Born on 7 October 1952, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia, a position he has filled since 2012, and previously from 1999 until 2008. He was also the prime minister from 1999 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012. Putin is the second-longest current serving European president after Alexander Lukashenko.
Vladimir Putin is a very strategic leader. The most interesting thing is that he maintains secrecy in protecting his family as well. Very little is known about Putin’s family. It is rumoured that he has two children or three and that he is raising third person very secretly.
Putin’s wife was Lyudmila Skrebneva, a former air hostess. Putin married Skrebneva in 1983 and the couple got divorced in 2013. The couple jointly released the divorce news in an interview with news channels after attending a dance event. During his busy life, Putin said that they did not even have time to see each other, and that he was divorcing because he respect his wife and her freedom as an individual.
Even when they were married, Skrebneva did not appear in public much. Her presence was mostly seen when the protocol dictated. She always kept accurate distance from the media.
Putin has two daughters with Skrebneva. Eldest daughter Maria Vorontsova who lives in Moscow with her husband. She is doing research in the field of medicine. Maria’s husband Jorit Fasen is a Danish citizen.
The youngest daughter, Katherine, is a well-known dancer. But in public, she is known as Katharina Tikhonova, whose grandmother’s family name is attached to her name. Therefore, even as a widely known acrobatic dancer in Russia, Katherine’s relationship with Putin is unknown to many.
In addition, it is widely believed that Putin has a daughter with his girlfreind Alina Kabayeva, a genius and Olympic gold medalist. A report on this appeared in the 2008 Russian newspaper Moskowski Correspondent. Putin denied the news, but in the following days the newspaper itself had to close down. There are unconfirmed reports that Kabayeva gave birth to twins in 2019 and that they are Putin’s children.
In addition, Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria, has given birth to two boys. So Putin is also a grandfather. Putin himself hinted at this in an interview with a Russian media outlet.
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