Ekaterina Krivonogikh – aka Luiza Rozova – reportedly vanished shortly before the start of the war in Ukraine, but earlier had a visible social media footprint in Russia
Vladimir Putin’s secret daughter lives under a pseudonym while hiding in the West after fleeing her dad’s war with Ukraine, according to reports.
A Ukrainian TV investigation suggest she uses an identity indicating she is the daughter of a late close crony of the dictator Oleg Rudnov. In fact, she is Putin’s daughter – and bears a striking resemblance to the Kremlin dictator, according to previous investigations by respected Russian independent media outlets.
Ekaterina Krivonogikh – aka Luiza Rozova – vanished shortly before the start of the war in Ukraine, but earlier had a visible social media footprint in Russia.
Her mother – Putin’s former long-term lover, cleaner-turned-£75-million multimillionaire Svetlana Krivonogikh, 49, who holds shares in a top bank and owns a prominent St Petersburg striptease club – reportedly uses the same family name Rudnova, as does Luiza. This is the female version of the surname Rudnov.
A new report from Ukrainian television outlet TSN says Luiza has a passport identifying her as Elizaveta Olegovna Rudnova, with her known date of birth as 3 March 2003.
This means she was born when Putin was Russian president and married to first lady Lyudmila Putina, who he later divorced. On the day she was born in St Petersburg, Putin was on a trip to Bulgaria.
According to TSN, Luiza has been a student at the Paris School of Management and Arts during the war in Ukraine – but may not be there any more. It is near the Arc de Triomphe. She and her mother are known to occupy an elite £3.1 million residence in Monaco.
The Ukrainian outlet reported: “After extensive research, TSN found Luiza had changed her surname to Rudnova, allegedly taking the last name of Oleg Rudnov, a close Putin ally who once arranged luxury real estate deals.
“The change further highlights the alleged connection to Putin.” She is seen as using the name Rudnova on flight bookings and for other purposes.
By calling herself Rudnova, she hids her patronymic or middle name – Vladimirovna – which identifies her father’s name as Vladimir. She has largely disappeared during the war in Ukraine, after being seen at the Louvre in 2021, but there were reports she was studying in Paris. Earlier she had her own fashion brand and worked as a DJ in Russia. There were reports that ahead of the war in Ukraine, Putin sought to block her public profile.
“And as far as I know, something happened in October 2021 because she deleted her Instagram account and she is no [longer] public,” said Andrei Zakharov, who revealed her existence. “It looks like somebody told her: ‘Stop it’.”
