Ironically, the lover of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughter Katerina Tikhonova is Zelensky, but not Ukrainian leader Volodymyr, but 52-year-old ballet dancer Igor, according to a report quoted by the Daily Mail.
Sanctions imposed by her father’s invasion of Ukraine have otherwise hampered her regular flights from Moscow to Munich to spend time with her new husband. Igor is a leading professional ballet dancer and top director, who until recently headed the Bavarian State Ballet. They have a 2-year-old daughter, the newspaper writes.
The revelation comes after an investigation by Russia’s independent news agency IStories and Germany’s Der Spiegel.
Prior to the ballet dancer, the younger of Putin’s two daughters from his marriage to Russia’s former first lady, Lyudmila Alexandrovna Ocheretnaya, was married to Russia’s youngest billionaire, Kirill Shamalov, just 40 years old.
The two separated around 2017, when the relationship between Katerina and Igor Zelenski started. The ballet dancer also has a previous marriage to the choreographer Yana Serebryakova, as well as 2 daughters and a son by her.
In March, Putin rebuked Russians living in the West, and it became clear that his own daughter often traveled to Munich with state support and protection to spend time with her partner. Before the war broke out, he even seemed to spend most of his time in Germany with him.
The report also states: “For two years, from 2017 to 2019, the little girl’s mother had to fly this route – from Moscow to Munich and back – dozens of times.” “She lived in Russia and her daughter’s father lived in Germany, where he directed the Bavarian State Ballet. His name is Igor Zelenski. “
The journalistic investigation came to documents proving flights with the presence of “Tikhonova, Zelenski, child, babysitters, security guards” on board. It also reveals that for a period of two years, “she flew to Munich, where Zelensky worked, more than 50 times.”
The report states that an anonymous source sent “documents from the e-mail of the Security Service of the President and Tikhonov’s bodyguard Alexei Skripchak.”
“Among Skripchak’s documents are the passports of Putin’s daughter Katerina, Zelensky and a girl born in 2019. Tikhonova’s bodyguard has bought tickets for everyone.”
“We are not disclosing the child’s name for ethical reasons, it is enough to say that her father’s name is Igorevna, which corresponds to Zelenski’s name,” the report said.
Ballet dancer Igor Zelensky, a Russian with Georgian roots, is not believed to have anything to do with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The report also said that a source in the Bavarian Ballet, Der Spiegel, said that his former boss Zelensky “was most likely the partner of Putin’s daughter”, even before he was asked about his family ties.
“Around the end of 2019, Katerina Tikhonova is obviously tired of flying constantly to Munich and decides to move in with her partner. At least that’s what one of the letters in the archives of Putin’s daughter’s bodyguard, Alexei Skripchak, reveals, “the report said.
Igor Zelensky’s name has been rumored in the past to be under the auspices of high-ranking Russian officials, but in today’s revelation he is linked to the Putin family for the first time.
According to the executive director of the Bavarian State Opera, Serge Dorny, Zelenski’s withdrawal from the German ballet scene was linked to the war.
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