Vladimir Putin avoided his expectant lover after news of her pregnancy emerged last week, it has been claimed by a Russian source.
The tyrant is said to have at least two children with Olympic gold medal gymnast Alina Kabaeva, 39, and reports last week suggested she had another on the way.
The despot was said to have looked "depressed" when he heard the news, according to a post on a Telegram channel allegedly run by a foreign Russian intelligence agent.
