More than two dozen Putin’s relatives have been given positions in government and state agencies
7 November 12:14
In recent years, more than twenty members of Vladimir Putin’s family have taken high positions in government agencies and companies with state participation, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports, citing Russian propaganda media.
For example, 25-year-old Denis Putin, the grandson of Yevgeny Putin, became the chief expert of Gazprom’s export department in 2022. in 2024, he moved to Sibur, where, according to sources, he took the position of project manager with a salary of 600-800 thousand rubles per month. He has a 10% stake in MDK Sheremetyevo, which manages the business complex of the same name near the airport. Denis’s father is Mikhail Putin, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom.
The children of Mikhail Putin’s sisters, the president’s cousins, have also achieved notable career growth. Anna Tsyvilieva, daughter of Yevgeny Putin and sister of Mikhail, currently serves as Deputy Defense Minister. Her husband, Sergei Tsiviliev, heads the Ministry of Energy. According to the investigation, Anna also promotes her son from her first marriage, Dmitry Loginov, who owns a number of companies related to the Kolmar coal holding (Kolmar-Tour, Ante Holding, Danrit). Loginov worked as a manager at Renault Russia, which came under the control of the Moscow government in 2022. Dmitry’s wife, Polina Loginova, works in the cybersecurity department of Sberbank.
Another sister of Mikhail Putin and Anna Tsivilieva, Tatyana Ptashuk, also managed to find a job for her child. Her daughter, Elena Zhidkova, is the director of medicine at Russian Railways.
The journalists drew attention to another relative of the president, Vladimir Kruglov, CEO of NefteproduktService. The media linked him to the business of Viktor Khmarin, Putin’s classmate. An investigation revealed that Kruglov is the president’s cousin. Viktor Khmarin himself is married to Putin’s cousin, Lyuba Kruglova. Their son, Viktor Khmarin Jr. is the head of the state-owned RusHydro company.
In total, according to media reports, 24 people close to Vladimir Putin hold positions in government, state-owned companies, or receive state contracts. In terms of the extent of family involvement in the public sector, Putin has become one of the record holders among the leaders of the last hundred years.
