The article provides an in-depth look at the family of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is known to keep his personal life private.
Putin has two daughters, Maria and Ekaterina (also known as Katerina Tikhonova), from his marriage to Lyudmila Putina. They divorced in 2013. Both daughters are involved in important fields - Maria is an endocrinologist, and Ekaterina works at Moscow State University and runs the Inna Praktika Foundation.
There are rumors that Putin is married to Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, who is the head of the National Media Group and has luxury real estate worth over a billion rubles. However, the Kremlin has denied this information.
Putin's family also includes distant relatives, such as his cousin Igor Putin, who has worked as a top manager of several banks, and his cousin Vera Putina, who has been involved in public politics. Another cousin, Mikhail Putin, has worked in medicine and headed the medical department of Gazprom.
One of Putin's most mysterious relatives is Mikhail Shelomov, who earns over five million rubles a day and has a state estimated at 1.25 billion dollars. However, he lives modestly in a rickety house with Soviet furniture.
Putin has grandchildren, but their names and ages are not publicly known. There are also rumors that Putin may have become a father for the third time, but this information is not confirmed.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Vladimir Putin has two daughters, Maria and Ekaterina (also known as Katerina).
2. Ekaterina is Putin's youngest daughter.
3. Putin's daughters are not involved in politics and do not interfere in public life.
4. Ekaterina works at Moscow State University and runs the Innopraktika Foundation.
5. Innopraktika Foundation is building a technological valley for Moscow State University worth 110 billion rubles.
6. Ekaterina defended her PhD thesis at the Institute of Mechanics of Moscow State University in 2019.
7. Ekaterina's supervisor was the rector Viktor Sadnichiy.
8. Maria studied at the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine of Moscow State University under the surname Vorontsova.
9. Maria took the surname Faso after marrying her husband, Jurid Faso, a Dutch national.
10. Jurid Faso worked as a top manager in several Russian companies, including in Kostroma.
11. In 2010, Faso was beaten by the guards of banker Matvey Urin due to a conflict on the road.
12. Urin was sentenced to prison for hooliganism and later accused of fraud.
13. Ekaterina married Kirill Shamalov, an old friend of Putin's, but they separated after five years of marriage.
14. Shamalov was included in the Forbes list and was a dollar billionaire until recently.
15. Ekaterina planned to marry the son of a Korean military man, but it is unclear if she actually did.
16. Putin's eldest daughter, Maria, gave birth to a child in 2012, according to Bulgarian media.
17. Maria's child's name is not officially confirmed.
18. Putin confirmed that he has grandchildren in an interview with Oliver Stone.
19. Putin did not reveal the ages or names of his grandchildren.
20. Alina Kabaeva, an Olympic champion and Putin's alleged wife, gave birth to a child in a Swiss clinic in 2015, according to media reports.
21. Putin and his wife, Lyudmila, announced their divorce in 2013.
22. Lyudmila Putina married businessman Arthur Ocheretny in 2017 and took his last name.
23. Lyudmila owns an office center in the center of Moscow, built on the site of a demolished architectural monument.
24. She receives almost 4 million dollars a year from renting the premises.
25. Putin has several cousins, including Igor Putin, who worked as a top manager of several banks.
26. Igor Putin was involved in a scam to launder about 700 billion rubles.
27. Putin's cousin, Roman Putin, worked for the FSB and founded the company Putin Consulting.
28. Roman Putin will head a new political party called People of Action.
29. Putin's cousin, Vera Putina, changed her surname to Putin in 2007 and headed the party magazine of United Russia in St. Petersburg.
30. Vera Putina became a municipal deputy in 2009 and then a top manager of the Hansa Commercial Bank.
31. Putin's cousin, Mikhail Putin, worked in the medical department of Gazprom and founded two pharmaceutical companies.
32. Mikhail Putin returned to Gazprom in 2018 as deputy chairman of the board.
33. Putin's cousin, Mikhail Shelomov, earns over five million rubles a day and has a net worth of 1.25 billion dollars.
34. Shelomov worked as a photographer in an atelier before making a career in the state shipping company Sovcomflot.
35. Shelomov created a company that became part of Bank Rossiya and the insurance company Sogaz.
Note: Some of these facts may not be officially confirmed, but they are reported in the text as factual information.