Istanbul | Vladimir Putin is reportedly living with his gymnast girlfriend at a vast, heavily guarded country estate featuring several palatial mansions, a room coated in gold leaf, and a playground for their young children.
Alina Kabaeva, 39, an Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion who has long been linked with the 70-year-old Russian leader, lives in a villa on Mr Putin’s estate on Lake Valdai, about 400 kilometres north-west of Moscow, according to The Project, a Russian investigative news site.
