“The information that Putin’s real mother lives in Georgia, in the village of Metekhi, is proof. Like the conversations with the residents of the small village of Metekhi, which confirm that” we lived with such a small Vova, Vera Nikolaevna, who is the wife of a Georgian [Георгий] Osepashvili. He lived, but this Georgian didn’t like him very much and he was there … you could say, it was very bad, and eventually his mother took him away, “he said.
Putin’s mother was born in the village of Terekhin in the Perm Territory, she studied in a technical school in the city of Ocher, located near the village.
“There she met a man, with whom she lived long enough that it turned out that she was pregnant with him. And at the same time a package arrived in the name of this man, who [фамилия] Privalov. It turned out that he was married because the package was his wife. And when Vera Nikolaevna realized this, she immediately packed her bags and ran away from her parents in Terekino. And little Vladimir was born there, “she said.
After that, Privalov “failed somewhere” and no further information about him can be found, the writer noted.
The woman met the “very handsome boy” Osepashvili during rehearsals in Uzbekistan, she said Kurchab-Redlich. The couple married “very quickly”, three months after they met. For about a year, Putin’s mother and Osepashvili lived in Georgia, Vladimir Putin visited his parents. And at the age of three, her mother brought him to her.
According to her, Osepashvili beat Putin.
“He beat him, very hard. We all know it from the stories of the villagers. They told how terrible the fate of little Vovka was. When she went to school – children are like children, they knew this was an illegitimate child. And when she went to school – children are like children, they knew this was an illegitimate child. you can imagine, what it was like in the Caucasus, “he said, noting that in this context, at the age of seven, Putin went to learn wrestling.
“They remember that he fought well, he was a very reserved child and he loved solitude and fishing. He loved to fish in the same river where the same unfortunate boy was fishing – [советский диктатор Иосиф] Stalin, “he added.
The writer informed that she met Putin’s mother three years ago. The woman said that Vera Putina brought her son to her grandmother 10 years of age. And his parents decided to find a “real marina” and gave him that he was raised by relatives in St. Petersburg.
Information that Vera Putina is Putin’s mother spread in the early 2000s, writes the Georgian portal Sleep.
In 2009 the film “Putin’s Mother” about this woman was released, its director is Ineke Smits, writes “Georgia online”. Vera Putina said she was ready to take a DNA test to prove that she really was the mother of the head of the Kremlin.
Now the woman is 95 years old. In March 2022 the journalists of the Georgian channel Formula (translated from Georgian from Sova) we went to Metekhi (the village is located 20 km from Gori), but the woman was not found. Local residents told the channel about her that she is now living with her daughter and refused to comment on the media. Some of them remember her son and confirm that he is the Russian president. They also say that the woman was in custody for some time, her DNA was taken and foreign delegates came to visit.
In the official biography of Putin, published on the Kremlin website, there is no mention of childhood in Georgia. Furthermore, he is said to have been born in Leningrad. His mother is called there Maria Putin (Shelomova) and his father – Vladimir Putin.
Kurchab-Redlykh is the author of the book “Vova. Volodya. Vladimir. The Secrets of Putin’s Russia”, published in 2016. “I have been watching Putin since 1998, that is, from the very beginning, when he appeared. I saw Putin return to Russia 30-50 years ago, “he said in an interview. “Polish Radio” after the presentation of the book.
