My ‘son’ Putin shot chickens as a child and hated losing fights – he’d never give up until he crushed his opponents

A WOMAN who claimed to be Vladmir Putin’s real mum revealed how he shot chickens as a child and never gave up fights until his opponents were crushed. Vera Putina who died in poverty aged 97, described Vlad’s bizarre childhood behaviour in an exclusive Sun interview given before her death. Vera Putina claimed that Vlad was her real son AlamyShe claimed that the Russian tyrant was surrounded by abuse and neglect while growing up[/caption] ReutersVera recalled giving Vlad the nickname ‘Vova’ as a child[/caption] AlamyPutin pictured as a child in one of the few known early photos of him[/caption] The woman swore that the Russian tyrant Putin was her son, born from an affair with a married man before she gave him away at the age of 10. Her account is at odds with Vlad’s official story – which states his parents were Vladimir Putin Snr. and Maria Shelomova. And her account has never been categorically proven. The retired engineer claimed Vlad – who she nicknamed Vova – spent his early childhood in the village of Metekhi where he was subjected to abuse and neglect at the hands of his stepfather Georgi. At the age of 10 she told how her son was sent back to his grandparents in Ochyor, Russia, and never came back. But in a shocking interview given before her passing, Vera revealed details of little Vlad’s traumatic childhood – which sparked his brutal behaviour growing up and may go some way to explain the current psyche of the Kremlin kingpin. Vera told The Sun in one of her last interviews: “Vova was a quiet boy, a thoughtful little kid. I still keep the sling he made to shoot at neighbours’ chickens. “They weren’t too thrilled about that though and often complained. “Despite being quiet, he was very competitive and short-tempered, he couldn’t stand anyone from his peers being better than him at anything – be it fishing, or wrestling. “He always had to beat others and wouldn’t rest till he’d have done just that – gone one better than somebody else did. She claimed that this behaviour stemmed from the childhood trauma forced on him by his stepfather. Vera said: “He didn’t beat Vova, but he didn’t hide his dislike towards him. “He’d often threaten that he’d kick “the bastard” out of his house. “The day would go by without him saying a word to the child. Vova was suffering, and hated him, but he was also afraid of the man and didn’t dare to raise his voice. “He’d often kick Vova out of house during winter, barefoot, and then it was up to kind neighbours to shelter him. “When my husband, his step-father, was dying, he had visions that Vova was back. “His last words were: “Ask that little Russian boy standing in the corner to come over and sit and eat with us”. “He couldn’t stand seeing Vova at the table, so he’d often eat alone.” Vera believed that this relationship caused Vlad to become cold-hearted and introverted and eventually sparked him to begin taking his anger and pain out on the animals in their village. The woman recalled fleeing the home she shared with Vlad’s drunken stepfather to take refuge at her parents house. But this was the last time Vera was ever going to see her little boy. She told The Sun: “After we reconciled, I returned, but without Vova – my parents didn’t want to give him back – said they would take good care of him. “That’s the last I saw my boy. This will be my biggest regret till the day I die, that I let my little boy be taken from my arms.” Vera revealed that her 10-year-old son was never returned to her because her Russian father was furious that she had married a Georgian. When she finally returned to visit her parents when her mum was on her deathbed, she learnt the truth about what had happened to her little boy. “I learned my father took him to a military gymnasium (KGB school), saying: I’ve taken him to a place where they will make a real man out of him. “I was told that later he became a military man. I am proud…proud that people call him the ‘Little Stalin’,” she said. Vera claimed that “Vova” was born on October 7 1950, two years before Vlad’s official birth date in 1952. Before her death, the mother explained how she would receive death threats after making her claims of being Mr Putin’s mother public. However, experts in Moscow insist that Vera’s black and white photograph of her son, aged seven, is not the Russian president. Dmitry Peskov, Mr Putin’s spokesman, dismissed the claims. He said: “The story is not true. It does not correspond to reality at all.” AlamyHer accounts have never been proven[/caption] Vera claimed that Putin would shoot chickens as a child and hated losing fights AFPPutin has continued to deny Vera’s claims[/caption]