This is Vladimir Putin’s secret forest hideaway where he spends time with his partner and their children, according to an investigation. Next to Lake Valdayskoye – halfway between Moscow and St Petersburg – is where the Russian president and Alina Kabaeva live like royalties, away from the troubles of ordinary people, it is claimed. Shrouded in mystery, the dacha was kept firmly under the radar until 2021, when anti-corruption activists exposed it.