On March 1, local time, many newspapers such as the British "Mirror" and "Daily Mail" focused their attention on a Swiss female doctor because she has a certain relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to reports, the female doctor, Natalia Thiebaud Kondratieva, died on the 24th of last month, the first anniversary of the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, at the age of 63.
Just days before her death, Kondratieva's connection to Putin, now 70, was made public, and she delivered Alina Kabaeva at least twice.
Kabaeva, 39, is a former Russian rhythmic gymnast who also enjoys a certain reputation in world sports. And after Putin divorced his wife Lyudmila Putinna (now Lyudmila Ocheretnaya and remarried to a man 21 years younger than him), Kabaeva was considered Putin's girlfriend, although the Russian president himself did not admit it, he just said "I also have love", but not the slightest detail has been released, very cautious.
And in the eyes of the British press, Kabaeva is not only Putin's girlfriend, but also the mother of his children. As for how many children Kabaeva has had, there is some controversy, some say four, some say three, two of them are twins.
Kondratieva reportedly appeared on Moscow's Red Square in 2019, sitting as guests in VIP seats along with neonatologist Petra Caterina Maria Donati-Genet and nurse Stella Ghizelu, both from the same maternity hospital in Lugano, Switzerland, Clinica Sant'Anna）。
"Why do Swiss medical staff sit in VIP stands that are closed to outsiders? The answer is simple, these three ladies have important and secret exploits", the British newspaper reads, citing a Russian media report. "They were all Kabaeva's personal midwives and doctors who helped her give birth."
The late Kondratieva was born in the former Soviet Union, but her career seems to have begun in Switzerland.
And died a few days after the "identity was made public", which inevitably made the outside world speculate, not to mention that the cause of death was not announced, and the body was cremated the day after his death.
However, there are also British newspapers that believe that there is nothing to guess, because Kondratieva has been receiving cancer treatment all along.
About three years ago, Kondratieva posted on her social media: "He is the only dad for all Russian mothers!" Thank you for not forgetting me. And the "he" in the text is also thought to refer to Putin.
Just before the news of Kondratieva's death was made public, the so-called common residence of Putin and Kabaeva was also found by the British media, a villa located deep in the forest in the Valdai region outside Moscow, which the British media called a "luxurious palace".
It is reported that this villa began to be built shortly after Putin entered the political arena and was called the "Golden House". Just three years ago, Putin built Kabaeva a new property near the "Golden House", as well as a huge spa with a 25-meter swimming pool, solarium, freezer and so on, and even a dental beauty area.
Kabaeva, 39, has rarely been seen now. Even when she appeared occasionally, she remained relatively silent, talking only about gymnastics, and never mentioning anything else.