Vladimir Putin’s rumored longtime mistress was recently accused of “lifting [Putin’s] spirits” and indirectly pushing the Russian leader to take a more “forceful” approach toward foreign policy, Radar has learned. The shocking revelation was made by British journalist Philip Short in his upcoming book, Putin – a biography set to focus on the 69-year-old Russian leader, his romantic relationships, and his four terms as Russia’s president. According to Short, Alina Kabaeva – Putin’s rumored mistress who he allegedly started seeing in 2005 when she was only 22 years old – was not only “sex-crazy”…
