Vladimir Putin’s daughter is living with a man with the surname ‘Zelensky’

The Russian President’s daughter has been living it up with a man with the same surname as her father’s Ukrainian nemesis.

One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters has been living in secret luxury in Germany with a man called … Zelensky.

Former professional dancer Katerina Tikhonova, 35, has a two-year-old daughter with Igor Zelensky – the same surname as Mr Putin’s arch enemy, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Katerina Tikhonova with her dance partner, Ivan Klimov, at the European Championship in acrobatic rock ’n’ roll in Kaliningrad, Russia in 2014. Picture: East 2 West News

Sanctions against Katerina have stopped her regular flights from Moscow to Munich to stay with her new man, accompanied by Russian secret services guards.

Zelensky, 52, is a leading professional ballet dancer and more recently top director who until recently headed the Bavarian State Ballet.

Igor Zelensky, 52, is rumoured to be the partner of Vladimir Putin’s daughter, Katerina Tikhonova. Picture: East 2 West News

Katerina, the younger of Mr Putin’s two daughters from his marriage to ex-Kremlin first lady Lyudmila, was previously married to Russia’s youngest billionaire Kirill Shamalov, 40.

They split in 2017 when she started her relationship with Igor who was married with two daughters and a son to choreographer Yana Serebryakova.

This story originally appeared in The Sun and has been reproduced with permission