Vladimir Putin: biography, shocking details from the life of the Russian President

Putin's children

© Photo cont.ws, Photo presumably from the family archive of Vladimir Putin The union of Lyudmila Putina and her husband produced two daughters.
Maria was born in 1985. She was named after my dad's grandmother. Ekaterina, named after her mother’s grandmother, was born in 1986. In Germany, Lyudmila Putina was friends with Irena Pietsch. The woman told Sobesednik journalists her impressions of communicating with Putin’s heirs. Pitch admitted that she had never met more well-mannered girls in her life than Putin’s daughters. From the outside it might seem that the girls were timid. In fact, they just tried not to get close to people and behaved with dignity. The sisters expressed their opinions and did not try to outshine each other. Each of them tried to be in the other person’s place in order to better understand his words and actions.

According to official information, Maria and her sister studied at a private educational institution in the city of St. Petersburg, at an educational institution at the German embassy in the capital. In 2005, the girls successfully passed the exams at the State University of St. Petersburg. Putin's daughters studied according to programs that were compiled for them individually, for each of them. In 2014, Vladimir Putin told TASS reporters that his heirs live in the capital. According to him, he met with his daughters at home. But meetings were rare, only 1-2 times a month. To do this, it was still necessary to choose a time to see the heiresses.

Height, weight, age. How old is Vladimir Putin?

The masses want to know absolutely everything about this famous political figure.
How much does our President weigh and how long has he lived in the world, and what does he eat for breakfast? Vladimir Putin's height, weight, and age are not state secrets. The future President of the Russian Federation was born back in 1952, which means he was 64 years old.

Vladimir Vladimirovich weighs neither more nor less than 77 kilograms with a tall height of 1.70. However, this indicator is constantly changing, and to a lesser extent. Weight loss is influenced by activity and a sports lifestyle.

Height, weight, age of Vladimir Putin photo

Maria Putina

About education

The eldest daughter of the Russian leader was born in Leningrad. She was a student at the private gymnasium "Peterschule". Then she attended the German Haas School. The educational institution is located in the capital, at the German Embassy. Teachers and students spoke only German.

The young man, who studied in the same class with Maria Putina, spoke with Sobesednik journalists. According to him, the students of the German school did not need to be proud of their educational success. They had another goal - to show off the authority of their parents. Students who considered themselves “elite” tried to stay apart. Maria had little contact with her classmates. Soon she left the school. The reason given was “for security reasons.” But there was another version - supposedly the girl had problems with her academic performance.

When Maria graduated from school, she became a student at the State University of the Northern Capital. The girl chose the Faculty of Biology and Soil Science. She was also a student at Moscow State University, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine. Journalists from Sobesednik asked Masha’s classmates. According to them, they did not see Maria Putina at the university, although she studied in the same course with them. The teachers said that they taught the girl on Sundays. Most often, they came to Maria’s house. When there were practical classes, Maria herself came to the university.

About personal life

As the media wrote, Maria Putina started a family with a Dutch entrepreneur whose name is Jorrita Joosta Faassen. De Telegraaf reported that the father is a businessman and a local artist. Jorrita was a student at the University of The Hague, where he studied architectural history. After training, the entrepreneur came to Russia, where he was able to achieve career heights.

In November 2007, a Dutch entrepreneur came to Gazprombank-invest. He became one of the senior specialists in the residential real estate department. In the fall of 2008, Jorrita Joosta received the position of vice president. This organization built gas and oil pipelines, and at that time was managed by Gazprombank. Soon, Faassen was elected to the board, and he headed the strategic planning department at Gazprombank.

One of the employees who worked at Stroytransgaz told Vedomosti journalists in 2011 that Faassen’s colleagues considered him close to the family of the Russian president. Disputes often arose on this topic within the corporation. All employees were interested in talking about their Dutch colleague.

In 2010, Faassen's career changed. He received a leadership position on the board of directors. Faassen worked in this position until mid-2020. This information was provided on the organization's website.

In the fall of 2010, the name of the Dutch businessman appeared on the pages of publications. Security officers from Matvey Urin, the head of the bank, attacked Faassen and beat him. The incident occurred in the capital, on Rublevskoye Highway. Law enforcement officers arrested Urin. He was arrested, accused of fraud, and imprisoned for 7.5 years. The banker's personal driver and his 6 security officers were given 2.5 to 4.5 years in prison. They were accused of beatings, committing hooliganism, and damaging other people's property, so they were deprived of their freedom. The Slon publication reported that the Dutch businessman, at the time of the attack, was one of the directors of the Gazprombank-Invest Limited Liability Company. A year later (in 2011), Jorrita Joosta began working at Gazprom International. The company was engaged in the development of deposits in African countries.

In 2014, information appeared in the press that Maria and her husband live in the southern part of the Netherlands, in the village of Vorschoten.

About career

Reuters reported that Maria Faassen is now interested in everything that happens in the field of biomedicine. The girl studied the endocrine system. On the Internet site of the “Truth” system, designed to take into account and analyze the activities of Moscow State University employees, Maria is listed as one of the authors of 5 scientific works. These are the achievements of the president’s daughter for 2017-2019. Maria co-authored a publication that examined idiopathic short stature in children. In 2020, the book was published thanks to Lambert Academic Publishing.

The president's daughter is on the staff of the Endocrinological Research Center of the Russian Ministry of Health. The center is engaged in charity work, in particular, the Alpha-Endo program. Her goal is to help children who have diseases of the endocrine system.

Vladimir Putin's ex-wife got married for the second time: truth or fiction?

They were together for almost 30 years, but what happened? Why did the Russian “couple No. 1” break up so suddenly? Moreover, the spouses did this, as it should be for intelligent people, quietly, without washing dirty linen in public.

Lyudmila Putina: still the wife of the President of the Russian Federation

The President's first wife, Lyudmila Putina, gradually stopped appearing in the news next to her influential and respected husband. And then a message appeared that everyone was afraid to say out loud for a long time: Vladimir Putin officially broke up with his wife. Allegedly, the reason for the divorce was the employment and public lifestyle of her influential husband.

Moreover, very soon information appeared that the ex-first lady had married a second time. Moreover, the new bride is 20 years older than her chosen one! Now Putin’s ex-wife bears the surname of her young husband, Ocheretnaya, but still prefers not to appear in public with her new life partner.

For details of how Putin's wife got married, see here

Putin's ex-wife Lyudmila and her new husband Arthur Ocheretny

Should we believe these rumors? – Yes, if the President himself made the promise to marry his respected ex-wife! Moreover, during the live broadcast of his traditional big press conference.

And how beautifully it all began... Young, beautiful, full of new hopes and plans for the future... In the photo of this happy married couple, it is now difficult to recognize the current President Vladimir Putin and his first wife, Lyudmila.

Vladimir Putin's ex-wife was happily married for almost 30 years

Ekaterina Putina

Getting an education

The life of Ekaterina, Putin’s second daughter, is watched as closely as the life of her sister.

The heiress to the Russian President was born in 1986. She was born on the last day of summer, August 31st. At this time, the girl’s parents lived in the German Democratic Republic. Katya received her education at the private educational institution “Petershule”, which was located in the Northern capital. When the Putins began to live in Moscow, the “German School named after Haas” became the institution where Katya received her education. The school operated on the territory of the German embassy. Since 2000, teachers came to the girl’s home for educational lessons. The FreeLance Bureau website stated that in the late 90s, the annual tuition fee for one student in a German school was more than 7,000 German marks per child.

According to the memoirs of Vera Gurevich, who taught Vladimir Vladimirovich, Katya was a smart student. When Gurevich once came to visit the Putins, the girl said that she was interested in the People's Republic of China. Even then, the girl was studying Chinese.

In 2005, at St. Petersburg University, Ekaterina studied the history of Eastern states. The girl chose the specialty that appealed to her most - “History of Japan.”

Ivan Steblin-Kamensky, who worked as the dean of the faculty of the University of St. Petersburg, told journalists of the newspaper “Life” about how Putin’s daughters studied at the university. According to him, no one observed any excitement around the famous girls. The teachers remembered Katerina as an ordinary student, whose behavior was no different from her peers. If the heirs of the Russian president were guarded, then no one saw these people, or they behaved unnoticed. Future students had no idea that the daughters of the first person of Russia were entering the university with them. The university teachers knew that Catherine was interested in the Chinese language, and she studied it herself. They were sure that the girl would study the history of China, but she changed her mind and chose the history of Japan.

In 2006, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported that when Katerina Putina became a student at the University of St. Petersburg, the oriental faculty “moved.” It began to be located in a new premises, on Vasilyevsky Island. These instructions, in connection with the change in the location of one of the faculties, were given by Valentina Matvienko, the governor of the Northern capital. Katya’s classmates recalled that the Faculty of Oriental Studies is chosen by enthusiastic boys and girls who like the history of the East. They did not see Putin, since the girl studied according to an individual plan. According to the teachers, they themselves went to Katerina.

"Marriage to a Korean citizen"

Media representatives are closely monitoring how Putin’s daughters arrange their personal lives.

In the fall of 2010, information about the future marriage of Katerina Putina appeared in the Korea JoongAng Daily. The girl's chosen one was a former employee of the South Korean embassy in the Russian Federation. Information about the upcoming wedding was confirmed by Yong Jong-Gu, commander of the Korean Navy, father of the groom. The publication talked about the details of the novel. Allegedly, Katerina met Yen Jr. in 1997. The young people met in Moscow when there was a party at an international school. Katerina continued to see her lover even after his father stopped working in Moscow. In 2002, Korea was chosen as the country to host the World Football Championship. The girl visited her chosen one in Korea. The newspaper wrote that the lovers were studying in America and were going to announce their engagement soon.

The press secretary of the head of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, denied publications about an imminent wedding. The potential groom himself made a statement to The Chosun Ilbo newspaper. He said that he had simply known Ekaterina Putina for more than 10 years. But his plans did not include marrying a girl. Yong admitted that it was too early for him to think about starting a family at the age of 26. The marriage rumors are not true.

Work by Ekaterina Tikhonova

At the beginning of 2020, the media wrote on the pages of publications about the activities of the daughter of the President of the Russian Federation. The National Intellectual Development Foundation now has a director in the person of Katerina Tikhonova. Foundation employees are developing a “scientific and technological valley” project under the auspices of Moscow State University.

Oleg Kashin, a press representative, said that in the summer of 2020 he learned about the creation of a “new Skolkovo” on Vorobyovy Gory. Allegedly, Putin instructed his daughter to manage the project (not nominally), since he could not find another candidate. There were rumors that the President of the Russian Federation had no doubts about his daughter’s abilities, and the girl would be able to cope with her duties “excellently.”

Andrei Akimov, one of the leaders of Gazprombank, told Reuters reporters that Katerina Tikhonova is the daughter of the Russian president.

Akimov is related to the Innopraktika project, operating at Moscow State University. The fund is managed by Ekaterina. Akimov admitted that he knew about the management of this fund by the heiress of the head of state. But he finances the projects of Moscow State University researchers, despite his involvement in the president’s family. “Innopraktiki” is a program that is consistent with the bank’s development plans, and Gazprom strives to support scientific progress. Akimov reported this to media representatives.

When readers read the article “Putin’s Daughters and the Second Generation Elite in Russia,” many questions arose. Andrei Akimov made a statement. Gazprom journalists, on his behalf, stated that Akimov was not involved in Reuters publications. But two officials in high-ranking circles confirmed to journalists that Tikhonova is the daughter of the head of the Russian Federation.

As stated on the MSU Internet site, Katerina Tikhonova is now on the university staff. She realizes her talent at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics. The name of the president's daughter is listed as the author of a math textbook.

Tikhonova took part in 6 scientific works. One of them talks about studies of the effect of zero gravity on the human body. Tikhonova wrote the “lion’s share” of articles together with Viktor Sadovnichy. He works at Moscow University, as rector.

Tikhonova headed the National Intellectual Development Foundation, whose activities are not related to commerce. The daughter of the Russian President runs the Center for National Intellectual Reserve (CNIR). These two institutions are related to the capital's university. At Moscow State University, employees are working on the Innopraktika project. Its mission is to provide support to young scientists engaged in scientific discoveries. This project is under the patronage of Putin’s daughter.

The people who are members of the FNIR board of trustees are representatives of such well-known companies as Transneft, Rosatom, RDIF, Rostec, SIBUR, Gazprombank. On the Internet site of the CNIR it is said about the cooperation of Innopraktika with Rosneft, Rostec, Russian Direct Investment Fund, Gazprombank and SIBUR.

Reuters reports that 5 people work at Moscow State University together with Tikhonova, who are considered to be members of the Russian president’s inner circle. Among them are two former KGB officers who remember Katya as a little girl. The board of trustees of Innopraktika includes Sergei Chemezov, general director, and Nikolai Tokarev, head of Transneft. These two leaders worked together with Putin in the KGB, and lived not far from him in Dresden.

Employees of two foundations (“National Intellectual Development” and “Center for National Intellectual Reserve”) are engaged in the “scientific and technological valley” project. The results of the project were to be published by the end of 2020 in the capital. It was planned to expand the territory of Moscow State University. The university would occupy additional territory, which would increase by 240 hectares. Part of the university was supposed to be located in one of the respectable areas, at the intersection of Vernadsky and Michurinsky avenues.

It was planned to build buildings for student education and dormitories. In addition, it was possible to build 550 thousand square meters. housing. As RBC reported, it is planned to allocate $1.7 billion for the implementation of the entire project.

Moscow State University Rector Viktor Sadovnichev said that the total cost of the project is 110 billion rubles. When the “scientific and technological valley” was presented, the costs were approximately announced in the region of 149.9 billion rubles (at 2014 prices). Of this amount, the municipal budget was supposed to allocate 2.6% of the funds (3.9 billion rubles). The rest is investment funds.

Katerina Tikhonova's hobbies include acrobatic rock and roll. She is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of FARR (Federation of Rock and Roll).

Sponsorship was provided by Novatek, Gazprombank, and SIBUR.

Since the spring of 2014, Tikhonova began to be listed among the leaders of the World Rock and Roll Confederation. She is involved in marketing and development.

Marriage

Dmitry Dukhanin © Photo Kommersant Pictured is Kirill Shamalov According to Reuters, in 2020, Putin’s daughter, when talking to media representatives, admitted that she was married to Kirill Shamalov.
Then the presidential daughter was 29 years old. The young man’s father, Nikolai Shamalov, had long been friends with the Russian president. Nikolay is a shareholder of the Rossiya banking institution. This bank is on the EU sanctions list, and the bank is called the “personal bank of the Russian elite.”

As RBC reported, at the beginning of 2020, Katerina Tikhonova was seen in Switzerland, at the “Russian session” of the Davos Forum. The president's daughter appeared there with Kirill Shamalov. When Tikhonova was in Switzerland, she told everyone that she was Shamalov’s wife. This was reported by Reuters.

At the beginning of 2020, Bloomberg mentioned that Katerina started a family with Kirill Shamalov.

As stated in official sources, Shamalov worked for Gazprom, Rosoboronexport, Gazprombank and the Russian government. In 2008, Shamalov celebrated his 26th birthday. He received a leadership position at SIBUR. The company is engaged in gas and oil refining. From 2012 to 2020, Shamalov worked as one of the leaders of SIBUR, owned 21.3% of the shares (17% of the shares were given to him by Gennady Timchenko, Putin’s close associate). SIBUR is one of the main sponsors of the All-Russian Federation of Acrobatic Rock and Roll. This federation was headed by Putin's daughter, Ekaterina. In the spring of 2020, information appeared that Shamalov had resigned as deputy chairman of SIBUR. But he remained on the board of directors. He became one of the founders, whose activity is investing in IT. Denis Nikienko (one of the directors of SIBUR) and Sergey Kotlyarenko helped Shamalov in creating the company.

Kommersant reported that K. Shamalov’s plans include developing engineering services and processing polymer materials.

Vedomosti wrote that in the fall of 2014 she became the owner of Eti Service. This company is part of the AT Consulting group, whose scope of activities includes the commissioning and maintenance of information systems and the provision of other IT services. AT Consulting cooperates with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Energy, Rosreestr, the Ministry of Culture, the Treasury, Sberbank, and other clients.

Nikolai Shamalov, Kirill’s father, became one of the owners of Rossiya Bank in 2004. Together with him, the bank is led by Dmitry Gorelov and Yuri Kovalchuk. Nikolai Shamalov, according to the domestic Forbes rating, was in 198th place. Shamalov, together with Kovalchuk, headed the cooperative of summer residents “Ozero”. Among the shareholders were Vladimir Yakunin, (former head of Russian Railways), and the Russian president.

Bank Rossiya, owned by Kovalchuk and Shamalov, was named by the European Union as a banking institution associated with corruption.

Sergei Kolesnikov, one of the leaders of the Petromed holding, said that Shamalov was personally entrusted with overseeing the project to build a “presidential palace” near Gelendzhik.

When the construction of the presidential palace became known to the media, Alexander Ponomarenko (one of the ex-co-owners of the Novorossiysk sea trade port) bought two open joint-stock companies from Shamalov and two businessmen. They are called "Idokopas" and "Azure Berry". These companies owned a facility that was unfinished and located on Cape Idokopas.

About finances

Reuters wrote that financial analysts calculated the fortune of the daughter of the President of the Russian Federation and her husband. They may own assets totaling $2 billion. Most of the capital is shares of the SIBUR company, which is considered one of the largest Russian petrochemical holdings. Shamalov Jr. owns a villa located in the Bay of Escay, in France, Biarritz. The house, 4 floors high, (worth $4 million), was sold to Katerina’s husband by Gennady Timchenko.

The Anti-Corruption Foundation reported that the mansion in Biarritz previously belonged to and was the property of the Timchenko spouses. Since the fall of 2012, Kirill Shamalov became the head of two and Altamira.

Journalists continue to observe how Putin’s daughters live today.

Vladimir Putin's wife - Lyudmila Shkrebneva

Vladimir Putin's wife, Lyudmila Shkrebneva, met her future husband when he was not yet the head of Russia. Back in 1980, he served in the first domestic intelligence unit. A friend gave him tickets to a concert by Arkady Raikin. There he met his future wife.

They dated for a long time, although Lyudmila almost immediately realized that she only wanted Volodya as her husband. But Putin was in no hurry to change his bachelor habits. The couple got married only three years later in 1983.

Vladimir Putin's wife - Lyudmila Shkrebneva photo

The couple broke up in 2013, as Vladimir Vladimirovich explained, the spouses came to this step mutually. The divorce was officially filed in 2014. The reason for the divorce was the affair between the President of Russia and rhythmic gymnastics star Alina Kabaeva.

Lyudmila, however, argued that the problem was that Putin began to be at home less often and devoted himself to work. Due to constant employment, misunderstandings and quarrels arose at the everyday level. And all the rumors surrounding the connection between Vladimir Vladimirovich and Alina Maratovna are complete slander.