Putin’s Reported Granddaughter Named Tikhonova, Despite Father’s Surname Zelensky
Investigators said the 8-year-old is the daughter of Katerina Tikhonova and ballet dancer Igor Zelensky.
- Investigative journalists with the Russian outlet Proekt identified Vladimir Putin's eight-year-old granddaughter as Elza Igorevna Tikhonova by analyzing a leaked Federal Border Service database.
- Elza is the daughter of Katerina Tikhonova, head of the Innopraktika foundation, and ballet dancer Igor Zelensky; investigators suggest she was named after Princess Elsa from the film Frozen.
- In November 2019, the child flew to Munich with her parents aboard a business jet operated by Air Hamburg, now known as VistaJet; two years later she traveled to Croatia on a Bombardier Global 5000.
- Russia's president keeps family members hidden under different surnames to maintain privacy; while she received her mother's invented surname, Tikhonova's daughter kept her father's patronymic.
- Beyond this branch, Putin has three other daughters—Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova from former wife Lyudmila Putina, plus Luiza Rozova born to Svetlana Krivonogikh—alongside a grandson Roman Faassen and two sons with gymnast Alina Kabaeva.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has an 8-year-old granddaughter named Elsa Tikhonova. Investigative journalists from the independent Russian news outlet Proekt discovered this when they sifted through a leaked database of the Russian border service.
Vladimir Putin's daughter, Katerina Tichonova, is said to have had a child with Russian ballet dancer Igor Zelenski, whose patronymic is surprisingly reminiscent of the Ukrainian president. ...
Vladimir Putin had another granddaughter, an eight-year-old Elsa Tihonova, found by journalists in a leak from the Russian Federal Border Service base.
The media outlet “Proekt” has revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has an eight-year-old granddaughter named Elsa Igorevna Tikhonova. According to the investigation, the girl’s parents are Katerina Tikhonova, Putin’s youngest daughter, and dancer Igor Zelensky. Previous investigations by OCCRP, iStories and “Der Spiegel” had revealed that Tikhonova and Zelensky are in a relationship and have a daughter born in 2017. The journalists dis…
An investigation carried out by the independent Russian publication Proekt brings new information about Vladimir Putin's family, which the Kremlin leader has kept for years away from public life. Journalists claim that they have identified the eight-year-old niece of the Russian President, the daughter of Katerin Tihonova and the choreographer Igor Zelenski.
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