The sad and lonely lives of the world’s richest kids

There’s a darker side to being super-wealthy, from Putin’s two secret sons who “live in isolation” to $180,000-a-week clinics for depressed kids.

Kate Wills

Sep 17, 2024 – 5.00am

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Imagine growing up in isolation in a mansion near Lake Valdai, north-west of Moscow. Your only visitors are private tutors for music, swimming and gymnastics, and you never interact with other children.

Every time you travel it’s by armoured train, private jet or yacht, protected at all times by elite officers. And you rarely ever see your mother or father. This is reportedly the experience of Vladimir Putin’s two secret sons, Ivan, 9, and Vladimir jnr, 5.

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