Putin ‘secret gymnast lover & their four children in hiding at Swiss chalet’ as he wages war on innocent Ukrainians

"Alina has two young boys and twin girls with Putin who were born in Switzerland," the source added.

"The kids all have Swiss passports, and I imagine she does also."

Kabaeva has been linked to the Russian leader for more than 13 years and vanished from her home country in 2018 amid rumours she had given birth to Putin's twins.

She is reported to have given birth to boys in April 2020 at a Moscow clinic.

The former MP in President Putin's United Russia party posed semi-nude for a men's magazine in 2004 and was once dubbed "Russia's most flexible woman".

Photographer Mikhail Korolov, who snapped the shoot for Maxim, said previously: "I didn't even need to persuade her. She behaved very naturally. She's full of sex."

Putin allegedly met Kabaeva around this time, when he was married and she was in a relationship with a police officer.

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He was pictured giving her a medal in 2001 before she was stripped of six of her world championship medals for doping.

Talk of romance between the pair was first hinted at in 2008 when a newspaper owned by Putin's ex-KGB spy colleague Alexander Lebedev alleged a relationship.

It comes as:

• Russia demands Ukraine give up 3 key regions to end war as peace talks resume
• Boris Johnson accused Vladimir Putin of "doubling down" on the murderous attacks against Ukraine
• US officials gave Poland the green light to supply jets to Ukraine - much to the fury of Russia
• Footage showed a Russian fighter jet blown out of the sky as Ukraine claims Putin has now lost 88 planes & 285 tanks
• Horrors photos showed a mum, son and daughter, 8, who were killed by Russian shelling as they attempted to flee
• A captured Russian commander begged for mercy as he confessed that soldiers are "embarrassed" by Putin's invasion
• Putin's secret gymnast lover & their four kids is apparently hiding out a chalet in Switzerland
• Boxing legend and Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko headed to the frontline and gave a newlywed bride a good luck kiss

In response, Lebedev shut down the newspaper citing financial difficulties, but a source at the paper insisted at the time the story was right.

Putin himself responded to the claims, hitting out at "those who with their snotty noses and erotic fantasies prowl into others' lives".

In July 2008, the newspaper Sobesednik claimed Alina pulled out of a TV ice show "because of her pregnancy," but the report soon vanished from websites.

The following spring, the tabloid Gazeta Express claimed Alina had given birth.

At the 2012 Winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi, Alina, who is 31 years younger than Putin, turned up with what appeared to be a wedding ring, while Putin was still married to his wife Lyudmila.

In a TV interview later that year, she didn't deny the relationship and when asked if she had met someone she wanted to marry, replied: "Yes, I have."

By 2015, Alina was reported to be living the life of a First Lady of Russia, with a fleet of limousines at her disposal and a squad of machine gun-toting security guards for her protection.

She was also appointed chair of the National Media Group - Russia's most-important pro-Kremlin TV and newspaper empire - despite no experience in the field.

Putin announced his divorce from the mother of his two adult children in 2013, and a spokesman denied he was having an affair, claiming he was too busy.

And ever since his personal life has been shrouded in mystery - with numerous claims about his family and his wealth, which is estimated to be up to £160billion.

Such a figure would make him the richest man in the world - eclipsing Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos and SpaceX chief Elon Musk.

He is thought to have a slush fund for various mistresses and love children, a portfolio of expensive palaces, and a fleet of luxurious jets, cars and yachts.

The Kremlin however insists that Vlad instead lives a much more modest existence and reports about his personal life as gossip.

Putin has found himself a pariah on the world stage over the invasion of Ukraine.

Russia is becoming increasingly isolated as tough sanctions bite and companies severe their ties with Vlad's regime.

And the bloody war continues to rage, with the Russian advance grinding forward at a much slower pace than expected.

Moscow had hoped to roll over Ukraine in a number of days - and now its been almost two weeks since the invasion began.

It is feared the war could last months - or even years - and that the civilian death toll is going to be catastrophic.

Putin's forces have already ruthlessly shelled refugees attempting to escape the battle.

And as the war drags on, fears remain it could drag in the West and potentially spiral out of control into World War 3.