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The third generation of Putin's family came to power
Several cousins and great-nephews of the Russian President have received positions and income in government-related structures in recent years. These are relatives belonging to the most influential branch of Putin's family - the line of Yevgeny Putin, the president's cousin on his father's side. Thus, the third generation of Putins is coming to power (Putin himself is the first generation, his children and nephews are the second, his great-nephews are the third). The Project established this during a study of nepotism in the Russian government called “Fathers and Grandfathers.”
Details. 25-year-old Denis Putin became the chief expert in the export department of Gazprom back in 2022. Two years later, he moved to another company close to Putin, Sibur, where, as follows from these leaks, he rose to the rank of project manager with an income of 600-800 thousand rubles a month. Until now, this work of the young man was not known - the Agency previously reported only that he owns 10% of the MDK Sheremetyevo company, which owns the international business complex of the same name, located at the entrance to the airport.
Denis Putin is the grandson of President Yevgeny Putin's cousin. Denis's father is Mikhail Putin, deputy chairman of the board of Gazprom. Denis’s two aunts also succeeded in finding employment for their children, and they were also able to find employment for their children—Putin’s great-nephews.
Yevgeny Putin's daughter and Mikhail's sister Anna Tsivileva not only became Deputy Minister of Defense and made her husband Sergei Minister of Energy of Russia, but is also promoting her son from his first marriage, Dmitry Loginov. Now he owns and manages companies associated with the Kolmar coal company (Kolmar-Tour, Ante Holding, Danrit), which his mother received from Putin’s friends. In addition, he is also the manager of the Renault Russia company, which after the outbreak of the war came under the control of the Moscow government.
Dmitry's wife Polina Loginova works in the cybersecurity department of Sberbank. The couple does not look patriotic enough for a big government career - the girl indicates on social networks that she lives in Italy. Immediately after Russia's large-scale attack on Ukraine, she actually flew abroad for five months, leaks show.
Another sister of Mikhail Putin and Anna Tsivileva, Tatyana Ptashuk, was also able to help her child with his career. Her daughter and Putin’s great-niece Elena Zhidkova is the medical director of Russian Railways.
When preparing the study, the Project drew attention to another relative of Putin - Vladimir Kruglov . He is the general director of Nefteproductservis, and the media wrote about him as a business partner of Putin’s classmate Viktor Khmarin. In fact, Kruglov is another great-great-nephew of the president. Khmarin himself is a relative of Putin - he is married to the president’s cousin Lyubov (nee Kruglova). Their son Viktor Khmarin Jr. heads the state-owned company RusHydro.
How many relatives did Putin employ ? A total of 24 relatives of the president hold government-related positions, the Project found out during the “Fathers and Grandfathers” study. In terms of the number of relatives employed in power, Putin is probably the leader among Russian rulers over the last hundred years. The Project's study on nepotism in Russia will be published throughout the next week.