"Members of my family, the little ones, speak Chinese fluently," Putin told students at a secondary school in Kyzyl, Tuva.

Little is known about Vladimir Putin's personal life. The Russian president is notoriously guarded when it comes to his family but that hasn't stopped investigations into rumours of illegitimate ...

Vladimir Putin wife. Vladimir Putin married former flight attendant Lyudmila Shkrebneva in July 1983. At the time, he was a young KGB agent, and the pair met at a concert in St. Petersburg.

Little is known about Vladimir Putin's personal life. The Russian president is notoriously guarded when it comes to his family but that hasn't stopped investigations into rumours of illegitimate ...

Katerina Tikhonova (L), daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, dances with Ivan Klimov during the World Cup Rock'n'Roll Acrobatic Competition in Krakow, Poland April 12, 2014.

Vladimir Putin's 'family values' tsar has reportedly left her Orthodox priest husband for a Russian billionaire 11 years her senior.. Maria Lvova-Belova, 39, was appointed as Russia's commissioner ...

MICHAEL MORELL: Another story that jumped out at me was the impact of World War Two on Putin's family, particularly his parents and his brother. ANDREW WEISS: It's a horrible story.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday attended a Moscow event promoting family values, sparking anger as a missile hit a children's hospital in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, causing multiple ...