Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rajeev Rai
Updated Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:58 PM IST
Summary
After a week-long war between Russia and Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again in the discussion. Former KGB agent (intelligence spy) Putin is being fiercely criticized in Western countries. Since the declaration of war on Ukraine, Putin has been criticized all around and calls for action are being raised against him.
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Putin’s name is associated with former Russian gymnast and star athlete Alina Kabaeva. According to media reports, Putin has had a relationship with Olympic gold medalist Alina and is also the father of their twins. Let’s know everything about Alina Kabaeva …
a successful gymnast
Alina Kabaeva is a Russian politician, media manager and retired gymnast. He was born in 1983 in Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union). His family was involved in sports. His father Marat Kabaeva was a professional football player. Following in her father’s footsteps, Alina also took an interest in sports at the age of three. He won gold at the Athens Games in 2004 and bronze in Sydney in 2000. She was one of the successful gymnasts. He also won two Olympic medals, 14 World Championship medals and 21 European Championship medals in his career.
step into politics
Alina, however, entered politics after retiring from gymnastics. She was a member of the Russian Parliament from 2007 to 2014 and represented the United Russian Party. In September 2014 she became the head of Russia’s largest national media group.
Putin-Alina relations:
Alina’s name was first associated with Putin in 2008, when a Moscow newspaper put it publicly in front of everyone. This newspaper belonged to Alexander Lebedev, a big media tycoon and KGB spy. However, this news was soon removed from the media. After this Putin and his wife Lyudmila got divorced in 2013. After this the names of Putin and Alina began to be linked again. But Alina denied this.
Elena was seen wearing an engagement ring
In the year 2016, Elena was seen wearing an engagement ring which she was seen hiding. After this she once again appeared in the TV interview with the same ring. Not only this, a year later she was also seen wearing a ring in a tournament in 2017. In the same year, she was seen hiding her baby bump in a tournament, after which the rumors of her being pregnant started. A Russian newspaper published the news and wrote on the relationship between him and Putin, but the newspaper was closed by Kremlin officials.
According to reports, 38-year-old Alina gave birth to twins in April 2019, which was linked to Putin’s name. It said the fourth VIP floor of the Kulakob Research Center was evacuated for Alina.