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☆ Putin’s daughters make rare appearance at St. Petersburg economic forum
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Radina Gigova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin rarely make public appearances, but this week they took part in panels at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Putin has said his daughters work in science and education and that he has grandchildren, but he has never confirmed their names. Katerina Tikhonova, Putin's daughter and the head of Innopraktika development initiative, virtually attended the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday. Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty ImagesBoth of them have attended the annual St. Petersburg forum in the past, but only the younger daughter, Tikhonova, has been a speaker, according to the Russian independent outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe. Tikhonova, who is a tech executive, made a video appearance on Thursday at a forum about ensuring the “technological sovereignty” of the military-industrial complex.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Maria Vorontsova, Katerina Tikhonova, Lyudmila, Putin, Olga Maltseva, Tikhonova, Vladimir Soloviev, Alexey Navalny, Vorontsova, Kirill Shamalov Organizations: CNN, St ., Economic, Saint Petersburg, Getty, Novaya Gazeta Europe, National Intellectual Development Foundation, US, Russian Association for, Science, Analysts Locations: St, St . Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia, AFP, Petersburg, Russian, Ukraine, Dutch, Netherlands, Biarritz, France

☆ Putin and his Kremlin clique are rolling out their own kids at the 'Russian Davos'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewIt's the time of the year for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum — or the "Russian Davos," as it's sometimes called. This year, the biggest names attending the event include Bolivian President Luis Arce and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Related VideoBut the four-day economic forum, which started on Wednesday, now also features the children of the Kremlin's top echelons, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Advertisement"Now that this opportunity has become harder, the way to protect themselves is to appoint their children as bosses," Schulmann told Bloomberg. Putin is scheduled to address the economic forum on Friday.

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin's, Emmanuel Macron, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Angela Merkel, Luis Arce, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Maria Vorontsova, Katerina Tikhonova, Anton Vaino's, Alexander, Ekaterina Schulmann, Schulmann, Putin Organizations: Service, St ., Economic, Indian, Business, Bolivian, Bloomberg, Russian Association for, Kremlin, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center Locations: St, St . Petersburg, Russian Davos, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Berlin

☆ Putin's biologist daughter is still getting published in science journals in the West despite the Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Maria Vorontsova, Putin's daughter, is a scientist at Moscow State University. Vorontosova, Putin's eldest daughter, is a researcher at Moscow State University specialising in endocrinology, or the study of the system in the body that regulates hormones. The three articles published in MPDI publications appeared in 2022 and 2023, according to Vorontsova's university research profile. Her sister, Katerina Tikhoniva, is a dancer and also works in a senior position at Moscow State University, Reuters reported. In the wake of the Ukraine invasion, the US and other Western allies of Ukraine imposed sanctions on Putin's family.

Persons: Vladimir Putin's, Maria Vorontsova, Vladimir, Putin's, Young Vladimir Putin, Vorontsova, MDPI, Putin, Lyudmila Putina, Mikhail Fridman, Katerina Tikhoniva, Tikhonova's Organizations: Moscow State University ., Service, Moscow State University, US Endocrine Society, Moscow Times, Getty, Putin Reuters, Reuters, US Treasury Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Russia, MDPI, Dresden, Germany, Dutch, Netherlands, Moscow

☆ Putin's family owns lavish mansions in Moscow and France and has spent millions refurbishing them, leaks say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Proekt said the properties are located near Putin's Moscow mansion. The Russian president has long sought to keep secret the vast wealth he and his family own. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ex-wife Lyudmila enter a Moscow polling station, 02 December 2007, to cast their votes in Russia's parliamentary elections. Katerina Tikhonova, deputy director of the Institute for Mathematical Research of Complex Systems at Moscow State University and daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and his rumored girlfriend and retired rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva (right).

Persons: Proekt, —, Vladimir Putin, Putin's, Kiril Shamanov, Putin, Lyudmila Shkrebneva, Maria Vorontsova, Katerina Tikhonova, Tikhonova, Shamalov, Lyudmila, DMITRY ASTAKHOV, Vorontsova's, Alina Kabaeva, Sasha Mordovets, Juliana Kaplan Organizations: Service, Russian, Getty, Institute for Mathematical Research, Systems, Moscow State University, REUTERS, Shkrebneva, Tikhonova, Putin Locations: Russian, Putin's Moscow, Ogaryovo, Moscow, AFP, Biarritz, France, Sibur, Ukraine

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