Putins secret girlfriend opens up about relationship with ideal man
tsarist over significant rumours she has been in a relationship with Vladimir Putin long before he was divorced in 2013. In an interview from 15 years ago, Kabaeva was seen smiling and giggling as she admitted she had a boyfriend.
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The pair have never acknowledged a relationship, but are reported to have at least two children together.
She was interviewed on TV by schoolchildren in 2008, in what is widely regardd as a potential relationship between the two of them.
At the time, she was just 24-years-old, while Putin, now 70, was 55. Asked if she had met her ideal man, she giggled and said: I have.
Her young audience asked her: You said you had a boyfriend? Why arent you in a rush to marry him, are you afraid of happiness? Who is he?
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So youve managed to ask this question, well done you, she laughed. As for being scared of happiness, sometimes I am so happy I am scared to be that happy. Of course there are some concerns
And who [is he]?, another asked.
A man, a very good man, a great man, she replied. I love him very much.
She later revealed her last gift to her secret love interest was an Alaska coat, a coat with fur, very beautiful. Putin was soon seen wearing a coat of similar description.
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She also announced her boyfriend was a married man - Putin was, at the time, married to former air stewardess Lyudmila, now 65 - adding that she thought she could not take him away from his family.
However, she later qualified her answer. She said: Let me comment. Life is complicated, and speaking about a married man.
If there are issues in a family and a man is looking at another woman, and is communicating with another woman and not with his wife, it means the problem has already happened, and there wouldnt be anything good in this family.
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