Vladimir Putin’s alleged secret daughter has adopted a new surname and is living in the West, according to a Ukrainian television investigation that provides fresh details about the 21-year-old’s efforts to distance herself from the Russian president.
The TSN investigation reports that Elizaveta Krivonogikh, also known as Luiza Rozova, now uses the surname Rudnova, taking the name of late Putin ally Oleg Rudnov. The change effectively obscures her patronymic middle name Vladimirovna, which would identify Putin as her father.
Born March 3, 2003, when Putin was Russian president and still married to first lady Lyudmila Putina, Elizaveta vanished from public view shortly before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Previous investigations by independent Russian media noted her striking resemblance to Putin.
The young woman’s mother is Svetlana Krivonogikh, 49, reportedly Putin’s former long-term partner who transformed from a cleaner to a multimillionaire with shares in a major bank and ownership of a prominent St. Petersburg strip club. Mother and daughter reportedly occupy a £3.1 million residence in Monaco.
TSN reports Elizaveta studied at the Paris School of Management and Arts near the Arc de Triomphe during the war, though her current location is unclear. She previously maintained a visible social media presence in Russia, running her own fashion brand and working as a DJ before reportedly being told to maintain a lower profile in October 2021.
Russian journalist Andrei Zakharov, who first revealed her existence, noted her sudden withdrawal from public life: “Something happened in October 2021 because she deleted her Instagram account and she is no longer public. It looks like somebody told her: ‘Stop it.'”
