Svetlana Krivonogikh

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovna and the family name is Krivonogikh.
Svetlana Krivonogikh
Светлана Кривоногих
Born
Svetlana Alexandrovna Krivonogikh

(1975-03-10) 10 March 1975 (age 49)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
NationalityRussian
OccupationCleaning woman (former)[1][2]
Children1

Svetlana Alexandrovna Krivonogikh[3] (Russian: Светлана Александровна Кривоногих; born 10 March 1975) is a Russian former cleaning woman[1][2] and millionaire.[4]

Biography

Krivonogikh was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), on 10 March 1975.[5][6]

She attended Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance in the Department of International Economic Relations, receiving her diploma in 2000.[5]

Krivonogikh has a daughter, Elizaveta (also known as Luiza Rozova),[7][1] born on 3 March 2003.[8] An investigation by Proekt Media published in November 2020 alleged that Elizaveta's father is Russian president Vladimir Putin.[5][9]

Krivonogikh's name became known with the 2020 Proekt investigation, which documented her connection to Putin as well as her financial assets and properties in Russia.[5] Her name became more widely known in connection with the Pandora Papers published by ICIJ in October 2021, which revealed her assets overseas.[8]

Sanctions

In February 2023, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Krivonogikh was sanctioned by the United Kingdom over her being a shareholder in the National Media Group [ru] which "consistently promotes the Russian assault in Ukraine".[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Horowitz, Jason (13 May 2022). "Vladimir Putin, Family Man". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 September 2022. Elizaveta Vladimirovna Krivonogikh, whose patronymic means she is the daughter of a Vladimir, is a 19-year-old who played up her possible connection to Mr. Putin to gain tens of thousands of followers on her Instagram account, filled with pictures of her coyly hiding her face. In interviews, Luiza, as she is known,...
  2. ^ a b "Putin, a Shop Cleaner and a Monte Carlo Mystery". The Washington Post. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Окружение президента" [The president's entourage]. istories.media (in Russian). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Pandora Papers: Rich and powerful deny wrongdoing after dump of purported secrets". Reuters. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Zakharov, Andrey; Badanin, Roman; Rubin, Mikhail (25 November 2020). "An investigation into how a close acquaintance of Vladimir Putin attained a piece of Russia". maski-proekt.media. Proekt. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. ^ "'Proekt' investigation reveals how Putin's 'close acquaintance' became a multi-millionaire". Meduza. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  7. ^ Sonne, Paul; Miller, Greg (3 October 2021). Written at Moscow. "Secret money, swanky real estate and a Monte Carlo mystery". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b Harding, Luke (3 October 2021). Written at Monaco. "Pandora papers reveal hidden riches of Putin's inner circle". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Investigation Claims to Uncover Putin's Extramarital Daughter". The Moscow Times. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. ^ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; James Cleverly (8 February 2023). "New sanctions target Putin's war machine and financial networks as UK accelerates economic pressure on Russia". Gov.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  11. ^ Harding, Luke (8 February 2023). Written at Kyiv. "Putin's alleged ex-lover among Russians targeted by latest UK sanctions". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 February 2023.