Katerina Tikhonova
Katerina Tikhonova | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 August 1986 |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Spouse | Kirill Shamalov |
| Parent | 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 ru a co-owner of Rossiya Bank.[2] The couple is estimated to hold assets worth around $2 billion.[2]
References
- ^ a b Bershidsky, Leonid (Jan 29, 2015). "Putin Family Values". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 4 April 2016 suggested (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ Harding, Luke (April 3, 2016). "Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin". The Guardian. London.