Katerina Tikhonova, the second daughter of Vladimir Putin.
Some will interpret it as a paradox of fate … or luck. The youngest daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Katerina, is engaged to a dancer, former director of the Munich State Ballet, with a surname. Zelensky, as president of Ukrainianonly his name is Igor and not Volodimir.
This was revealed by Russian independent information weekly Vashnie Istorii, associated with the German magazine Der Spiegel
Katerina Tikhonova Putina was born in 1986 and she is the second daughter of the president of Russia. Igor Zelensky, on the other hand, was 52 years old and led the Bayerisches Staatsbaalett until April 4, when he resigned, officially for family reasons, although in reality it was due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Igor Zelensky is a Russian dancer who is a ballet director in Munich.
According to Vashnie Istorii, between 2017 and 2019, Putin’s son traveled to Munich several times. By the end of 2019, he was tired of so many trips and settled in Germany.
The daughters of the president of Russia keep the profile low but they made headlines in April when the United States imposed sanctions on them as part of retaliation against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: EFE
Katerina Tikhonovna and Maria Putina, who are over 30 years old, is rarely seen in public and their father hardly mentions them. They are almost a mystery and the Kremlin only recognized them by their first names.
“We think a lot of Putin’s assets are hidden from family members, and that’s why we’re targeting them,” said a senior administration official Joe Biden who spoke to journalists before the sanctions.
Katerina and Maria are the Kremlin’s best kept secrets. Their identities have not yet been officially confirmed, so the Russians themselves do not know what they are or what they are doing.
Mariya Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, Putin’s children.
“I’m proud of them. I never discuss things related to my family. They don’t get involved in business or politics. They just live and do it with dignity,” Putin said in December 2015, on one of very few occasions. . where he mentions his descendants.
The last photo of Putin with his daughters was from 2002, during a beach vacation, and they both turned their backs on each other. Since then, Maria and Katerina is protected by special zeal of Russia’s security services.
It is known that they are currently living in Russia and that since 2014, when this country was subject to Western sanctions for the annexation of Crimea and its invasion of the Ukrainian Donbas, they have traveled to Western countries in the wilderness. occasions.
In 2021, both participated in St. Petersburg Economic Forum, although as specialists in their professional fields, not as daughters of the head of state. Of course, her patronymic was Vladímirovna, that is, daughters of Vladímir.
Source: Clarin
