Vladimir Putin is said to have a 'secret' teenage daughter, whose mother is a millionaire sanitation worker, according to a Russian investigative site. It is about Yelizaveta Vladimirovna, a 17-year-old born from a long relationship between Putin and her mother, Svetlana Krivonogikh. Sources who spoke to the investigative site 'Proekt' said that Putin and Svetlana started their relationship in the late 90's, while she was a sanitary and Putin was the chairman of the FSB and at the same time married, before splitting somewhere in early 2000s, after Yelizaveta was born.
Putin offered no reaction to the report and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied any knowledge of Svetlana or her daughter.
Information gathered by Proekt suggests that Svetlana was born in St. Petersburg in 1975, growing up in a modest apartment. During the late 1990s, she worked as a plumber in a shop near her home while studying at the University of Economics and Finance.
In 2000 she graduated, and then moved from the modest apartment to her new residence in the Kamenny Islands. The apartments on the island are not for general sale but only for those who have some kind of relationship with Putin, the site reports. One of her biggest stock holdings is in 'Bank Rossiya', which has ties to Putin and many of his friends.
Three years later, Svetlana gave birth to daughter Yelizaveta - who does not have a father listed on her birth certificate. The only possible identifier is her middle name - which is Vladimirovna, reports Proekt.
Two sources close to Svetlana said Putin was her mysterious boyfriend and that their relationship began in the 1990s and ended in the early 2000s. It is not clear exactly when or how they met, or why they eventually broke up.
Some time before 2010 it is thought that they have severed ties completely. However, Svetlana still owns her St. Petersburg home along with other properties in Sochi and Moscow, valued at $ 11 million.
According to Proekt, the girl Yelizaveta uses a fake adjective and has several profiles on social media with that name. The images collected by her from those accounts have 'a phenomenal resemblance' to Putin, the site reported.
Proekt says that they contacted Svetlana who promised to return an answer but then they had not heard from her.
Yelizaveta deleted the face photos from social media after the contact they had with Svetlan.