Rumoured daughter of Vladimir Putin, Elizaveta Krivonogikh, claims someone ‘destroyed’ her and ‘took millions of lives’
Luiza Rozova, a girl who was rumoured to be Vladimir Putin’s youngest illegitimate daughter in 2021, has now resurfaced on social media. Born Elizaveta Vladimirovna Krivonogykh, the 22-year-old who is living in Paris, has now been sharing more images of herself on Instagram.
Luiza, who initially refused to speak with reporters, added a correspondent from the German agency Bild in her private Telegram channel Luiz’a Art.
She also shared many photos of herself on the channel. On Instagram, she posted an image with her face for the first time a week ago.
In one of her posts, she said, "It's liberating to be able to show my face to the world again."
In another post, she referred to her father, saying, "It reminds me of who I am and who destroyed my life. The person who took millions of lives and destroyed mine,"
She did not, however, mention Putin directly.
Rozova said that she left her country after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. She complained about not being able to freely walk her favourite streets of St. Petersburg or visit her usual places. She did not make a direct mention of the war in Ukraine.
How did Luiza Rozova become known as Putin’s illegitimate daughter?
Elizaveta Vladimirovna Krivonogykh is the daughter of Svetlana Krivonogykh and was born on March 3 2003. A Russian investigation website, Proekt, published a story in 2020 that said that Svetlana had once been Putin’s mistress and had a secret love child with her in 2003. The story cited her resemblance to Putin and said that Vladimirovna translates to “daughter of Vladimir.” Dmitriy Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, had dismissed the claims, saying that they were not very convincing and unfounded. Proekt was shut down afterwards, according to the Spectator.
In 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison, exposed the teens' Instagram. He had criticised her life of luxury, which was assumed to be connected to the Russian president.
After she moved out of Russia, her Instagram account was shut down. She has now taken a new approach after she returned, opting to show her face in her photos for the first time. Since then, she has also seemed more outspoken against her rumoured father's actions in Ukraine and seems to have denounced her wealthy lifestyle, the New York Post reported.
She also has another pseudonym, Elizaveta Rudnova, which she uses to work at two art galleries, L Galerie in Belleville and Espace Albatros in Montreuil, which exhibits anti-war art in Paris. The name is said to be a possible nod to Oleg Rudnov, Putin’s late confidant.
In 2023, sanctions were imposed on Svetlana Krivonogikh by the UK government due to her ties to Putin’s inner circle.
The Russian president is also rumoured to have two secret sons with other former affairs.
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