As the US and Britain intensified sanctions on Russia, even Putin's two daughters were on the sanctions list. On April 12, 2022, Japan also announced that it would follow the United States and Britain to impose sanctions on Putin's daughter.

As the sanctions against Russia intensified, even Putin's two daughters were on the sanctions list.

On April 12, 2022, Japan also announced that it would follow the United States and Britain to impose sanctions on Putin's daughter. For a moment, the daughter of this tough president once again entered people's vision.

Unlike the families of other heads of state, Putin's daughter is very low-key and mysterious, and has been hidden by him for more than 20 years.

It was not until 2018 that her eldest daughter Maria appeared in public sight in a panic.

People exclaimed that Putin's eldest daughter is so beautiful and powerful, and she is simply bright and evenly matched with Trump 's "Princess" Ivanka .

What kind of story does this mysterious Russian "princess" have? Why was he hidden by his father for decades?

Today, we will unveil her mystery.

01 The front and sides of the tough guy

1978, after completing two years of high-intensity training, the 26-year-old Putin finally got his wish and joined the Leningrad intelligence agency as he wished. In order to keep it confidential, he claimed to be a policeman.

One day in 1980, a friend invited Putin to the theater to watch the performance, saying that it was to watch the performance, but in fact it was to accompany this friend to date and get together. This friend took Putin, and his friend's girlfriend also brought a female companion.

When we arrived at the theater, a pair of men and women in love sat closer and closer, talking and laughing, leaving Putin and another girl, but they became a little bored.

This girl is Putin's future wife, Lyudmira.

Lyudmira was born in 1957 and is 5 years younger than Putin.

Like Putin, she also came from an ordinary working family. Her father served in the Soviet army. After retiring from the army, he found a job in Kaliningrad and barely supported the family. Because the family was not in good condition, Lyudmira was very low-key when she was a teenager and didn't like to be honest.

But because she has very good grades, is very beautiful, and can sing and dance, she was like a school beauties when she was a student and was loved by many male classmates.

After graduating from high school, Lyudmira was admitted to Kaliningrad Polytechnic University. Later, due to some reasons, she went to work in an airline before she graduated, for a flight attendant.

The young stewardess Lyudmira is very beautiful, with long golden curly hair and beautiful big eyes, and she smiles very charmingly. So there are many people pursuing her.

Compared with Lyudmira, Putin seemed a little unstable when he was young.

According to Lyudmira's recollection, Putin gave her the first impression, she was very ordinary, thin, not tall, and very shy. If you meet him on the street, you will definitely not pay much attention to him.

But at that time, the boyfriend and girlfriend sat together and were in love. Putin and Lyudmira were a little bored, so they could only chat together. During this chat, Lyudmira was attracted by Putin.

Some people are like this. Although they look ordinary on the outside, they are very excellent on the inside. Putin's talent and knowledge deeply attracted Lyudmira. After the performance, Lyudmira took the initiative to ask Putin for contact information.

Putin used to rarely give others his contact information because of his work and personality, but this time he told Lyudmira his number without hesitation because he was also attracted by this beautiful girl.

After several dates, the two established a romantic relationship.

In order to be with his lover, Lyudmira quit her job as a flight attendant in 1981 and went to Leningrad University. After that, the two spent more time together.

In 1983, 31-year-old Putin and 25-year-old Lyudmira had a simple wedding on a cruise ship.

Putin once said: " I used to be determined not to get married for the rest of my life until Lyudmira appeared in front of me. "

As a KGB, Putin had the awareness of devoting his life to work, but his beautiful wife touched the heart of a tough guy.

Because neither of them had much money, they lived a difficult life after marriage. In order to supplement their family income, Lyudmila sometimes had to go out to do odd jobs.

When she recalled later, she said: "The thing that makes us feel the most troublesome about is that we don't have money, and we often worry about money." .

This situation has gradually improved as Putin and his wife's work improves. At the end of April 1985, Putin's eldest daughter, Maria Putinna, was born.

Later that year, Putin was sent to East Germany to collect economic information on West Germany.

When in East Germany, Putin's family's living conditions were significantly improved.

On the one hand, the economy is much more abundant. For example, their residence is an apartment rented by the state, which is much better than when they first got married, the couple and Putin's parents were squeezed into a small house of less than 30 square meters.

On the other hand, because the workplace is not far from home and is only a few minutes away, Putin can quickly return home after get off work to see his wife and daughter. Lyudmira said in her memory:

" Valoja (Putin's nickname) often stands at the window of the unit and looks towards the home. I know he is thinking about his daughter. "

In 1986, Putin's second daughter Katerina Putinna was born. The family of four spent a rare and warm time in East Germany, and at the same time, Putin also showed his other side of the tough guy.

He would buy him a gold necklace on Lyudmila's birthday and put it secretly on the bedside to surprise his wife;

He would often drive his wife and two children on weekends to enjoy a rare family time.

If that trained super agent is the front of Putin, then a good husband and good father are the side of Putin.

But as Putin's career rises, he leaves more and more time for work, but less and less time for his family.

Even many times, Putin's wife and daughter have to bear a lot of pressure because of Putin's work.

02 The president's daughter

1990, Germany unified , Putin's work in East Germany was also over, and he brought his family back to the Soviet Union.

Putin, who returned to the Soviet Union, could not find the job of the agent, and could only be arranged to return to his alma mater, Leningrad University, to serve as the president's foreign affairs assistant.

A year later, Leningrad University professor of law Sobchak , and also Putin's university mentor, became the mayor of Leningrad with a high vote.

Putin took the initiative to contact the teacher and was transferred to the municipal government to be responsible for the work of the foreign economy. From then on, Putin officially entered the political arena and rose all the way.

With the collapse of The Soviet Union, Leningrad was changed back to the old name St. Petersburg ;

In 1994, Putin was promoted to the first deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, and was in charge of foreign economic work;

Several years later, Putin came to Moscow under the introduction of his fellow countrymen and entered the Presidential Office;

In 1999, Yeltsin promoted Putin to Russia's Prime Minister; the following year, Putin became president, and Russia entered the Putin era.

But as Putin gradually walked towards Russia and the whole world, his daughter gradually disappeared from the sight of the world and was hidden by Putin.

When Putin first returned to the Soviet Union, his eldest daughter Maria was only 5 years old and his youngest daughter Katerina was 4 years old.

The two little sisters are very cute. Putin comes back from work every day and goes to his daughter's room no matter how late he is.

If the daughter is not sleeping, she will tell them stories and coax them to sleep.

Wait until the grade of school, Maria and her sister also went to school in a school in St. Petersburg like other children.

In 1996, Putin went to work in Moscow, and the two sisters also transferred to an international school in Moscow.

If Putin's career is forward-looking, then his family will follow him around to move, and even because he is too busy and has no time to accompany his family, it is his side.

For example, in 2000 Putin took over as president, his family was not happy.

Lyudmira said: " The children have seen their dad more on TV than at home, but he really loves them. Not all men can love their daughters as much as he does. He spoiled them, and I am the one who disciplined them. "

The youngest daughter Katerina said more directly:

" I was going crazy when I heard that my dad was going to be president. My mother cried all day because we knew that the private life was over. "

(second from left: Maria; first from right: Katerina)

Their worries are right. Just in 2000, Putin asked his two daughters to leave school and go home to school.

From then on, the two girls will spend their middle school years at home and will not be able to return to campus until they go to college later, but they still have to hide their identity and cannot tell their identity as the president's daughter.

The main reasons why Putin let his daughter go to homeschooling are two main reasons.

First: Putin comes from the KGB, and he doesn't like to be too concerned and is snooped into privacy. After he was elected president, this kind of attention and snooping will only be more. Hiding his daughter in snow can prevent their lives from being disturbed too much;

Second: It's for safety.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the situation at home and abroad in Russia was very complicated. As a strong president with iron fist, Putin must make a difference, and all kinds of enemies will be indispensable.

For example, in his first year assassination in 2000, he was assassinated twice, both of which were organized by Chechnya extremist militants.

The successive assassination has made Putin pay more attention to the safety of his personal and family. Let his baby daughter go home to study, which can be more convenient for protection and improve the safety factor.

Every day, special teachers come to the house to teach Maria and Katerina. The sisters can also go out for a walk occasionally, such as watching a movie, but they have to bring a lot of bodyguards.

It can be said that such a life is quite painful for a little girl of this age.

But they neither gave up their efforts because they became the president's daughter nor rebelled because they could not go to school like ordinary girls. They studied very hard at home and ended up being admitted to good universities.

The eldest daughter Maria has become a strong woman and a leading figure in the Russian medical field. She can be said to be a tiger father without a dog.

03 From a top student to a medical tycoon

2004, the 19-year-old Maria was admitted to University of St. Petersburg with her own efforts.

St. Petersburg University was called Leningrad University in the Soviet Union. It was the second-ranked top university in Russia and also Putin's alma mater.

The daughter and her father went to the same university, which is both a heritage and an alternative expression of family affection.

Putin studied economy and law at university, while his eldest daughter Maria majored in biology.

After going to college, Maria completely showed her true nature as a female student. She studied hard all the way. Finally, she got an master's degree from Moscow University and studied in the Department of Basic Medicine.

Moscow University is the number one university in Russia.

During his master's degree, Maria completed a trial on dwarfism, which was a very important trial. Maria was awarded by the school and went directly to a doctorate and became a doctor of medicine.

From undergraduate study in biology to master's and doctoral studies in medicine, Maria's learning path is clear and firm.

And she chose the direction of medicine, both from the perspective of social value and industrial development.

, especially combined with her identity as the president's daughter, is a very clever choice.

. Outside of school, Maria still maintains a low-key style.

Only the principal knows her true identity. Other teachers and classmates don’t know that this beautiful and smart female student is actually the president’s daughter.

In order to hide his identity, Mariya even changed her surname and followed her mother's surname Voronzova.

During college, she would also have gathered and played with her classmates and posted many photos on her social account, but after she graduated, she slowly deleted these photos. After graduating from

, Maria naturally continued to follow the medical path and worked as an assistant researcher in an affiliated research room under the Russian Ministry of Health. The research direction is childhood endocrine, and she also serves as vice chairman of the Russian Association of Youth Endocrinologists.

While working hard in the medical field, Maria also met her own love and started a family. In 2010, she married her Dutch boyfriend and gave birth to a daughter after marriage.

After getting married and starting a business, Maria is already different from the little girl at the time. As her father Putin finally allowed Maria to go to the public and no longer hide her.

In 2018, Maria appeared publicly on a TV show. It has been 18 years since she dropped out of school and returned home in 2000.

In July 2018, in a news program of Russian state television station , an expert from the Endocrinology Research Center of the Ministry of Health was interviewed as a guest.

This expert is a beautiful woman with beautiful long blonde hair, which impressed the audience.

But what is more interesting is that this expert is actually Maria, the eldest daughter of President Putin. Of course, Maria did not call herself the president's daughter to the outside world, and even continued to use Voronzova's surname.

But everyone knows that this blonde beauty is Putin's eldest daughter.

For a moment, media at home and abroad were excited.

Maria, who has been hidden by the president for many years, finally appeared in public again. But when people want to find more information about her and conduct more in-depth reports, they find that there is really too little public information about Maria in .

In the summer of 2019, 34-year-old Maria appeared in front of the audience again and was interviewed by the TV station.

This time, in addition to the endocrine expert, her identity has also been added to the co-founder of pharmaceutical company. This identity made her the focus of the media again.

This company is called Nomeko, which is a large multinational health care company. The company was registered in January 2019, covering an area of ​​more than 30 hectares and has a construction cost of more than 100 billion rubles .

In 2020, the company's valuation was as high as US$634 million, and Mariya held 20% of the shares.

During the interview, Maria personally promoted a cancer research and treatment project of the company. It is reported that the project invests more than 30 billion rubles, making it the largest private investment project in Russia's medical field, mainly using nuclear medicine technology to overcome the cancer problem.

Maria is wearing a light yellow suit and exquisite pearl earrings, and she smiles maturely and charmingly.

When talking to the reporter, he was dignified and talked freely, especially when talking about the medical projects he was doing, he was even more passionate. After the interviews such as

, Maria disappeared from the public's sight again, but the public and the media kept talking about her. The president's daughter who has been hidden for many years, the helm of the pharmaceutical giant, the beautiful and capable strong woman, and the professional medical expert . These identity tags are integrated into a person and are definitely the focus of hot searches.

At that time, many people liked to compare Maria with Trump's daughter Ivanka. One of them is the daughter of the US president and the other is the daughter of the Russian president. Both presidents are super topics in the international political arena, and their daughters are both beautiful and talented, and have successful careers.

The most important thing is that the two are similar in age. Ivanka was born in 1981 and is 4 years older than Mariya. Which of the two "princesses" is more beautiful? Who is better? It became a hot topic in the market for a while.

Then, unlike the outside world paying attention to the success of the president's daughter's career, Putin cares more about how to take more time to accompany his precious daughter and grandson.

04 The president and his father and grandfather

Putin rarely talks about his daughter in public, but in the eyes of Lyudmira and other people close to him, Putin is undisputedly a kind father, or even a daughter slave.

A friend of his once told me that one day in the summer of 1996, Putin and his friend were sitting outside talking, and suddenly the house caught fire. He hurried into the room and carried his two daughters who were taking a nap out of the room. The house behind him was gradually swallowed up by the fire.

Putin was shocked and remembered that his important documents and savings were all in the house, and they all turned into ashes. This was a big blow to the Putin family at that time. Because before Putin left St. Petersburg in 1996 for Moscow, something big happened.

This matter is that Putin's mentor stepped down, and Putin was also unemployed, from the high position of deputy mayor to driving a taxi to supporting his family.

The house was raining all night long. Middle-aged Putin suffered the double blow of unemployment and the house was burned. This made him very sad. Later, after becoming president, he couldn't help but talk about this experience in a meeting with US President . Bush Jr. : "Everything was burned to ashes. Only the cypress cross hanging on the wall was unharmed. I feel that this is God's will ."

As the saying goes, in a crisis, you can see what a person really cares about and what a person's true character is.

When the fire hit and the originally embarrassed family was going to make things worse, Putin thought of only his daughter at the first time. After he even rescued his daughter, he spent a lot of time comforting his frightened wife and daughter. Only after his wife and daughter settled down did he remember the burned property.

He cares about his family, which shows it. Helplessly, he became president and took on the responsibility of the whole country, and could only continue to sacrifice his time to accompany his family. On one hand, there is my dear family and on the other hand, the motherland I love deeply. Even a tough guy, Putin, is difficult to achieve both.

In 2014, Putin said in an interview that he had three women he loved deeply, namely his wife Lyudmira, his eldest daughter Mariya, and his second daughter Katerina.

When he mentions his daughter, he is no different from other old fathers and is always full of pride.

In 2017, he once again mentioned his daughter in an interview. He proudly told people that both daughters can speak foreign languages ​​from three to four countries, and his pride is beyond words.

Then, he publicly admitted at one time that he had two grandchildren , the eldest grandchild was in kindergarten, and the young grandchild was just born.

Perhaps because of his two daughters’ experience, Putin also specifically emphasized that he will do his best to let his grandchildren live an ordinary life. At the same time, he also made a very regretful statement in and rarely played with his grandson.

In 2018, Putin talked about his two grandchildren again, and once again expressed his regret that he had no time to accompany them, hoping that he could have more time to communicate with his children.

At this time, Putin is no longer an invincible tough guy, but an elder full of love for his calf.

The last time I mentioned my family in a public interview was in June 2020, when a well-known Russian journalist interviewed Putin on Kremlin , and put some clips about his family online, so that people can have a glimpse of the life of tough guy Putin.

When the reporter asked how Putin communicated with his two grandchildren during his busy work, Putin said that his grandchildren would call him and he would chat with his children on the phone.

At the end of the conversation, Putin said: " I have a grandson, I am very happy. They are very well-behaved and cute. I really like being with them. "

ending

Lyudmira has always hoped Putin can spend more time with his family, but Putin's work makes him destined to not give his family too much time.

Their daughter is so outstanding now, which is the greatest comfort for the Putin and his wife, who are parents!