Swiss media is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has not been seen in public for 10 days, is in the town of Lugano on the French border attending to the birth of his child. Putin is reported to have had a long term relationship with a former Olympic gymnast and Russian politician, Alina Kabaeva, and is said to have gotten her pregnant. New York Post: “Es ist ein Madchen!” or “It’s a Girl!” screamed a headline from the Swiss newspaper Blick, which had him in Lugano to witness the arrival of his child with Alina Kabaeva, 31, a retired Olympic gymnast who served in the Russian parliament and now works for a media company. The paper reported that Putin’s daughter was born at the posh Santa Anna di Sorgeno clinic on the Italian border. Putin reserved two rooms at the clinic — one for Kabaeva, and one for body guards, Swiss radio channel RSI said, according to the Daily Beast. Putin himself was staying with...(Read Full Post)