Vladimir Putin has had a second love child with his much younger mistress, sources tell the New York Post. The Russian president, 60, and former rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, 29, reportedly had a baby girl. They already have a 3-year-old son. Putin has moved Kabaeva and the kids into his palace on the coast of Russia’s Black Sea—while his wife, Lyudmila, 55, has not appeared in public for almost a year. Putin’s extramarital relationship was revealed in 2008 by a Moscow newspaper, but the paper retracted the story and soon closed down. Since then, the Russian media has gone silent on Putin’s love life.
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