kremlin has consistently denied any connection with the former sportswoman for nearly a decade.

The two sons are named Ivan and Vladimir Jr., born in 2015 in Switzerland and 2019 in Moscow, respectively. Putin was reportedly delighted to have his first boy. “On several occasions, Ivan Putin has told his guardians and security guards that when he was born, Vladimir Putin was so happy that he shouted: 'Hurray! Finally!  A boy!", indicates a source of the investigation, quoted by DH net.

Both reside in the Russian president's mansion located northwest of Moscow but live completely cut off from the world. "They are always surrounded by adults and have practically no contact with their peers. Their parents only see them late at night,” the report says.