A photo of a person believed to be President Vladimir Putin's hidden 10-year-old son has been released for the first time. This boy is reportedly the child of President Putin and his rumored lover, Olympic rhythmic gymnastics gold medalist Alina Kabaeva.
On the 23rd, the Telegram channel "VChK-OGPU" posted a video consisting of photos claiming to show President Putin's son. The channel stated that the name of the boy in the photos is Ivan Vladimirovich Putin. They introduced him as "the most secretive boy in Russia, and perhaps the loneliest," adding that he spends time with guards and teachers without almost any communication with other peers.
The British media outlet Mirror reported that the publicly revealed boy resembles President Putin's childhood appearance. Kabaeva is said to have two sons and two daughters, and allegations have been consistently raised that all four children were born to President Putin.
In September last year, the British newspaper The Times reported, citing local investigative group "Dossier Center," that "Putin's two sons live under strict security without interacting with the outside world." The first son, Ivan, was reportedly born in 2015 in Lugano, Switzerland, while the second, Vladimir Junior, was born in Moscow in 2019.
President Putin is known to have had two daughters with his ex-wife Lyudmila. The elder daughter, Maria Vorontsova, is a pediatric endocrinology expert, while the younger daughter, Katerina Tikhonova, is known as an executive in the technology sector. Both have rarely appeared in public, except for an event last June at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) where they served as speakers.