00:00the world's most powerful leader whose single decision can stop or start a war when he moves
00:06his car his convoy can shake the very ground but do you know about his secret private life
00:11we're discussing russian president vladimir putin divorce at the age of 60 a girlfriend 31 years
00:18younger two daughters whose identities were hidden from the world two sons whose names are not even
00:23in government records but why is that why do they keep their family hidden away who is the woman
00:29known as russia's shadow first lady janda pause today we'll share a story of mystery politics love
00:35and power one that began with a painful tale of pain poverty hunger and death an enthusiastic pause
00:41hello my name is richa and you're watching one india putin's family has been out of the public eye for
00:46many years the last time he was seen with his wife was in 2012 from then on whether in russia or abroad
00:52putin was always seen completely alone but to truly understand putin's story we need to go back to his
00:57childhood its beginning takes us to the war ravaged city of leningrad on october 7 1952 vladimir putin
01:04was born in this very city that city which the german army had besieged had besieged for 872 days
01:11constant bombing hunger cold and the very shadow of death this was the very atmosphere of putin's
01:17childhood his father was in the soviet navy his mother worked in a factory and his grandfather served
01:24as chief chef to lenin and stalin the family lost a great deal during the war putin's two brothers died
01:30due to starvation and illness the family but the family didn't even know where he was buried somak
01:36the tadi their poverty was so severe that the whole family lived in one room of a communal building in
01:43leningrad where the kitchen and bathroom were shared by many families but at the age of 12 putin decided his
01:48own path they started learning judo and sambo and a dream was then born within their mind his
01:55ambition was to become a secret agent at the age of 23 he was recruited into the kgb this was when he
02:01met ludmila at a movie show who later became his wife putin lived in germany for some time due to his
02:07work with the kgb then he returned to russia and his political journey began in 1996 in just four years
02:14he became prime minister and then president of russia but his personal life was not as stable
02:18natalia who wrote putin's biography says that in his marriage with his wife ludmila love had slowly
02:23faded away until his first term she was seen with putin on foreign trips but in his second term putin
02:30mostly appeared alone and finally in 2013 putin and ludmila publicly announced their decision to
02:36separate putin's two daughters maria and katerina were raised completely hidden due to security reasons
02:42their school university everything was under fake names katrina became an international rock and
02:47roll dancer while maria a medical researcher meanwhile in the 2000s another name made headlines
02:52alina kabayeva russia's olympic gold medalist speculations surrounding her and putin's
02:57relationship persisted for many years numerous reports have claimed that kabayeva's two sons
03:02ivan and vladimir jr belong to putin however the kremlin has never officially confirmed these claims
03:07the documents for both children are even said to be falsified to keep their true identities concealed
03:12not only that but children who come to visit kabayeva's baby must also quarantine for two weeks
03:18russia's most powerful man one of the world's most protected leaders but his private life remains
03:24a mystery shrouded in dust putin will visit india india is once again about to witness a historic
03:31moment russian president vladimir putin is arriving in india for a two-day visit a team of about 100 people
03:38will accompany him but no family member will be among them now just imagine a person whose childhood
03:44began with great pain but today he is the most powerful individual in the entire world although
03:49in his personal life his married life experienced a lot of turmoil but what is the actual reason he
03:54keeps his family hidden he never revealed this himself nor did any such news ever come from his
03:59side but the story is very interesting hiding his family not even making his son's names public having
04:04a second wife children but even this not being confirmed just imagine how mysterious putin's world
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