Sanctions Bring Putin's Mystery Daughters Into Limelight
NDTV
The measures against Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, who Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't publicly acknowledge as his daughters, is a largely symbolic move since it's unclear they have significant assets outside of Russia.
For decades, the lives of Vladimir Putin's two daughters by his first marriage have been shrouded in mystery. Now sanctions on his children have brought them -- and their opaque business dealings -- into the spotlight.
The measures against Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, who Putin doesn't publicly acknowledge as his daughters, is a largely symbolic move since it's unclear they have significant assets outside of Russia.
Putin had said in a 2011 state-run TV interview that his daughters led "ordinary lives." "They're not involved in politics or business, thank God," he told Channel One television at the time. This appears to have changed in succeeding years, with both daughters stepping into business positions while in academia.
Vorontsova, 36, is an endocrinologist. She is a co-owner of a medical company called Nomeko, focusing on high-tech diagnostics and treatment.
