RUSSIAN despot Vladimir Putin seduced a 17-year-old girl who “posed in an erotic calendar to boost his voter appeal”, according to a new book.

The explosive claims come in “The Tsar in Person. How Vladimir Putin Fooled Us All”, a freshly published tome by journalists Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin.

Putin would have been marking his 58th birthday when he encountered Alisa Kharcheva, then 17.

She was pictured illustrating the month of April in an “erotic calendar” as a “gift” to Putin by students at Moscow State University. 

But the calendar was actually a paid-for stunt from his PR machine to promote his macho image ahead of Russia’s 2012 presidential election.

This is the election that saw him return to the presidency after a four year stint as prime minister.

“In reality, along with the calendar, Putin also received the contact details of the girls who appeared in it,” according to the book.

“His choice fell on one – 17-year-old Alisa Kharcheva, a native of Korolyov, a town near Moscow, where she had already taken part in small beauty contests.”

Rumours around Putin’s relationship with Alisa have been reported before, but the book offers fresh details that claim to confirm it.

This would mean Putin a relationship with her at a time when he was married to his then wife Lyudmila.

He was also having a secret affair with gymnast lover Alina Kabaeva, 42, which reportedly began around 2007.

Kabaeva would later give birth to two of the dictator’s sons.

“Four people familiar with the story told us that soon after [the calendar was published], Putin’s aides called Kharcheva and invited her to the president’s suburban residence,” the book says.

“After her first visit, the young beauty was taken to see the president about once every two weeks for the course of a year, according to one source.”

Three months after Putin’s birthday, Alisa appeared on TV show ‘Ten Million’.

She dismissed comments about her age and the calendar was “within the limits of what is permissible”.

“He [Putin] liked it very much. His press secretary said that he liked it,” she said.

A source told the authors: “For each meeting between Putin and Alisa we would prepare some sort of project, for her to present to Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin]. 

“Alisa did this willingly. She felt grateful that she had been introduced to the president.”

But it adds: “What went on in the Kremlin’s alcoves between a 58-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl only they know.”

She also reportedly was granted a place at the prestigious Moscow’s Institute of International Relations as “a reward from Putin”.

When Putin’s interest in her began to wane, she published a photo on her social media titled Pussy for Putin to mark his 60th birthday.

“Kharcheva did indeed appear with a black kitten, but what caught the eye much more was the plunging neckline of her red dress,” said the book.

But Putin was apparently met with disapproval from Putin himself.

The book reads: “Very soon, Kharcheva deleted the post, as well as removing all her old photographs from public access.

“Neither she nor Putin’s press service ever commented on this photo shoot.”

She later acquired an expensive apartment in a prestigious district of Moscow.

Now 32 and married, Alisa previously denied the luxury flat was security for her by Putin.  

“No one has ever asked me such stupid questions,” she said, claiming she paid for the mortgage.