Russian president Vladimir Putin is to become a father again after his ex-gymnast lover fell pregnant, according to reports. The 69-year-old leader is alleged to have fathered two kids with 39-year-old Alina Kabaeva in recent years.
Now the couple are expecting a daughter, according to the General SVR Telegram channel - a web account said to be updated by Kremlin insiders. The same reports claim that when told of the news, Putin grumbled: "I have enough children as it is, and had enough daughters long ago".
Putin's private life is shrouded in secrecy - and it is not known exactly how many children the despot has, according to our sister title The Mirror. His best-known daughters are academic and businesswoman Maria Vorotsova, 37 and scientist and former dancer Katerina Tikhonova, 35, who he had with ex-wife Lyudmila.
