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Putin's Children Shrouded in Mystery: Is His Youngest Illegitimate Daughter Missing in Paris?

Born in 2003, living in Paris... Recently missing
Gymnast Kabaeva, rumors of giving birth to Putin's son circulate

British media outlets such as the Daily Mail and The Telegraph reported on the 28th (local time), citing Ukrainian media, that Vladimir Putin, the 72-year-old Russian president who disappeared from the public eye immediately after the outbreak of the Ukraine war, has an illegitimate youngest daughter, 'Luiza Lozova (21),' currently living in Paris, France. Earlier, the Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported that Lozova uses the names Luiza Lozova or Elizaveta Olegnova Rudnova in Paris. According to her birth certificate, Rudnova was born on March 3, 2003. She attended ICART, a three-year private university specializing in cultural and arts management, from 2020 for three years, taking three courses but reportedly did not receive a degree.

Putin's Children Shrouded in Mystery: Is His Youngest Illegitimate Daughter Missing in Paris? Shortly after the outbreak of the Ukraine war, Vladimir Putin (72), the President of Russia, whose youngest illegitimate daughter 'Luiza Rozhova' (21) had disappeared from the public eye, is currently living in Paris, France, British media outlets such as the Daily Mail and The Telegraph reported on the 28th (local time), citing Ukrainian media. Photo by Daily Mail

Lozova was active on social networking services (SNS) during her teenage years, posting videos of herself dancing on Instagram and other platforms, but deleted or made her accounts private after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began. Lozova, who is also known to have worked as a DJ in Paris, denied rumors of being Putin’s illegitimate child during an audio show she hosted on the social media platform Clubhouse in February 2021, saying, "Listen, I saw photos of him when he was young, yes, we do look alike. But many people look like Vladimir Vladimirovich (the Russian way of referring to Putin)."

Putin has two daughters with his divorced ex-wife, but nothing has been officially confirmed

Luiza’s mother is Svetlana Alexandrovna Krivonogikh (49). Krivonogikh graduated from the International Economics Department of Saint Petersburg State University of Economics in 2000 and was once so financially struggling that she worked as a cleaner. However, after becoming Putin’s mistress, she is said to have acquired enormous wealth. The name Elizaveta Olegnova Rudnova, one of the names Luiza uses, is presumed to be derived from Oleg Rudnov (1948?2015), former chairman of the Baltic Media Group and a close associate of President Putin. 'Olegnova' means 'daughter of Oleg' in Russian.

Putin's Children Shrouded in Mystery: Is His Youngest Illegitimate Daughter Missing in Paris? Vladimir Putin, President of Russia. Photo by AFP Yonhap News

It is also possible that Putin used Rudnov’s name when creating Luiza’s identity documents. Neither President Putin nor the Kremlin authorities have publicly commented on his children. Putin has only casually mentioned that he has grandchildren. Among them, Putin married linguist Lyudmila Alexandrovna Putina (66) in 1983, announced their divorce in 2013, and finalized the divorce in 2014.


Lyudmila remarried someone else in 2015. Putin is known to have two daughters, Maria (39) and Katerina (38), born a year apart with his ex-wife Lyudmila, but this has not been officially confirmed. There have been multiple reports that Putin had an illegitimate child with rhythmic gymnastics Olympic gold medalist Alina Kabaeva (41). The most widely known rumors claim that he fathered sons in 2015 and 2019, respectively. However, there are also claims that the child is a daughter or that they are twin sons.


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