Russian President: Putin for the first time mentions a granddaughter

Russian President Vladimir Putin first mentioned that he has a granddaughter. “When I spoke about the fact that some people close to me, relatives, learn Chinese, I spoke of my granddaughter, who has an educator from Beijing and speaks to her fluently in Chinese,” said the Kremlin chief at a question and answer session for large news agencies at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg (Spief).

He had already mentioned that Putin is a two -time grandfather, but without name the name or age of the grandchildren. The news that one of the two grandchildren is a girl was so important for the state Russian news agency TASS and TV journalists Pawel Sarubin that they made rush reports.

The Kremlin chief hardly speaks publicly about his family. Two daughters emerged from the almost 30 years of marriage to the German teacher Ljudmila until 2013: Jekaterina, born in Dresden in 1986, and the one year older Maria. There are unconfirmed reports about possible loved ones and other children of Putin.

Putin: Interest in Chinese in Russia is growing

According to Putin, interest in the Chinese language is increasing in Russia. China is the most powerful allied Russia, Putin and head of state XI Jinping is said to have a close personal line. After the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine 2022, Beijing did not impose sanctions against Moscow and also did not condemn the Kremlin’s approach. Both countries repeatedly emphasize the depth of bilateral relationships.

The traditional question and answer session Putin with western journalists on the first day of the Economic Forum took place this time in the renovated conservatory of the metropolis. Russia uses the major event to present itself to the world and to defy the international isolation sought by the West.