Vladimir Putin’s daughters sanctioned by US: All about them

The United States lately imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters — Maria and Katerina. Here’s all we learn about them.

Vladimir Putin (C) and his daughters — Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova (L) and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova.

The United States imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters. But there may be little details about the Putin household. Here is all that we all know concerning the elusive sisters — Maria and Katerina — who’re allegedly hiding Putin’s wealth.

The two ladies — Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova and Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova — are of their mid-thirties. Both are daughters of Putin’s first spouse, Lyudmila Putina.

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Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova (36), the elder sister, is a paediatric endocrinologist. She studied biology at St Petersburg University and medication at Moscow State University, in response to a Reuters investigation. She is concerned in genetics analysis, which Putin has up to now described as a discipline that may “decide the way forward for the entire world”.

Maria is the co-owner of Nomenko, a multi-million greenback medical agency. She specialises in uncommon illnesses in kids. She married Dutch businessman Joost Faassen however the present standing of this relationship is unknown.

Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova is a 35-year-old tech govt. She was once an acrobatic dancer and took part in a number of contests. Her internet price is reported to be USD 2 billion. In 2020, she was appointed to run a man-made intelligence institute at Moscow State University.

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Her work helps the Russian defence business and he or she at the moment heads Inno Practica, the event initiative funded by oligarchs in Putin’s interior circle.

A Reuters investigation in 2015 revealed that Katerina is married to Kirill Shamalov, son of Nikolai Shamalov, a long-time pal of President Putin. The report stated Shamalov senior is a shareholder in Bank Rossiya, which US officers have described as the private financial institution of the Russian elite.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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