Mystery surrounds Vladimir Putin’s secret lover who has now been pictured with a limp as the Russian leader's whereabouts are unknown. Alina Kabaeva, a glamorous gymnast, has two children with the dictator, Ivan Putin, nine and five-year-old Vladimir Jnr, but very little is known about the family. Putin, who dislikes media coverage of his private family life, does not even acknowledge his relationship with 41-year-old Kabaeva, an Olympic gold medal winner. Alina, who is nicknamed Russia ’s ‘