Putin’s secret daughter, 21, ‘lives under pseudonym while hiding in West during his bloody war with Ukraine’

Vladimir Putin’s secret daughter is living under a pseudonym while in the West during his bloody war with Ukraine, reports claim.

According to a Ukrainian TV investigation, 21-year-old Elizaveta Krivonogikh is allegedly posing as a relative of late Putin ally Oleg Rudnov.

Ms Krivonogikh – also known as Luiza Rozova – disappeared shortly before the start of the war in Ukraine, but previously had a visible social media footprint in Russia.

TSN claims to have tracked her and her mother – a 49-year-old cleaning lady turned multi-millionaire – and says they now go by the surname Rudnova.

According to TSN, Elizaveta studied at the Paris School of Management and Arts during the war in Ukraine, but may no longer be there.

They say Elizaveta has a passport identifying her as Elizaveta Olegovna Rudnova, with a known date of birth of March 3, 2003.

This means she was born when Putin was Russian president and was married to first lady Lyudmila Putina, whom he later divorced.

Elizaveta Krivonogikh is said to have studied in Paris during the war (File)

Vladimir Putin is believed to have struck up a friendship with her mother when he was deputy mayor of St. Petersburg (pictured today in Kazakhstan)

Svetlana Krivonogikh, a cleaning lady turned multi-millionaire, has been romantically linked to Vladimir Putin since he was deputy mayor of her hometown of St. Petersburg

The Ukrainian newspaper reported: ‘After extensive investigation, TSN discovered that Elizaveta had changed her surname to Rudnova, allegedly taking the surname of Oleg Rudnov, a close ally of Putin who once arranged luxury real estate transactions.

“The change further emphasizes the alleged connection to Putin.”

She is seen using the name Rudnova in flight bookings and for other purposes.

By calling herself Rudnova, she hides her patronymic name – Vladimirovna – which identifies her father’s name as Vladimir.

She largely disappeared during the war in Ukraine after being seen at the Louvre in 2021, but there were reports she was studying in Paris.

She previously had her own fashion brand and worked as a DJ in Russia.

There were reports that Putin tried to block her public profile before the war in Ukraine.

“And as far as I know something happened in October 2021 because she deleted her Instagram account and that’s no [longer] public,” said Andrei Zakharov, who revealed its existence.

“It looks like someone told her, ‘Stop it.'”

Her mother, Svetlana Krivonogikh, who owns shares in a top bank and owns a prominent striptease club in St. Petersburg.

She also reportedly uses the same name Rudnova, the female version of Rudnov.

Elizaveta and her mother are known to live in a £3.1 million elite home in Monaco.

Svetlana was born in 1975 in Putin’s hometown of St. Petersburg and went on to study at the city’s University of Economics and Finance in the department of international relations.

Rumor has it that after completing her training in the late 1990s, she worked as a shop cleaner, where she is said to have attracted Putin’s attention.

In 2020, independent Russian investigative news site Proekt claimed that Krivonogikh struck up a friendship with Putin when he was deputy mayor of St. Petersburg – and was therefore still married to Lyudmila Shkrebneva.

Scant public evidence suggests the pair traveled together on the same planes on which Putin rose through the ranks.

But a 2021 leak of millions of sensitive documents – known as the Pandora Papers – revealed how Krivonogikh became wealthy after Putin became Russian president in 2000.

Elizaveta previously refused to confirm or deny that she is the Kremlin strongman’s heiress

“I’m very grateful for the opportunity to be in the spotlight,” she said amid 2021 speculation

The 21-year-old is now reportedly posing as a relative of late Putin ally Oleg Rudnov

She came into possession of several properties, including a luxurious apartment in Moscow, purchased in 2003.

She also became a shareholder in Bank Rossiya, known for its connections to Putin’s inner circle.

According to Proekt, Krivonogikh has amassed a fortune of $100 million from her stake in Bank Rossiya.

And in March 2003 – three years after Putin became president – ​​she gave birth to a daughter, known as Elizaveta Krivonogikh, or “Luiza Rozova.”

For a while, Rozova, now in her early 20s, regularly posted on Instagram about her own glamorous life: attending parties, spending time with friends from influential families and traveling on private jets.

But her social media disappeared immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Before the war, she said she enjoyed being in the “spotlight” after her identity was revealed by opposition media.

Svetlana Krivonogikh is considered a secret lover of Putin

Krivonogikh is rumored to have worked as a shop cleaner after completing her training in the late 1990s, where she reportedly caught Putin’s attention

Luiza answered questions about Clubhouse, an invitation-only audio chat app for social networking, from journalist Andrey Zakharov, among others, who told the story about her for Proekt.Media.

Zakharov – who now works for the BBC Russian Service – asked Luiza: “Have I caused you serious trauma through my research?”

She replied, “Oh no, not at all. My life was at such a standstill, I am very grateful for the opportunity to be in the spotlight, that people heard about my story.

‘I don’t try and never have to make myself popular. I feel very good indeed, don’t worry about me.

‘My life goes on and all is well.’