Little is known publicly about Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughters, sanctioned on Wednesday by the US government over Moscow's 'atrocities in Ukraine.'
WASHINGTON - Little is known publicly about Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughters, sanctioned on Wednesday by the US government over Moscow's "atrocities in Ukraine."
In rare remarks over the years, Putin has disclosed that his daughters received their university education in Russia, speak several European languages and live in Russia. Putin also has grandchildren. Russian media have identified Tikhonova as a mathematician who heads a science and technology foundation affiliated with Russia's leading state university.
During a press conference in 2019, Putin declined to directly answer a question about his daughters' growing business clout and their ties to the government, never actually acknowledging that Vorontsova and Tikhonova were his children and referring to them as simply "women."