Since Russian President Vladimir Putin, began to consolidate his political career and his power over Russia in the 90s, his friends rich. But few got rich as the youngest daughter of the commander of the Kremlin. With the support of the father and his friends, Katerina, the youngest daughter of Putin, has with her husband a fortune estimated at more than $ 2 billion, according to an investigation by the Reuters news agency.
Putin announces own modest means in his own name. In April, the income statement of the Russian president was 7.65 million rubles (US $ 119,000 or US $ 451,000). He claims to have two modest apartments and a society in a parking lot.
Reuters was able to confirm the identity of Katerina, who now uses the surname Tikhonova. She is married to Kirill Shamalov, 33, son of Nikolai Shamalov, longtime friend of Putin. Nikolai is a shareholder of Bank Rossiya, described by US officials as a personal bank of the Russian elite.
With her husband, Katerina would have equity investments of $ 2 billion, according to estimates given to Reuters by financial analysts. His wealth would result from large stake in a gas and petrochemical company that Kirill Gennady Timchenko bought, another longtime friend of Putin.
Among the young couple's property is a house by the sea in Biarritz, France, valued at $ 3.7 million, also bought by Kirill Timchenko.
Katerina also has links with the Moscow State University, where he helps run a $ 1.7 billion plan to expand the campus. Among the officers counselors Katerina at the institution appear five members of Putin's inner circle, including two former KGB agents who know her since childhood. They worked with Putin in the 80s, when the president was sent to Dresden, East Germany.
The eldest daughter of Putin, Maria, also has connections with Moscow State University. Degree in Medicine, was trying career in the area of endocrinology, according to Reuters Research.
Katerina avoided public life since his father became president in 2000. In 2011, Putin came to speak some of the younger daughter, she said she specialized in Oriental Studies. Little was known about it until a Russian blogger Oleg Kashin, he revealed that the president's daughter had adopted the surname grandmother, Yekaterina Tikhonovna Shkrebneva.
Katerina and Kirill are part of a new generation of Russians who enjoy a rapid rise in the wake of their well-connected fathers. The phenomenon resembles the so-called "princes" of China -Children and the Communist Party leaders of grandchildren who won positions with powers and amassed fortunes.
Data on Katerina and her husband's business give a rare insight into the lives of Putin's daughters. The president has always made sure to keep the life of Maria and Katerina privately, and they rarely appear in the media. But negotiations also give information about the most powerful man in the family finances Russia and elite that formed around them.
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