Russian President Vladimir Putin has grown near a “Barbie-lookalike” who’s 32 years youthful to him. In accordance with New York Put up, 39-year-old Ekaterina “Katya” Mizulina is an artwork historian who heads pro-Kremlin Secure Web League. The primary a part of her job is to stamp out criticism of Russia and its President, particularly on the warfare towards Ukraine. Ms Mizulina is the daughter of Professional-Putin and anti-Ukraine senator Elena Mizulina, 69.
“Katya Mizulina is totally to Putin’s style. This Barbie kind has all the time suited him very effectively,” Russian human rights campaigner Olga Romanova instructed Ukraine’s Channel 24, as per the Post report.
Mr Putin, 71, has lengthy been rumoured to be in a relationship with Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva. The pair are believed to share three kids.
The Russian President divorced his spouse of 30 years, Lyudmila, in 2014.
A number of Ukrainian media shops and Telegram channels in Russia have been posting the information about Mr Putin and Ms Mizulina, claiming that they grew shut to one another just lately. Nonetheless, nothing official has emerged in regards to the relationship to this point.
Russian Telegram web site Kremlevskaya Tabakerka stated its sources “had been extraordinarily cautious in speaking about it, as a result of nobody can provide a 100% affirmation”.
The Put up stated that Ms Mizulina graduated from the College of Oriental and African Research on the College of London in 2004 with levels in artwork historical past and Indonesian language.
She labored as a translator for official Russian delegations visiting China earlier than becoming a member of the Secure Web League in 2017.
“First, we’ll clear Ukraine from the Nazis… after which we’ll get to Google and Wikipedia,” she reportedly stated in a speech in 2022.
A 12 months after the Ukraine warfare began, the Unbiased reported that Mr Putin is secretly spending tens of millions on Ms Kabaeva. The report additional stated that the previous Olympics champion resides in a villa on Mr Putin’s property on Lake Valdai, about 250 miles (402 kilometres) north-west of Moscow.