https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2517383/Russias-Vladimir-Putin-gay-claims-
controversial-new-biography.html
Moscow invented rumours of Vladimir Putin affair with Olympic gymnast because he 'is gay' claims controversial new biography
The small Vladimir, who grew up practically without a father and without the love and care of his parents, was a withdrawn and grim child.
'Putin was born the son of an alcoholic two years before his official birth date. His mother had moved to Georgia with Vladimir, only for the child to be shunted off to Leningrad a short time later to the couple who would become the official parents of the future president.’
According to Belkovsky, Putin has spent his life in search of a ‘surrogate family.’ He names Boris Yeltsin as Putin's surrogate father and in Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich, an orphan, he found a brother.
