Where is putins wife

Putin had two daughters in his first marriage to former flight attendant Lyudmila Shkrebneva, to whom he was married for three decades until their divorce in Their daughter's names are Maria and Katerina. Maria was born in Leningrad in , and Katerina was born in Germany in when the family lived there during her father's time in the KGB.

Both girls are named after their grandmothers. Maria's nickname is Masha and Katerina's nickname is Katya. When the family moved to Moscow in , the girls attended a German-language school. The children were reportedly removed from school when Putin became acting president, and teachers educated them at home. Maria studied biology in college and went to medical school in Moscow, while Katerina majored in Asian Studies in college. Both girls attended university under false identities. Maria, now 36, is a medical researcher and lives in Moscow with her Dutch husband, Jorrit Faassen.

Maria and Faassen reportedly have a child — Putin told filmmaker Oliver Stone in that he was a grandfather. When Stone asked if he played with his grandchild, Putin replied, "Very seldom, unfortunately. Meanwhile, Katerina reportedly lives a high-flying life, living in lavish apartments and acquiring a fortune. Katerina married Russian billionaire Kirill Shamalov in There are no official current photos of the girls. For Katerina, we found the slightly varying first names "Katerina", "Katya", and "Yekaterina," and the last names "Putina," "Tikhonova," and "Shamalov.

The announcement came after the couple had gone to see the ballet Esmeralda at the Kremlin Palace - they left after the first act. The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says that Thursday's announcement confirms what had been rumoured for years, that the Putins were having marital problems.

But the news has still come as a shock to many Russians, who are not used to their leaders getting divorced - even though Russia has one of the highest divorce rates in the world, our correspondent adds. The question already dominating the Russian blogosphere is, "will Russia's president marry again? The Putins' marriage had been the subject of speculation before. In , Mr Putin denied rumours that he had secretly divorced and was planning to marry former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva.

Vladimir Putin: Russia's action man president. They announced their divorce in June In , it was reported that Putin's ex-wife had remarried, to Artur Ocheretny, and officially changed her name. Ocheretny is the director of the nonprofit Center for the Development of Interpersonal Communications and almost 20 years Ocheretnaya's junior. Still, she and the two daughters she had with Putin have remained out of the public eye.

Below, see what we know about Ocheretnaya's life. Before she married Putin in , Ocheretnaya worked as a flight attendant for the Russian airline Aeroflot. She is fluent in French, German, and Spanish. The two reportedly met in their hometown of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the early s. Perfect manscaping tips for millennial men. When Shruti Haasan openly admitted to undergoing plastic surgery. How to care for your baby's skin the right way. The perfect beauty product for oily skin. Best South Indian beauty secrets.

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