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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rory Sullivan

Alina Kabaeva: Switzerland urged to deport Putin’s rumoured lover

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A petition calling on Switzerland to deport a Russian woman rumoured to be Vladimir Putin’s lover has received more than 61,000 signatures.

The campaign to expel Alina Kabaeva, a former Olympic gymnast and politician, was started by Russian, Belarussian and Ukrainian nationals after Mr Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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