Identity of right-hand man who 'knows all Vladimir Putin's secrets' revealed

Daily Mirror

28-04-2025

Boris Chalov, 66, an FSO federal protection service adjutant, has been the Kremlin's closest aide-de-camp for decades - helping him with both state affairs and everyday issues
The identity of the man who 'knows all Vladimir Putin 's secrets' after having closely worked with him for decades has been revealed. Boris Chalov, 66, an FSO federal protection service adjutant, has been the Kremlin 's closest aide-de-camp for more than 20 years, helping him with both state affairs and the 'most delicate everyday problems'.
The right-hand man undertook duties minding Putin's longtime lover, Olympic rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, 41, on her trips, reveals a new report by Dossier Centre investigative news outlet. Kabaeva has two sons - Ivan, ten, and Vladimir junior, five - with Putin, but her role as Russia 's first lady living behind the walls of his palaces remains officially undisclosed to ordinary people.
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Chalov was also trusted with escorting Putin's earlier lover Svetlana Krivonogikh, 50, a cleaner turned £75 million multimillionaire, who now holds shares in a top bank and owns a prominent St Petersburg striptease club.
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This pair entered into a relationship whilst Putin was married to ex-first lady Lyudmila, mother of his eldest daughters Maria Vorontsova, 39, and Katerina Tikhonova, 38. From the relationship with Krivonogikh, Putin has another daughter Luiza, 22, who is believed to have lived in the West for at least part of the war against Ukraine.
Chalov 'has been working with Putin for more than 20 years and probably knows all his secrets', said Dossier Centre. The role of adjutant was to 'help him with both state affairs and everyday issues'. Before his retirement on a £6,800-a-month pension, Chalov was 'a constant companion of the Russian leader', yet he still remains 'close to the head of state'.
When Putin hosted the FIFA World Cup final 2018, the aide-de-camp was sitting right behind him and French president Emmanuel Macron.
While also helping the Russian ruler with work issues, Chalov also solved his 'most delicate everyday problems', a Dossier source close to the special services said. After his stint in the army, he is believed to have met Putin whilst working as a bodyguard for a mafia-linked company Baltic Escort in gangster-ridden 1990s St Petersburg, where Putin was deputy mayor.
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Chalov later was employed by the FSO, an agency responsible for guarding Putin and other top officials. 'The guard was entrusted with Vladimir Putin 's main secret - his beloved women.
And two at once,' reported Dossier Centre. 'For many years, he accompanied the most important people in Vladimir Putin's entourage, including the mother of his sons, Alina Kabaeva.'
Records of such trips have come to light from between 2014 and 2016. 'The adjutant also knew the mother of another of Vladimir Putin's children,' said the report.
'He travelled from Moscow to St. Petersburg twice with Svetlana Krivonogikh, who owns a stake in Bank Rossiya and who gave birth to a daughter from the head of state. One of their joint trips was a flight in December 2001.'
Chalov's pension is 'unusual' because it is paid by Krivonogikh's bank. 'The former adjutant is also well acquainted with the founder of this bank and Putin's close friend, Yuri Kovalchuk, who is responsible for many presidential palaces,' reported Dossier Centre.
'He not only worked for Rossiya in the late 1990s, but also travelled with the businessman.'