Morning star Alison Hammond’s handsome Russian boyfriend bares all while skinny dipping in a frozen lake.
Model and masseuse David Putman, 23 years younger than fun-loving Alison, 49, took to the water in a remote beauty spot in the Caucasus Mountains, close to where he was born in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
With the temperature hovering around 10°C and most people wisely bundled up, one onlooker can be heard cheering David on, saying: “You have to merge with nature completely… without pants.”
The stunning Kardyvach Lake, which sits at 6,030 feet and has no fish swimming in it, is a popular tourist spot and is close to where Russian leader Vladimir Putin owns two palaces, as well as a secret mountain ski lodge.
Alison Hammond’s boyfriend David Putman, 26, has been filmed swimming naked in a Russian lake.
The stunning lake he was filmed swimming in is close to Vladimir Putin’s summer dacha.
Alison Hammond’s boyfriend David Putman, pictured, dressed as a Cossack before leaving Russia.
David, pictured with Alison Hammond, left, moved to the UK two years ago to avoid being sent to Ukraine to fight for Vladimir Putin.
David and six-foot-ten Alison hooked up after she booked him a £150 massage session and he is now a regular visitor to her home after romance blossomed between the pair.
He moved to the UK two years ago to avoid being called to the front and a friend said: ‘When the war in Ukraine started, David’s mother Olga began to worry.
—She didn’t want her children to be involved in this. “She wanted them safe like any mother in the world,” so she moved to Slough, Berkshire, where her uncle Nigel, 71, lives but spends a lot of time working in London.
David also has British citizenship through his father, also called David, and thanks to this he was able to avoid being called up to the Russian army.
David Sr. is said to be a welder who moved to Russia in the late 1990s to marry architect Olga Kovalenko after the breakdown of his first marriage.
David also has two brothers, Apollo and Sviatoslov, who are twins three years older than him and live in England.
David also has British citizenship through his father, also called David, and thanks to this he was able to avoid being called up to the Russian army.
A friend of his said: “David is a very calm, simple and thoughtful person who likes to play the guitar.” He’s the strong, silent type, not a pushover, but not talkative like Alison either.
Last September, Alison hinted she has a new secret boyfriend after sharing a cryptic sexual confession during Loose Women Live.
David has shared some modeling photos on his own Instagram where Alison This Morning co-star and close friend Josie Gibson is among his followers.
The This Morning presenter is reported to be dating the handsome 6ft 10in model and the couple’s relationship blossomed from the moment Alison booked David for a £150 massage.
A friend of his said: “David is a very calm, simple and thoughtful person who likes to play the guitar.” He’s the strong, silent type, not a pushover, but not talkative like Alison either.
“In that sense, they are perfect for each other and for David, age is just a number. He doesn’t mind fame, he probably didn’t even know who Alison was when they met.
Last September, Alison hinted she has a new secret boyfriend after sharing a cryptic sexual confession during Loose Women Live.
She joined fellow ITV Daytime presenters Christine Lampard, Denise Welch, Brenda Edwards, Linda Robson and Janet Street-Porter for a show at the London Palladium.
During the event, Christine asked the panel: “Who has the most jiggy jigs?” Alison replied: ‘How’s Birmingham doing? I think we’re up there, really…’
The cheeky Brummie laughed out loud and then added: “Well, I am.”
Alison also revealed that she’s “always been afraid” of commitment, but is now ready to get married if Mr. Right comes along.
She was previously engaged to taxi driver Noureddine Boufaied, the father of her 19-year-old son Aidan, but claimed she was “not ready to get married at the time”.
Alison also dated landscape gardener Ben Hawkins for two years, before splitting a few months ago.
But she now appears to be fully committed to David, after sharing photos of the two of them together, while pictures on her social media clearly show her Russian upbringing.
Alison now appears to be fully committed to David, after sharing photos of the two of them together, while pictures on her social media clearly show her Russian upbringing.
A friend of David’s told the publication that David was able to avoid being drafted into the Russian army as his father, also called David, is originally from Slough, so the young masseuse already had British citizenship.
Several images show him in a traditional choir dressed in national costumes and, above all, in Cossack costumes.
He appears as a poster for Cossack warriors and is also seen posing with his mother, who is also a painter, in several snapshots.
His evident close ties to the Cossacks, a group with deep historical roots strongly associated with military service, which is especially prolific in the Krasnodar region, and known as Kuban.
During the war, the Kuban swore allegiance to Putin and were willing to fight in the war.
In May 2023, when David had left Russia, some 4,000 Cossack “volunteer” fighters from his region had been sent to front-line positions in the war, according to reports.
Putman would have left Russia to avoid being called to fight in Ukraine