Alina Kabaeva is a politician, media boss, former Olympic gymnast, and the rumoured girlfriend of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kabaeva has been added to the sanctions list by US, UK & Canada.
The pair is rumoured to have met in 2001 when Putin awarded her an 'Order of Friendship'.
Speculation is rife that the pair already has a secret family - although such claims have been denied by the Kremlin outright.
Born in 1983, she started rhythmic gymnastics as a four-year-old & made her international debut in 1996.
Kabaeva was a surprise winner at the 1998 European Championships.
She had won 18 World Championship medals and 25 European Championship medals on top of her Olympic prizes.
Kabaeva sparked a storm in Russia after posing nude for Maxim, a Russian men's magazine, in 2004
Alina Kabaeva has been dubbed as 'Russia's most flexible woman'.
She later moved into politics and held a seat in Russia's lower house of parliament from 2007-2014 as a member of the United Russia party
In 2014 she became chair of the National Media Group, which has large stakes in almost all major Russian state media outlets.
Kabaeva has mysteriously disappeared from public view and is reported to be living in a secret mansion with Putin