Vladimir Putin's lover, Alina Kabaeva , was secretly paid by a military unit linked to the dictator when she was only 17 years old, according to new revelations. She was already a star rhythmic gymnast and had won her first gold medal two years earlier at the time. But this link to Putin - revealed by We Can Explain independent media - was around eight years before her hidden relationship with the dictator, now 72, was first publicly aired by a Russian newspaper, which was rapidly shut down. It