
Inside the sex-crazed world of Russian oligarchs with brutalised OnlyFans model, infamous sex coach & Kremlin mistresses
Humiliated Vladimir Putin has
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Russian self-proclaimed sex guru Alex Lesley and his women
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OnlyFans model Maria Kovalchuk was allegedly chased and tortured by rich Russians at a party in Dubai
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Russia had a 'Naked Partygate' scandal in 2023
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Kremlin insiders say Russia's sex-crazed elite and their sleazy antics have always been there - with the war with Ukraine bringing some of it to light.
A source told The Sun: "Putin hates when the elite ostentatiously display their wealth, decadence or disgusting perversions for everyone to see, especially when we are fighting in Ukraine.
'But the partying goes on. Behind the walls, out of sight, the wild excesses go on.'
The dictator himself has been embroiled in sex scandals - allegedly sharing two children with his
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Another source said Putin's secret £1billion palace on the Black Sea was
The Kremlin insider added: "Many of Putin's circle - men in their 60s and 70s, like him - have young lovers, sometimes several.
"It's not like the West here. Their private lives are hidden from the world and the lurid details never - or seldom - appear."
But the private life of some Russian oligarchs is much darker than merely having a mistress - with reports emerging of extreme, sordid sex events that had
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Infamous "Porta Potty" parties involve rich men paying large sums to play out their fantasies in real life - including vile sex acts such as defecation.
A Russian woman who has taken part in such events in Dubai revealed they were also rife in Moscow.
While she was in Dubai, she said the sick acts involved "old grandpas".
The woman added: "They paid decently for it."
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And she revealed how "people ask for such things in Moscow too".
Women create online profiles and declare that they agree to certain extremities - attracting deep-pocketed clients.
The Russian woman added: "There is demand - clients like this kind of thing... here you can do whatever you want.
"Why do they like it? I don't know. Well, they are like that and that's it."
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It comes after Ukrainian OnlyFans model M
aria Kovalchuk, 20,
was allegedly chased and tortured by rich Russians at a party in Dubai.
After missing her flight to Thailand, Maria said she was offered a place to stay by a 19-year-old man she had recently met at a karaoke bar.
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OnlyFans model Maria Kovalchuk, pictured in Norway with her mother Anna
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She went missing before being found with a broken spine at a construction site
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Maria had to have her scalp sewn back on with horrific medical images showing a huge scar on the top of her head
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He claimed his father could fly her out on a private jet.
But then the man and his friends tortured her instead, the model claimed.
The traumatised model described how the group began smashing bottles and glass on the floor, making her unable to walk barefoot, and said they took her passport and belongings.
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She claims the men 'hinted' they wanted sex - and when she refused, the situation escalated - with their aggression "heating them up".
Maria said she attempted to escape and hid at a nearby construction site - but was tracked down, beaten, and thrown from a ledge.
She was missing for over a week before being found unconscious with horrific injuries, including a shattered spine and broken limbs.
It was initially thought Maria had been assaulted after a 'Porta Potty' party.
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These are disturbing events which are known to involve high-paying UAE clients who degrade women, often influencers, for large sums.
But Maria denied any involvement of Emirati citizens in her brutal ordeal.
Instead, an insider close to Maria said: "It was the Russians who tortured Maria. She was found with a broken spine, arms and legs - and unable to speak."
'Seduction' coach
But it's not just abroad where Russia's elite have been suspected of sex crimes.
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In Russia, a YouTube "seduction" coach with links to one of Putin's close oligarchs is facing investigation after he urged viewers to grab women in the street by their buttocks and offer them sex.
Alexander Kirillov, also known as Alex Lesley, is being investigated on suspicion of inducement to rape.
The so-called "advice" he gave openly on his channel led to a number of complaints from women claiming they have been horrifically harassed by his followers.
Some claimed the vile encounters were filmed by accomplices as the men groped them and asked for sex.
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Alexander Kirillov, a self-styled sex guru, is being investigated
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Kirillov previously made headlines for being embroiled in a political scandal
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Kirillov was detained in 2018 alongside Anastasia Vashukevich in Thailand after they hosted illegal 'sex training' classes
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Vashukevich claimed Russian oligarch and Putin pal Oleg Deripaska (L) was once part of a conspiracy to help Trump win the 2016 election
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His account has nearly 100,000 subscribers.
Kirillov previously made headlines for being embroiled in a political scandal involving Belarusian escort Anastasia Vashukevich, 35, and Russian
energy
tycoon
It came to light after Vashukevich claimed to have evidence that Deripaska and Russia's deputy prime minister were part of a Kremlin conspiracy to skew the 2016 presidential election in favour of Donald Trump.
Both Deripaska and Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko denied wrongdoing.
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Following her claims, Vashukevich, known online as Nastya Rybka, was arrested.
At the time of her detention she was in Thailand, where she had been running a
They spent nine months in custody - before a Thai
court
handed them a suspended 18-month sentence for soliciting and running an illegal "sex training course".
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The controversy with Kirillov came to light in June when at least 10 young women went public saying they had being groped by his vile fans in Moscow.
Russian MPs then complained to authorities before the Investigative Committee opened a case against him.
They said he had 'induced his followers to commit illegal acts of a sexual character towards female residents of the capital'.
Twisted Kirillov told local media: "If we lived in America or Germany, God forbid, then it could result in serious consequences. Thankfully, we are in Russia."
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Kremlin 'mistresses'
Closer to the Kremlin, one of mad Vlad's officials was reportedly flying his 23-year-old mistress around on $100million military jets.
Maria Shalaeva claimed she was jetted on a defence ministry Ilyushin-76 aircraft for a getaway to Rostov-on-Don - the same location of Russian armed forces war headquarters.
Local media reported
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Maria Shalaeva boasted about taking an armed forces plane to the closed airport in Rostov-on-Don for a weekend getaway
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Shalaeva posing in the back of an army plane
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Shalaeva says her lover is a 'Kremlin man'
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His photograph appeared on a video she posted.
It is also clear from one video that her lover has grey hair - as does Belousov - who was a Kremlin apparatchik before becoming defence minister.
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There are also indications that her man - apparently seen in shorts on the plane - could be younger than Belousov.
Whether the affair is Belousov or another senior official figure in the Russian power structure, the disclosure reportedly triggered fury over what is seen as a security breach.
Military sources indicated that the Kremlin 'sugar daddy' had been visited at work by the secret services after the mistress's revelations.
Shalaeva, from Yekaterinburg, said her lover is 'a Kremlin man, though, that's another story. Reliability level is 200%.'
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She admits to bringing her three-year-old son Tim on the trip - sparking speculation that it could be her lover's child.
'At three years old, he's already flown in a military aircraft,' she posted.
Belousov, an economist and civilian technocrat, is not a career soldier and holds no formal military rank - but his authority
In Rostov, Shalaeva, her son, and her mystery man were reportedly picked up by a "very expensive foreign car".
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It was local media in Rostov that first flagged the scandal, without naming names.
Russian outlets have so far avoided identifying the man.
What are Porta Potty parties?
PORTA potty parties are events, usually in the United Arab Emirates, where women are paid large amounts of money to sexually gratify wealthy men - in often highly degrading ways.
It's thought that the women are sometimes duped into participating on false pretences - such as the promise of a modelling contract.
At the events, men exploit the opportunity to commit depraved acts on the women.
The name supposedly comes from the fact that the deeply disturbing acts can include men treating women as human toilets.
Women, often from ex-Soviet countries, are lured in by the promise of a glamorous lifestyle and highly paid careers in the oil-rich states.
An expert
Recruiters often target attractive women with online presences, or even TV stars.
Radha Stirling, founder and CEO of Detained in Dubai, told The Sun: "It's exploitation disguised as glamour or opportunity. Women, in particular, are offered all sorts of opportunities in Dubai.
"They might be offered to come and model, to come and play music, or to expand their career in some way or another.
"But what they don't realise is that when they get there, they are essentially at the beck and call of whoever has brought them there.
"They're under their complete control, and they put themselves in such a risky position where they could end up gang raped, they could end up drugged, they could end up dead."
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