Proekt investigation finds that Putin’s reported partner Alina Kabaeva accompanied him to Kazakhstan in 2017
Vladimir Putin and Alina Kabaeva were both in Kazakhstan in February 2017, when Putin met with the country’s then-president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Proekt reported. The outlet’s journalists examined leaked data from Russia’s Federal Border Service.
Proekt's investigation has uncovered that Alina Kabaeva, a reported partner of Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied him on an official visit to Kazakhstan in February 2017. According to leaked data from Russia’s Federal Border Service, Kabaeva flew to Almaty on February 23 aboard a private Embraer Legacy 650 jet and returned to Russia four days later.
Putin’s visit to Kazakhstan began on the same day, but he had arrived several days earlier, leading to speculation that Kabaeva was there as his de facto first lady. Her presence on the trip was not officially reported, but state media reported on Putin’s early arrival and an informal meeting with Kazakhstan’s then-president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Proekt suggests that Kabaeva may have accompanied Putin on other trips as well, citing her presence at Putin’s visit to Uzbekistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in June 2016.
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