Vladimir Putin regularly allows the Russian public glimpses into his private world - from bare-chested horse-riding in Siberia to weightlifting at his Black Sea mansion,
But there’s one part of his life that Vladimir Putin is determined to keep hidden - his children.
Russian journalists have for years been aware that, while they are encouraged to swoon over his macho-man diving expeditions and hiking holidays, any mention of the President’s family is very much off-limits.