According to joint investigation by independent Russian media outlet iStories and German magazine Der Spiegel , Putin's daughter and Igor Zelensky might also have a child.
Zelensky is a 52-year -old dancer who used to be the director of the Bayerisches Staatsballet until April this year. He quit his role on April 4 and is currently on the supervisory board of Russia's National Cultural Heritage Foundation, which is building a cultural centre in Crimea and is understood to be close to Putin.
According to the joint investigation, Putin's daughter has a record of multiple trips to the European country. The leaked documents include flight tickets between Munich and Moscow, including the passport of a then two-year-old girl, who might be Putin's grandaughter.
While iStories and Der Spiegel did not disclose the name of the 2017-born child, the outlets wrote that the girl’s patronymic was Igorevna.
Tikhonova, 35, herself a former acrobatic dancer, was previously married to Kirill Shamalov, once Russia’s youngest billionaire. The couple were reported as having separated in 2018.
