Journalist who exposed Putin's daughter now on the Russian wanted list
The journalist who discovered Vladimir Putin's mysterious daughter has been placed on the wanted list, reports The Moscow Times. Investigative journalist Andrei Zakharov writes for the independent portal Mediazona.
"The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has placed investigative journalist Andrei Zakharov from Petersburg on the wanted list" - writes Mediazona, citing the department's database.
The criminal case against Zakharov started before April 18. Shortly after, a search was conducted in St. Petersburg at the home of Ksenia Klochkova, an independent correspondent for Fontanka and author of the Telegram channel "Rotunda." Security forces believed that "she might know Zakharov and possess material evidence related to the ongoing criminal case against him".
Andrei Zakharov worked at Fontanka until 2016, after which he moved to Moscow, where he got a job at RBC and also had the chance to work as a special correspondent for the Russian BBC service.
Zakharov wrote several high-profile investigative articles for which he received the Golden Pen Award. He is the author of the investigation into Vladimir Putin's alleged third daughter, Luiza Rozova - recalls The Moscow Times.
In October 2021, the journalist was declared a "foreign agent" in Russia. In December of the same year, he left the Russian Federation.
"Incredible resemblance"
In 2023, Zakharov was twice held administratively liable for distributing materials without the "foreign agent" label, for which he was fined 40,000 rubles (about $540).
"The first thing that confirms the family ties between Putin and Rozova is their incredible resemblance in appearance. Therefore, the girl rarely posted pictures on social networks or hid her face in them" - writes Obozrevatel.
The real name of Putin's third daughter is Elizaveta Krivonogikh. Her mother, Svetlana, was an ordinary cleaner in the 1990s and lived in a communal apartment in St. Petersburg. After meeting Putin, she suddenly became a multimillionaire.
Now, Putin's former lover is one of the wealthiest people in Russia. She owns the Igora ski resort and property in Monaco.
