In April 2008, the "Moskovsky Korrespondent" reported that Kabaeva was engaged to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The story was denied and the newspaper was shut down. In the following years, the status of Kabaeva and Putin's relationship became a topic of speculation, including allegations that they have multiple children together. In July 2013, Kabaeva reported that she does not have any children. In March 2015, Kabaeva was reported to have given birth to a girl at the VIP-hospital of Saint Ann in Ticino, Switzerland. In 2019, she reportedly gave birth to twin boys at the Kulakov maternity clinic in Moscow.