[사진 = 맥심 잡지 캡쳐]Alina Kabaeva, 39, a former Olympic gold medalist and former rhythmic gymnast, known as the lover of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is pregnant, the British Mirror reported on the 8th (local time), citing Russian independent news channel ‘General SVR’. did.
The Mirror also reported that there are reports that Putin, who heard the news, was angry at the unsolicited news.
According to The Mirror, Russian political expert Valery Solovyev said that “President Putin was angry when he heard the news of Kabaeva’s pregnancy.”
Kabaeva, known as Putin’s unofficial lover, is from Uzbekistan and a gold medalist in rhythmic gymnastics at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She also won 14 medals at the world championships alone.
Although the Russian government has never officially acknowledged the relationship between Putin and Kabaeva, the US government believes they have at least three children.
Meanwhile, on the 5th, the European Union (EU) included a plan to sanction Kabaeva, who is currently the chairman of the National Media Group, Russia’s largest media company, in the 6th sanctions once morest Russia.
However, it remains to be seen whether Kabaeva’s individual sanctions can be implemented in practice, as the governments of the 27 EU member states must unanimously agree to the passage of the sanctions.
This is not the first time that sanctions once morest Kabaeva have been discussed.
The U.S. government also pushed for sanctions once morest Kabaeva last month, but it was removed from the last minute list due to concerns that it might further provoke Putin.
On the 24th of last month, an official from the US administration told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), “We have prepared this for a number of people who have not yet been sanctioned, and we continue to think regarding when to impose sanctions on them to be most effective. are doing,” he said. This means that Kabaeva is missing from the list, but not completely excluded.
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