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Daily Mirror
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mirror
Identity of right-hand man who 'knows all Vladimir Putin's secrets' revealed
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. 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. 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. 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.'
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First Post
23-04-2025
- Politics
- First Post
Does Vladimir Putin have a ‘secret' 10-year-old son?
Russian President Vladimir Putin's 'secret' children keep making headlines. An anti-Kremlin website has claimed the first pictures of the leader's 10-year-old son, whom he allegedly shares with his ex-Olympian partner Alina Kabaeva, have surfaced. Earlier, reports emerged of Putin's 'secret' daughter, who is working as a DJ in Paris read more Russian President Vladimir Putin is reported to have several 'secret' children. File Photo/AP Vladimir Putin's alleged children continue to make headlines. After reports of a 'secret' daughter in Paris, there are now claims of photos of the Russian president's purported son being leaked. Putin, 72, officially has two children from a previous marriage to former flight attendant Lyudmila Ocheretnaya — daughters Maria, 37, and Katerina, 35. However, reports about his alleged children out of marriage keep emerging every now and then. Let's take a closer look. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Who is Putin's 'secret' son? An anti-Kremlin website has claimed the first pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin's 10-year-old secret son have surfaced. The images of Ivan Vladimirovich Putin were unveiled by the Telegram channel VChk-OGPU, reported Daily Mail. Putin is said to have had the boy with his rumoured longtime partner, ex-Olympian Alina Kabaeva. 'VChK-OGPU [channel] has obtained a photo of the most secret and probably the loneliest boy in Russia', a report by the anti-Kremlin Telegram channel with connection to law enforcement and the secret services said. The boy is said to take after Putin in his Soviet childhood. The post reads, 'This is Ivan Vladimirovich Putin. He hardly communicates with other children, spending all his time with guards, governesses, [and] teachers.' Ivan also has a four-year-old brother, Vladimir Junior, who was not pictured in the released images. WATCH : Putin's secret 10-year-old 'son' seen for first time #viral — MOHAMMAD AHSAN (@MOHAMMAD_AARSH) April 22, 2025 The Russian president has never admitted to his reported relationship with 41-year-old Kabaeva. When asked about rumours about him dating the famed gymnast in a 2008 news conference in Italy, he dismissed them, saying: 'I always disliked people who go around with their erotic fantasies, sticking their snot-ridden noses into another person's life.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD However, Dossier Centre, an investigative news outlet, confirmed last September that Kabaeva had two sons with Putin. Ivan, an avid hockey player, was reportedly born in 2015 at a maternity clinic in Lugano, Switzerland. The children are constantly guarded by FSO [Federal Protective Service] officers. 'The brothers have little contact with their peers and see little of their parents, but they appreciate the rare moments they manage to spend with their father,' said Dossier Centre, as per Daily Mail. The boys do not attend school but are taught in Putin's high-security palaces. According to the investigative report from Dossier Center, Putin and Kabaeva, an Olympic gold medalist, likely began their alleged romantic relationship in 2008. On the birth of Ivan, the Russian president shouted in elation: 'Hurray! Finally! A boy!'' New York Post reported, citing a source in Russian media. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Putin sent the entire family to Switzerland, Page Six reported. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'Alina has two young boys and twin girls with Putin who were born in Switzerland,' a source claimed. 'While Putin carries out his assault on Ukraine, attacking innocent citizens and causing a refugee crisis, his family is holed up in a very private and very secure chalet somewhere in Switzerland,' the source told Page Six in 2022. Putin's 'little ones' Putin has kept his personal life out of the limelight. However, five months back, he mentioned watching fairy tale films with 'my little ones', as per Daily Mail. The Russian president said, 'Our historic fairy tales and epic tales are being revived. I myself sometimes watch these with pleasure with my little ones.' RT translated his words as 'my junior family members'. As per the Dossier Center, Ivan is a fan of Disney cartoons and movies, much to the chagrin of his father. Vladimir Putin's other children Before Ivan, media reports about 's 'secret' daughter came to light. Last year, Ukrainian news programme TSN reported that Putin's alleged illegitimate daughter, Elizaveta Krivonogikh, is living in Paris and working as a DJ. She goes by Luiza Rozova or Elizaveta Olegovna Rudnova and 'vanished' before the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war. Rozova is the child of Putin and Svetlana Krivonogikh, a former cleaner who is now a multimillionaire, reported TSN. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The Russian president's two eldest daughters, Maria and Katerina, have also stayed away from the spotlight. As per a Business Insider report, Maria, a medical researcher, is married to Dutch businessman Jorrit Faassen. Katerina is an accomplished acrobatic dancer and a tech executive. Katerina Tikhonova (L), daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, dances with Ivan Klimov during the World Cup Rock'n'Roll Acrobatic Competition in Krakow, Poland April 12, 2014. File Photo/Reuters Putin is also known to have grandchildren from his two eldest daughters. With inputs from agencies
