Berlin. Vladimir Putin's children rarely appear in public. Now his eldest daughter Maria Vorontsova has created a sensation.
She rarely appears in public – Maria Vorontsova. The 38-year-old is the eldest daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin and actually lives a secret life. Now the investigative news website Agentstvo reports that the pediatric endocrinologist gave an interview to the Moscow Center for Innovative Technologies in Healthcare (Medtech.Moscow) in which he made at least inflammatory statements.
Although Vorontsova does not say a word about the war her father started in Ukraine, she says: “For us, it's worth it. Human life The highest value.” Russia is a “people-centric society,” said the Kremlin leader's daughter. In the nearly 43-minute interview, she shares global medical advances and personal details — like the hobbies she enjoys. She sees herself as an “old-fashioned person.”
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He is particularly interested in the classical literature of Russian authors such as Alexander Pushkin and Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but he also reads Western authors including Aldous Huxley and Jane Austen. He says he plays several hours a week and sometimes goes to jazz or classical concerts.
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Regarding her path to medicine, Vorontsova says she initially planned to study economics. But she “thought she wanted something completely unusual: I chose medicine,” she says.
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Her appearance is all the more surprising because Putin has never publicly recognized Vorontsova and her younger sister, Katerina Tikhonova, as his daughters. The Kremlin keeps details of his life top secret.
In 2016, the independent Russian magazine published “The New Times” detailed report on Vorontsova's career, her lavish lifestyle and her Dutch husband Jorid Fassen, formerly a high-ranking Gazprom official. However, the couple's divorce was announced in 2022.
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Vorontsova reportedly completed her studies in biology and medicine “very well”. Today he is one of the leading researchers at the Russian Research Institute of Endocrinology Ministry of Health.
In 2019 he founded the company “Nomeco”. Saint Petersburg In a research clinic, the “Russian gene” will be studied for weak points and treatment options.
Putin's daughter: interview with hundreds of thousands of views
The interviewer, Vyacheslav Shulenin, executive director of Medtech.Moscow, did not mention Vorontsova and the family relationship during the conversation. Putin. Agentstvo reports that Shulenin worked in the Moscow mayor's office from 2013 to 2017, most recently as first deputy mayor.
According to Agentstvo, the video is on the Russian social network VKontakte has been distributed and now reportedly has 225,000 views. The interview has only garnered a few thousand views on YouTube so far.
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