ARussianinvestigative journalist who revealed lurid alleged details aboutVladimir Putin’slove life has been declared “wanted” by the Moscow authorities. Roman Badanin, 49, has been behind a string of disclosures that the Kremlin dictator has sought to hide from his people.
Now living in exile, he is the chief editor of the investigative publication Proekt (Project) and the news outlet Agentsvo (Agency). The Russian Interior Ministry has not specified why he is on its wanted list, the Mediazona outlet reported on Wednesday (February 18). Last year, in a book, Badanin claimed thatPutin, 73, publicly espouses traditional marriage and families, but for himselfprefers “free” relationships, sleeping with “a multitude of women”. One was a relationship with under-age studentAlisa Kharcheva, then 17, after she posed for a calendar for his 58th birthday.
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“What went on in the Kremlin’s alcoves between a 58-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl only they know,” the book states.
Two years later, in a dress with a plunging neckline and featuring a cat, she posted a picture for the dictator titled ‘P*** for Putin’.
Badanin’s media revealed an earlier extramarital affair with cleaner-turned-multimillionaire Svetlana Krivonogikh, 50, which led to the birth of his secret love child,Luiza Rozova [Krivonogikh], now 22, who divides her time between Paris andRussia. The book with co-author Mikhail Rubin revealed how Putin’s two sons with Russian gymnast Alina Kabaeva, 42 and three decades his junior, use a fake surname - Spiridonov - and he also showed their photographs for the first time.
The boys, Ivan, 11, and Vladimir, 6, keen young gymnasts, have never been officially introduced to the public inRussia, nor has the Kremlin leader acknowledged his relationship with Kabaeva.
The Kremlin issued a “strict ban” on questions about the gymnast and her role in his life. Putin “chose free relationships for himself”, says the book ‘The Tsar in Person. HowVladimir PutinFooled Us All’. It reveals that he “personally” paid for luxury Moscow flats from his secret fortune not only for Alina Kabaeva but also for another “three well-known gymnasts, colleagues of hers] in the national team of Russia.
This showed Putin “in person, as ruler, as man, for some reason wanted to make pleasant to a whole group of young women,” says the book. “Maybe, this was a generous gift to the friends of his lady, and maybe, something less elevated.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
