Vladimir Putin’s ‘lover’ has led a spectacular patriotic-themed gymnastics ballet festival after emerging in public in recent days for the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Olympic gold-medal winning Alina Kabaeva, 38, is seen on videos at a performance with a uniformed military choir.
The event included some of the Soviet Union’s most patriotic songs in a celebration of the country’s victory over the Nazis — but also the ‘Z’ symbol likened by critics to a Russian swastika invented for the war in Ukraine.
