On 13 May 2022, Kabaeva and her grandmother Anna Zatseplina were sanctioned by the United Kingdom. On 27 May, Canada imposed sanctions on Kabaeva. On 3 June, she was sanctioned by the European Union. On 1 July, she was sanctioned by Australia. Personal life In April 2008, the Moskovsky Korrespondent reported that Kabaeva was engaged to Russian president Vladimir Putin. The story was denied and the newspaper was shut down. In the following years, the status of Kabaeva and Putin's relationship became a topic of speculation, including allegations that they have multiple children together. In July 2013, Kabaeva said that she did not have children. In March 2015, she was reported to have given birth to a daughter at the VIP hospital of Saint Ann in Ticino, Switzerland. In 2019, she reportedly gave birth to twin sons at the Kulakov maternity clinic in Moscow. However, the Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported in 2022 that a Swiss gynecologist of Russian origin assisted at both births, stating that the first in 2015 was of a boy and the second in 2019 of another boy, and that both were Putin's sons. According to United States and European security officials, Kabaeva has spent long periods of time in Switzerland since 2015, at residences in Lugano and Cologny. Honours : Honoured Master of Sports of the Russian Federation (1999) : Order of Friendship (2001) : Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV Degree (2005) : Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (2013) : Order of Honour (2015) References External links Alina Kabaeva at r-gymnastics.com 1983 births Living people Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Members of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic gymnasts of Russia Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health alumni Olympic medalists in gymnastics European champions in gymnastics Sportspeople from Tashkent Russian rhythmic gymnasts Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in gymnastics Russian people of Uzbek descent Russian people of Tatar descent Tatar people of Russia Tatar sportspeople Tatar politicians Russian sportsperson-politicians Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Converts to Christianity from Islam Goodwill Games medalists in gymnastics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Recipients