More than 64,000 people have already signed a petition for Switzerland to expel gymnast Alina Kabaeva, Vladimir Putin's alleged lover

A petition demanding that the Swiss government expel Vladimir Putin's alleged mistress, gymnast Alina Kabaeva, from the country has exceeded 64,000 signatures.

According to the petition, the 38-year-old Olympic gymnast was reportedly sent to a private chalet in the European country earlier this month while Putin continues his warrior campaign in Ukraine.

Kabaeva is widely believed to be the mistress of the Russian strongman and mother of four of Putin's sons whom she never officially recognized.

A petition, launched by citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine two weeks ago, calls on the Swiss authorities to expel Kabaeva from Switzerland and deport her back to Russia.

The appeal, which describes Kabaeva as the “favorite wife of the delusional dictator and war criminal Putin”, has since reached more than 63,000 signatures.

“It's time for you to reunite Eva Braun with her Fuhrer,” says the petition, worded with a vehement tone.

“Despite the current war, Switzerland still harbors an accomplice to the Putin regime,” he adds.

So far, the West has not sanctioned Kabaeva, who in addition to being Putin's alleged secret mistress, is also chairman of the board of directors of National Media Group, a major Kremlin-related television and newspaper giant, with an almost annual salary of more than 10 million dollars.

The two have been photographed together on several occasions, and investigations by the Anti-Corruption Foundation, created by imprisoned Putin opponent Alexei Navalny, revealed that several Russian oligarchs have inexplicably awarded gifts of property, money and other assets to Kabaeva's family.

The former gymnast is rarely seen in public, but was caught on video dancing at the 'Divine Grace' rhythmic gymnastics tournament in Moscow in December last year, a few weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine.

It is feared that Putin's carefully hidden assets may mean that Kabaeva and her family were able to escape the harsh sanctions announced by the Swiss Federal Council in February.

“We, the citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, who are currently suffering immense suffering, come together to appeal to the Swiss authorities,” says the petition, which was published on change.org in German, French and English.

“The public has just learned that the Russian political and media figure, and former athlete, Alina Kabaeva, is hiding the consequences of the sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation in her country,” he emphasizes.

He continues: “She is the favorite wife of the delusional dictator and war criminal who has been treacherously attacking Ukraine for the past few weeks.”

The petitioners questioned why, “given the volume of sanctions imposed on Russia,” the Swiss authorities continue to house her and her family at a time when Putin “is destroying the lives of millions.”

The petition tells the Swiss: “For the first time in modern history, your country has violated its neutrality, which did not even cope with Nazi Germany in the 20th century, and joined the sanctions against Putin and his environment. And now you're allowing your favorite lover and children to hide within the borders of your state.”

There is still no independently verified evidence that Kabaeva, a former pro-Putin MP, is hiding in Switzerland, where she is believed to have given birth to the children of the Russian president.

The petition asks the Swiss authorities to “investigate very carefully the legal basis on which it is present in your country and to verify the cleanliness of the funds used for the purchase of real estate in Switzerland, of which this person uses”.

Kabaeva has made very few public appearances in recent times, but gave a statement that criticized the decision to prevent the Russian team from competing in the Beijing Paralympic Games in light of the war in Ukraine.

“There has never been a more shameful page in the history of world sport,” he said.

“They did not worry and did not remove from the competition any country that participated in the destruction of hundreds of thousands of civilians in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya and Syria. But sports officials were very angry when Russia decided to protect Donbas and Lugansk from the Nazis,” he said.

He complained that the Olympic officials “tried so hard to humiliate the Russians, they banned our symbols, flag and anthem.”

“Russia was, is and will be a great sports power, and nothing can be done about it,” he stressed.

The first rumors linked her romantically to Putin as early as 2008, when she was a pro-Kremlin deputy.

Tabloid Express Gazeta told in May when the attack on Ukraine was not yet in sight that the woman “literally disappeared”.

“After reports of the birth of twins, nothing was heard about Kabaeva, as if she had disappeared. Alina does not give interviews, nor does she attend social events, nor does she participate in any television program,” the publication said at the time.

Putin, who in 2013 announced his divorce from his wife Lyudmila, former Aeroflot flight attendant, said earlier: “I have a private life in which I do not allow interference. That must be respected.”

Many Russians saw Kabaeva as the reason for the breakdown of Putin's marriage to former first lady Lyudmila, 63, mother of his two adult daughters.

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