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The fact that President Vladimir Putin took care to marry his daughters Maria and Ekaterina with "the right men", offering them positions and money to lead a life in luxury, has not been much of a secret. What was not known about until now is the fate of the dictator's ex-wife, Ludmila Putina (feminine of Putin), who has simply disappeared from public radars.

The team of Alexei Navalny, a fierce critic of the regime whom the Kremlin has thrown in prison on false charges, recently published an investigation showing how Ludmila Putina transformed - like Cinderella - from a housewife with zero income and not one day in a job into a prosperous businesswoman with billions of rubles in her accounts and luxury properties.

Enchanted Fairy

According to an older tradition, brides come to the husband's house with a dowry. When Maria, the eldest daughter of Putin, got married, her Dutch groom Jorrit Joost Faassen received a position in the management of the state-run Gazprom Concern. Later Maria broke up with Faassen and currently lives in cohabitation with Yevgenny Nagorny, a former college mate.

Vladimir Putin’s daughters from his marriage with Ludmila - Maria and Ekaterina.