Vladimir Putin turns out to be Grandpa
For the first time the Russian president confessed to having grandchildren. He did so in an interview to Oliver Stone, the author of a documentary about Vladimir Putin, CNN reports.
Putin said he loves his grandchildren, but cannot spend much time with them.
The statement is a sensation, since the president`s personal life has always been a mystery.
The fact is that Vladimir Putin has two daughters – Maria and Yekaterina.
Numerous (but unverified) reports in Russian and Western media claim the eldest daughter, Maria, lives in the Netherlands with her husband, a Dutch businessman, who used to be a member of Gazprom’s Board of Directors.
The youngest, Yekaterina, owns the Innopractica company, which receives multi-million contracts from major Russian state-controlled companies. She is married to Kirill Shamalov, Putin`s old friend’s son. Since 2013 (the year of marriage) he has become the owner of a 17% stake in the state controlled Sibur, which amounts to USD 2.85 billion.
Vladimir Putin divorced the mother of his daughters Lyudmila in 2013. He had previously criticized a Moscow correspondent paper for reporting his affair with Alina Kabaeva, the world champion in gymnastics, but never denied the fact.
The director Oliver Stone, whose “The Putin Interviews” will be on Showtime starting Monday, 12 June 2017. Credit Komandir, via Showtime
