Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly has secret love child with multimillionaire

Bombshell reports have emerged about the always secretive Vladimir Putin, who reportedly has a love child with a woman worth more than $100 million.

Russian President Vladimir Putin may be the father of a secret teenage love child with a cleaner who is now worth more than $135 million, according to a report.

An investigation by Russian media outlet Proekt has linked the notoriously secretive 68-year-old leader to Svetlana Krivonogikh, who now lives in an elite area of St. Petersburg reserved for Mr Putin’s closest friends.

Svetlana Krivonogikh. Picture: Proekt

Her 17-year-old daughter, Elizaveta Krivonogikh, “bears a phenomenal resemblance to the Russian president,” the investigation, which has also been shared in The Moscow Times, said.

The outlet shared photos of the teen — which it did not publish because of her age — with a face-recognition expert who said there was a 70 per cent similarity between Mr Putin and the teenager.

Elizaveta Krivonogikh. Picture: Proekt

“From this information, we can draw the conclusion that they may be related,” Professor Hassan Ugail, Director of the Center for Visual Computing at the University of Bradford in the UK, told Proekt.

Elizaveta Krivonogikh was born in 2003 — while Putin was still married to now-ex Lyudmila Shkrebneva.

Proekt said Elizaveta Krivonogikh’s birth documents do not list a father, and only list “Vladimirovna” as the name deriving from her father.

The teen has reportedly been living under an assumed name for years — and immediately deleted photos showing her face from her social media accounts when reporters started contacting her, the outlet said.

The teen looks like Vladimir Putin. Picture: Alexey Nikolsy/Sputnik/AFP

Her mother, now 45, had been a cleaner from a modest background before becoming a beneficiary of a company that owns a small share in the Putin-linked Rossiya Bank, as well as owning properties in numerous cities, according to the investigation.

She also owns a nightspot known for “erotic shows,” the report says, estimating her total assets as being at least $A135 million.

Flight logs reportedly link her to flights also taken by Mr Putin, and her current home in “the most elite housing that a St. Petersburg resident could wish for” is somewhere reserved for the president’s closest friends.

The alleged relationship likely ended “somewhere near the end of the last decade,” Proekt reported.

Svetlana Krivonogikh now lives in an elite St Petersburgh neighbourhood. Picture: Proekt

Numerous Putin sources refused to discuss the allegations with Proekt, and Svetlana Krivonogikh did not return Proekt’s messages despite an initial promise to talk, the outlet said.

Mr Putin’s spokesperson denied ever hearing about Ms Krivonogikh when probed by local reporters.

“This is the first time I’ve ever heard of such a woman and I can’t tell you anything about this,” Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

“Yes, I was asked about this name and I have never heard anything about it and I do not know anything,” he insisted.

Mr Putin, meanwhile, has a track record of secrecy regarding his reported relationships.

He has never officially confirmed his two daughters from his first marriage — Maria and Katerina who are both in their 30s — and is widely rumoured to have up to four kids with former gymnast Alina Kabaeva.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and has been republished here with permission.