Putin star Portrait "Sirius", schools for gifted friends Mikhail Maglov, with the participation of Roman Badanin and other journalists "Agency" February 16, 2022 The Sirius school is the favorite brainchild of Vladimir Putin, and its leader Elena Shmeleva is the favorite of the president, to whom he trusts many responsible tasks. In practice, the school was created by methodologists from Putin’s entourage for money, withdrawn from the budget and at the business.