The sons of the elite close to Putin live an extravagant life in the arms of the West

Elizaveta Peskova has the son of Dmitry Peskov.

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They lived in luxury Parisian apartments, enjoyed ski holidays in Austria, studied at the finest universities in London and Paris, and their social media accounts were filled with pictures of the latest designer dresses.

They are the "children of the Kremlin" who were raised in Western culture, yet their parents, who own luxury properties in the best neighborhoods of European capitals, criticize the West.

"CNN" recently presented a report about the luxurious life of the children of the elite close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, including his son, Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, who received an excellent education in the West, and Dmitry Peskov, Putin's trumpet, whose daughter owns a multi-million dollar apartment. In Paris.

CNN says the elite have amassed huge, dubious wealth, spending much of it in Western economies.

One of the "families of Russian corruption and hypocrisy" mentioned in the report is the family of Peskov, Putin's chief spokesman, who speaks out daily against the West.

Washington recently imposed sanctions on Peskov, who has been in office for nearly 10 years, and his wife and two adult sons, noting that the family lives "luxurious lifestyles that are not commensurate with the salary of a civil servant."

Peksov, who is supposed to have earned a salary of $ 173,000 in 2020, was seen wearing a $ 600,000 watch. The Anti-Corruption Organization, an organization affiliated with the Russian opposition, said he had spent honey on a yacht for $430,000.

The foundation revealed that Peskov's wife, ex-wife and children own luxury cars and homes worth millions of dollars around the world.

His daughter from his second marriage, Elizaveta, 24, who lives in Paris, told a television channel that she preferred "living in the European environment" and described Russia's education system as "a real hell".

She reportedly posted an Instagram story with the phrase "No to War", but it was quickly deleted.

She studied as a youngster in a school near Paris whose annual fees are about a quarter of her father's salary, trained at the famous French fashion house "Louis Vuitton" and in the European Parliament, and obtained a degree in marketing from a French business school.

She owns a multi-million dollar apartment with her mother, in one of the city's most expensive neighborhoods in 2016. According to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, it has an area of ​​180 square meters on Victor Hugo Street, which is located between the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe.

Her half-brother, Nicholas Schulze, grew up in England and travels the world in private jets, with real estate in Moscow and a fleet of luxury vehicles.

Lavrov, who advocated a "post-Western" order, in 2017, sent his daughter Ekaterina to prestigious universities in London and New York.

His daughter attended Columbia University in New York, where she lived for 17 years before earning a degree from the London School of Economics.

His girlfriend's daughter, Polina Kovaleva, owns a $5.8 million apartment in one of London's most expensive neighborhoods.

She has previously posted pictures of herself on a yacht, an Austrian ski resort and a beachside villa.

Kovaleva and Ekaterina were recently subjected to British sanctions.

It is said that Putin's eldest daughter, Maria, married a Dutch businessman, and they lived in a $3.3 million apartment in the Netherlands.

He has his youngest daughter Katrina and has an eight-bedroom villa in Biarritz, France.

It is worth noting that Maria and Katrina were subjected to US and British sanctions recently.

Daniel Triesman, a professor who specializes in Russian politics at the University of California, called what is happening "extreme hypocrisy", although "maybe they don't see it as a contradiction... They think that there is this competition between the United States and Russia, but why should this affect the educational plans of their children?" Where are their castles located?"

And saying that they "want to live in the West because the richest countries in the world are in the West, and Western countries have the rule of law, and they are safer than Russia for their money."

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