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<\/p>\nThe Dossier Centre reported that Ivan (9) and Vladimir Jr (5) spend most of the year at their father\u2019s vast mansion near Lake Valdai, northwest of Moscow.<\/p>\n
Their mother is Alina Kabaeva, the former Olympic rhythmic gymnast whose relationship with Putin has been an open secret in Russia for more than a decade, the Dossier Centre claims.<\/p>\n
The two boys are surrounded by governesses, nannies, teachers and officers from the Kremlin Federal Guard.<\/p>\n
They enjoy playing with a huge Lego set and an iPad, the report said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have to play mostly alone or with adults,\u201d the report, compiled with the help of a member of staff at the Valdai residence, said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey only see their parents late at night.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Former Olympic rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva is believed to be the boys’ mother. Photo: Getty<\/p>\n
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There are two ponies, rabbits and a St Bernard dog which is cared for by Kremlin guards but lives with the family.<\/p>\n
The two children are believed to annoy Putin with Disney cartoon impressions.<\/p>\n
Ivan was born in spring 2015 at the Sant\u2019Anna maternity clinic in the Swiss city of Lugano, while Vladimir Jr was born in spring 2019 in Moscow, the report said.<\/p>\n
Putin has never made any direct reference to the boys.<\/p>\n
However, this week, he told schoolchildren in Siberia that, \u201cMembers of my family, the little ones, speak Chinese\u201d.<\/p>\n
They are also believed to be learning English and German.<\/p>\n
The Dossier Centre said it had found pictures of Ivan but does not publish them for ethical reasons.<\/p>\n
In the compound, staff are barred from leaving the grounds, but have use of a gym and tennis court.<\/p>\n
The salary on offer was \u00a36,500 (\u20ac7,500) a month. The Dossier Centre said that turnover was high.<\/p>\n
The Putin sons cannot be found in government databases, from infancy they have cover documents, which are mostly made for spies and people under state protection.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir dates of birth are only known by their immediate family. They don\u2019t fly on regular flights, they have separate planes,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t attend kindergartens or schools, they are [taught by] hired governesses.<\/p>\n
“They live in residences guarded by the FSO, sail on yachts and ride armoured trains.\u201d<\/p>\n
In February and March the boys relocate to a luxury residence close to the Krasnaya Polyana resort, where they have been learning to ski.<\/p>\n
They spend July and August on luxury yachts, usually in the Gulf of Finland, on the Black Sea coast and Russia\u2019s northern lakes.<\/p>\n
The two boys travel by armoured train or private jet, the report said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dossier Centre reported that Ivan (9) and Vladimir Jr (5) spend most of the year at their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,13,14,6,11,12,15,16,5,550,7,8,2263,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-32582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-featured-news","11":"tag-featurednews","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-latest-news","14":"tag-latestnews","15":"tag-main-news","16":"tag-mainnews","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-russia","19":"tag-top-stories","20":"tag-topstories","21":"tag-vladimir-putin","22":"tag-world","23":"tag-world-news","24":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}