Putin hires foreign nannies for secret sons

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who calls fellow Russians who admire the West traitors, has himself hired staff from the UK and Germany to be nannies for his secret sons. He allegedly pays these nannies very generously.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is known for his sharp words directed at Russians who admire Western lifestyles and values – he calls them outright traitors. But as it turns out, Putin's own personal life is full of stark contradictions: the carers of his secret sons are precisely foreign nationals from the UK and Germany.

Allegedly, the Kremlin has ensured that these foreign nannies receive conspicuously high salaries for their work duties. This is a sensitive matter, as the details of Putin's personal life have been largely kept secret in Russia and the existence of his children has never been officially confirmed.

While Putin tells ordinary Russians about national pride and the rejection of Western influence, his own family appears to take a quite different approach. This pattern of double standards is not new – previous investigative reports have also revealed that those close to Putin enjoy Western education, property, and lifestyle.