Katerina Tikhonova

Katerina Tikhonova
Born (1986-08-31) 31 August 1986
Citizenship Russian
Spouse(s) Kirill Shamalov
Parent(s) Vladimir Putin
Relatives Nikolay Shamalov (father-in-law)

Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova (born August 31, 1986)[1] is an academic who is rumored to be the daughter of Vladimir Putin.[2][3] She is the director of two inititiatives at Moscow State University, the National Intellectual Development Foundation (NIDF) and the National Intellectual Reserve Centre (NIRC).[2] She is also the director of Innopraktika, a $1.7 billion development project to create a science center at Moscow State University.[1][2] Innopraktika is competing with the Skolkovo Innovation Center and is referred to by Stanislav Belkovsky as being the "anti-Skolkovo".[4]

In 2013, Tikhonova married Kirill Shamalov,[5] the son of Nikolay Shamalov a co-owner of Rossiya Bank.[2] The couple is estimated to hold assets worth around $2 billion.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bershidsky, Leonid (Jan 29, 2015). "Putin Family Values". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Grey, Stephen; Kuzmin, Andrey; Piper, Elizabeth (Nov 10, 2015). "Putin’s daughter, a young billionaire and the president’s friends". Reuters. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  3. Kotova, Yulia (4 April 2016). "Глава ВТБ назвал «бредом» сообщения о связи Путина с сетью офшоров" [Head of VTB called it "delirium" the announcement about the Putin's connection with off-shore networks] (in Russian). RBC News. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  4. Reznik, Irina; Pismennaya, Evgenia; Arkhipov, Ilya (Jan 30, 2015). "Putin’s Dancing Daughter Said to Run Fund Backed by Dad’s Allies". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  5. Harding, Luke (April 3, 2016). "Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin". The Guardian (London).
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