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The Sun
21 hours ago
- Politics
- The Sun
First pic of Putin's youngest son Vladimir Jr, 6, emerges as it's revealed his private tutors are paid £320k a year EACH
VLADIMIR Putin's youngest son has been pictured for the first time ever as a snap of the six-year-old has finally emerged. Born in Moscow in 2019, Vladimir Junior is said to have private tutors who rake in more than £320,000 a year each. 7 7 Like his brother Ivan, 10, there is no official information about him or the Kremlin despot's long relationship with their mother Alina Kabaeva, 42, an Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast. While Swiss-born Ivan has been pictured multiple times, this is the first glimpse of 72-year-old Putin's second son – named after his father. It comes as Russian anti-corruption campaigner Maria Pevchikh revealed the 'princes' are schooled inside Putin's hidden palaces by personal tutors on staggering salaries. Leaked data shows the teachers are secretly paid by a company linked to Putin's billionaire crony Gennady Timchenko, 72, who also supports Kabaeva and boasts a £16billion fortune. Details of the boys' German language tutors were exposed – Sofia Bozic, 33, from Bosnia, and Irene Ens, 36, from Germany. Pevchikh, a long-time ally of Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny, who was 'murdered' last year in his hellhole Arctic jail, said: 'Both Irene and Sofia are the personal tutors of Putin and Alina Kabaeva's sons – Vladimir Jr and Ivan. 'They are now six and ten years old. Sofia Bozic and Irene Enns regularly travel by train to Uglovka and Akulovka stations. 'These are the nearest railway stations to Putin's residence in Valdai, where he is believed to spend most of his time with his children and Alina Kabaeva.' The forest palace is guarded by at least a dozen state-of-the-art air defence systems to fend off Ukrainian drones and missiles. 'Since summer 2024, the personal tutors of Putin's sons have been paid by Gennady Timchenko's company Ena-Invest,' Pevchikh claimed. Trump says Putin showdown will be like 'chess' & admits '25% chance of failure'… but plans under way for SECOND meeting 'And paid generously. If primary school teachers from the regions — even from Moscow — are watching me now, I apologise in advance, brace yourselves. 'The tutors of Putin's children receive 2,900,000 rubles a month [£26,775].' That's more than £320,000 a year – seven years' pay for a German teacher in the Russian provinces. Pevchikh added: 'And they're not paid by the pupils' father — after all, Putin's official salary is three times less than that of the foreign tutor. '[The money comes from] Gennady Timchenko, who holds Putin's cashbox. 'That's the essence of the corruption system built by Vladimir Putin. 'From the very start of his first presidential term [in 2000] it was designed this way….and it continues to develop at a furious pace.' 7 7 7 According to Pevchikh's investigation 'Putin's Common Fund: Who Pays for Putin and Kabaeva's Luxurious Life?', Timchenko also splashed £4.6million into Kabaeva's foundation. 'Putin's beloved woman needs half a billion for a hobby,' she said sarcastically. 'Well, Putin can't just transfer it to her from his own salary card. 'And that's when dear comrade Timchenko comes to the rescue, transferring it from the place where the common money is kept.' Another £4.2million went to a clinic linked to Putin's eldest daughter Maria Vorontsova, 40. Putin's critics have long claimed he is one of the richest men in the world, with his wealth stashed away by friendly oligarchs – but until now there's been little proof of such 'cashbox' operations. Officially, the Russian leader earns around £94,000 a year. Earlier this year, Ivan was pictured at a gymnastics event in Valdai – the same high-security compound served by its own railway line and Putin's personal armoured train. The exclusion zone around the sprawling estate is bigger than Malta, and even boasts a karting track and a massive children's playground hidden deep in the woods – painted in the yellow and blue of Ukraine. 7
Daily Mail
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
First photos 'of Putin's youngest son, six-year-old Vladimir Junior' are revealed - as it's claimed his private tutors earn $36,000 a month
A Russian anti-corruption campaigner and long-time ally of Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny has shared what she claims are photos of Vladimir Putin 's youngest son as part of a long-standing investigation. Maria Pevchikh revealed astonishing details of how the 'princes' are educated at home in Putin's hidden palaces by tutors on super salaries of $36,000 a month as she shared photos of the two children rumoured to be Putin's secret sons. Multiple pictures have emerged recently of Swiss-born Ivan, but this is the first time 72-year-old Putin's second son and youngest child is believed to have been pictured. Six-year-old Vladimir Junior was born in Moscow in 2019 and like his brother Ivan, 10, there is no official information about him, or the despot's relationship with their alleged mother Alina Kabaeva, 42, an Olympic gold medal winning gymnast. Leaked data shows their teachers are secretly paid by a company linked to Putin-friendly oligarch Gennady Timchenko, 72, who also supports Kabaeva and boasts a £16 billion fortune, according to Ms Pevchikh. Their German language tutors named as Sofia Bozic, 33, a Bosnian citizen, and Irene Ens, 36, from Germany. 'Both Irene and Sofia are the personal tutors of Putin and Alina Kabaeva's sons - Vladimir Jr and Ivan,' said Pevchikh. 'They are now six and ten years old.' 'Sofia Bozic and Irene Enns regularly travel by train to Uglovka and Akulovka stations,' she said in her latest investigative piece shared to YouTube. 'These are the nearest railway stations to Putin's residence in Valdai, where he is believed to spend most of his time with his children and Alina Kabaeva….' It was revealed this week that at least a dozen state-of-the-art air defence systems guard this forest palace against attack by Ukrainian drones or missiles. 'If primary school teachers from the regions — even from Moscow — are watching me now, I apologise in advance, brace yourselves', Pevchikh added. The tutors, she said, receive nearly $36,000 per month for their continued service - comparable, she noted, to what a German teacher in Russia might expect to earn over seven years. 'And they're not paid by the pupils' father — after all, Putin's official salary is three times less than that of the foreign tutor. '[The money comes from] Gennady Timchenko, who holds Putin's cashbox. That's the essence of the corruption system built by Vladimir Putin. 'From the very start of his first presidential term [in 2000] it was designed this way….and it continues to develop at a furious pace.' Timchenko also made a payment of £4.6 million to Kabaeva's foundation, according to Pevchikh in a new investigation called 'Putin's Common Fund: Who Pays for Putin and Kabaeva's Luxurious Life?' 'Putin's beloved woman needs half a billion for a hobby,' she said sarcastically. 'Well, Putin can't just transfer it to her from his own salary card. 'And that's when dear comrade Timchenko comes to the rescue, transferring it from the place where the common money is kept.' Another payment of £4.2 million went to a clinic linked to Putin's eldest daughter Maria Vorontsova, 40. Putin foes claim the dictator is one of the richest men in the world, with his secret fortune looked after by friendly oligarchs like Timchenko yet until now there has been scant proof of such 'cashbox' arrangements. Officially he earns around £94,000 a year. Ivan was pictured this year at a gymnastics event held at Valdai. The high security bolt hole is served by its own railway line on which runs 72-year-old Putin's personal armoured train. An exclusion zone surrounding the estate is larger than the Mediterranean island of Malta. 'A small karting track was set up on the site of former helipads,' reported Proekt. 'And right next to the residence, a large children's playground in yellow and blue [the colours of Ukraine] was erected deep in the woods between 2016 and 2020.' Earlier this year, Putin's secret 10-year-old son was seen for the first time, according to an anti-Kremlin website. The Telegram channel VChK-OGPU unveiled bombshel; images claiming to show the eldest child the Russian dictator shares with Kabeva. 'VChK-OGPU [channel] has obtained a photo of the most secret and probably the loneliest boy in Russia', reads a report by the anti-Kremlin Telegram channel with links to law enforcement and the secret services. It continues: 'This is Ivan Vladimirovich Putin. 'He hardly communicates with other children, spending all his time with guards, governesses, [and] teachers.' The boy appears to resemble Putin in his Soviet childhood.
