Should have studied in Paris • The answer to the media: “I don’t follow politics at all”
Putin is said to have a secret daughter who, despite Russia’s increasingly hostile attitude towards the West, is said to have lived in Paris and worked as a DJ – all under a pseudonym.
Now many are asking who Elizaveta Krivonogikh really is and if she has any connection with the president himself.
Vladimir Putin officially has two daughters with his ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, but rumors say there will be another daughter. A secret one.
The mother is supposed to be a woman named Svetlana Krivonogikh, according to The Independent.
She is originally from St. Petersburg, studied economics and worked as a cleaner. Around the turn of the millennium, she is said to have been close to Putin and in 2003 gave birth to their daughter. A girl who “bears an uncanny resemblance” to the president himself.
Leaked database shows – traveled to Paris under pseudonym
After her daughter was born, Svetlana Krivonogikh should have received large gifts and property from Putin’s friends, according to reports from, among others, Alexei Navalny’s foundation, which works against corruption.
According to a leaked database, the daughter Elizaveta should have flown to Paris in May 2021. Then she should have used the surname Olegovna Rudnova, but the date of birth and phone number belonged to Elizaveta herself.
According to Ukrainian media, she lived in Paris and studied at ICART, the International School of Art Management.
In 2021, a progressive bar in Moscow also drew attention, after patrons were said to have seen Putin’s secret daughter there when a DJ named Elizaveta Olegovna Rudnova played. The incident was described in a report in the Moscow Times.
Suspicious daughter’s answer: “Doesn’t follow politics at all”
When the independent Russian media platform Proekt contacted Elizaveta Krivonogikh with questions about her identity, she replied:
“I’m very grateful that I got this opportunity – that I shined like this and people saw my account [på Instagram].”
She continued:
“I don’t follow politics at all. I’m busy doing the things I like,” adding: “I’m not going to stop doing everything I was doing because of your investigation. I still live the same life and talk to the same friends.”