They were subjected to US sanctions.. Who are Putin's two daughters, and what is the secret of the mystery around them?
Recently, US sanctions have targeted the two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Although little information about the Russian president's family has been confirmed, documents and media reports indicate that he has two daughters, the eldest, Maria Vorontsova, aged 36, and the younger, Katerina Tikhonova, aged 35.
According to the "Al-Marsad" newspaper, Putin explained that his two daughters are from his ex-wife Lyudmila, whom he married in 1983 when she was a flight attendant and was an officer in the Soviet KGB, and their marriage lasted 30 years.
In 2013, the couple announced their consensual separation. "It was a joint decision... we hardly see each other, each of us has our own life," Putin said.
Maria Vorontsova
Putin's eldest daughter was born in 1985, she studied biology at St. Petersburg University and medicine at Moscow State University.
She is currently an academic and an endocrinologist, co-author of a book on stunted children, and is listed as a researcher at the Moscow Endocrinology Research Center.
She is married to Dutch businessman Jorit Wassen, who once worked for the Russian state energy giant Gazprom, although they separated.
Putin's youngest son
Katerina Tikhonova emerged due to her talents as a rock 'n' roll dancer, and she and her partner ranked fifth at an international event in 2013.
She married Kirill Shamalov, the son of an old friend of Putin, and their wedding took place at an exclusive ski resort near St Petersburg.
The couple divorced in 2018, and Katerina Tikhonova now works in academia and business, according to Western media reports.
Tikhonova appeared briefly in Russian state media in 2018 to talk about neurotechnology, and also at a business forum in 2021, but her relationship with Putin was not mentioned.
Putin's grandchildren
were mentioned by Putin in a 2017 phone call, but he did not say how many or which of his daughters he had.
"Regarding my grandchildren, one of them is already in foster care, and I don't want them to grow up like some kind of royal prince. I want them to grow up like normal people," he said.
Putin does not want to talk about his family, especially his two daughters. He said at one of the conferences: "My daughters live in Russia and are educated only in Russia, and I am proud of them.. I do not talk about my family with anyone.. Everyone has the right to his destiny and live his life with dignity." ".
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