Russian President Vladimir Putin and his purported partner, Alina Kabayeva, have hired at least 20 foreign governesses, tutors, and other caregivers to help raise the two boys widely believed to be their sons -- most of them from Western countries, including several citizens of NATO states deeply at odds with Moscow over its war on Ukraine.The family has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to retain helpers to look after the children and teach them English and German, according to a trove of documents and correspondence examined by Systema, RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit.The collection covers the period from 2017 to early 2026 and includes a wide range of materials related to the search, hiring, and work of the caregivers, such as contracts, e-mails, photographs, and reports filed by the foreigners about their daily activities with the children.It provides a detailed window on one aspect of the highly secretive purported family life of Putin and Kabayeva, the 2004 Olympic rhythmic gymnastics gold medalist who is widely reported to be his longtime partner and the mother of Ivan, born in 2015, and Vladimir, born in 2019.Putin, 73, has two adult daughters with his ex-wife Lyudmila, from whom he was divorced in 2014. Neither he nor Kabayeva, 43, have confirmed that they are a couple or that they have children together, and the Kremlin works hard to keep Putin’s private life under wraps.Putin has cast Russia’s war against Ukraine, now in its fifth year since the full-scale invasion he launched in 2022, as part of a civilizational struggle and a defense against what he asserts are efforts by NATO and what he calls the "collective West" to weaken or destroy Russia and impose their will on the world.