Munich: Putin's daughter is said to have a child with ex-ballet director Igor Zelensky!
Created: 05/19/2022, 15:46
By: Katja Kraft
Igor Zelensky, former head of the Bavarian State Ballet.
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The ex-head of the Bavarian State Ballet Igor Zelensky is said to have a relationship with Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova.
And a child together!
This is reported by the news magazine “Der Spiegel”.
That has a special taste: As reported, the Russian Igor Zelensky gave up his position as director of the Bavarian State Ballet in April for "family" reasons.
"Der Spiegel" now wants to find out how family the reasons really were: According to research by the political magazine, the Russian star choreographer apparently had a relationship with Vladimir Putin's youngest daughter Katerina Tikhonova - and is said to be the father of a previously unknown grandchild of the Russian head of state.
"This is indicated by a number of documents available to the Russian disclosure platform IStories and the 'Spiegel'," says the magazine's report.
Vladimir Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova.
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In addition to passenger data from Moscow Vnukovo Airport, this included numerous copies of passports and emails from Tikhonova.
"The documents also include a copy of choreographer Selensky's Russian passport, issued in 2013." The conclusion: The 35-year-old Tikhonova traveled with the 52-year-old former head of the State Ballet.
That alone would not be evidence of an affair, let alone a steady relationship.
But the "Spiegel" also refers to a ballet dancer who saw Zelensky at several performances in Germany a few years ago.
If you read his statement, the rumor that Zelensky "is said to have had something to do with Putin's daughter" seems to have been circulating in the scene for years.
That was the only way the choreographer got his job at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theater in Moscow.
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Zelensky was still very young.
There were a lot of good people who would have gotten that job back then,'” the article quotes the dancer as saying.
Igor Zelensky has long been controversial
Whether the rumors are true or not – Zelensky was controversial even before this news broke.
For example, he was accused of consulting for a Russian foundation that is building cultural centers in Russia, including one in the annexed Crimea.
As is well known, a replacement has already been found: Frenchman Laurent Hilaire has been director of the Bavarian State Ballet since May 9th.