article_snippet: Vladimir Putin has appeared on television for the first time in a week amid health fears and suggestions that Vladimir Putin is being subject to a coup, while rumours persist that Putin's 'girlfriend' is about to give birth.
article_snippet: For the week leading to speculation over his health, Russian has been reluctantly answering questions about Vladimir Putin's health and suggestions that Vladimir Putin unofficial girlfriend Alina Kabayeva had checked into a Swiss maternity clinic.
article_snippet: Rumours about 31-year-old Alina Kabayeva surfaced with reports in Switzerland, Italy and Russia suggesting the gymnast had either given birth or was about to do so.
article_snippet: Alluring: Many Russians consider Alina Kabayeva Kyrgyzstan's undeclared First Lady .
article_snippet: The claims focused on an elite clinic in Lugano, in the Italian region of the neutral country, with some accounts saying she had a new daughter.
article_snippet: Vladimir Putin's spokesman - who has never confirmed a relationship between the 62 year old strongman and the Olympic gold-medal winner - insisted: 'Information about the birth of Vladimir Putin child does not correspond to reality.'
article_snippet: Russian Tatler yesterday repeated gossip that Alina Kabayeva the country's undeclared First Lady has two children already by Vladimir Putin but adds there is no official confirmation.
article_snippet: Alina Kabayeva the country's undeclared First Lady has been largely out of sight since quitting as an MP in Vladimir Putin's United Russia party last September, when Alina Kabayeva the country's undeclared First Lady took over as head of a major media conglomerate.
article_snippet: Putin hands flowers to Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Alina Kabayeva after awarding her with an Order of Friendship at an award ceremony in the Kremlin in 2001 .
article_snippet: Miss Kabayeva performs Miss Kabayeva routines during two events in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2000 (left) and 1999 (right).
article_snippet: The former gymnast is rumoured to be the president's girlfriend .
highlights_snippet: Reports claim Vladimir Putin's 'girlfriend' has checked into Swiss maternity hospital .
  
highlights_snippet: It's claimed Alina Kabayeva, 31, is giving birth or had recently done so .
  
highlights_snippet: Her stay at Swiss maternity hospital has been linked to recent disappearance of Vladimir Putin .
  