Putin's daughter showed up again and again with the Presidential Guard at Tegernsee – the German authorities were clueless
Created: 08/27/2022, 22:13
By: Veronika Mahnkopf
Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova has repeatedly resided in luxury hotels on Lake Tegernsee in recent years - accompanied by the presidential guard and unnoticed by German authorities.
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In recent years, Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova has resided with the presidential guard at Tegernsee time and again - in the lap of luxury and without any knowledge of the federal government.
Tegernsee – Before Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, one would have said: it should.
But now the tide has changed fundamentally.
All the more shocking what
spiegel.de
and the Russian unveiling
platform iStories
found out: Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova (35) has traveled to Germany again and again since 2016 to 2020, mainly to Munich and Lake Tegernsee.
Spicy: she was always on the road with Putin's presidential guard.
And the German authorities were never informed - as would be international practice when government forces like the Guard travel.
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Tegernsee: Putin's daughter Tikhonova resided in luxury hotels
Tikhonova mostly traveled with her four-year-old daughter.
Her goal: According to the Spiegel report, probably the girl's alleged father, Igor Selensky (53), head of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich until April of this year.
Allegedly, the Putin daughter and her lover then liked to reside at Tegernsee, probably in the Leeberghof in Tegernsee, in suites with a lake view that cost 300 euros a night.
Trips by Putin's daughter to Lake Tegernsee are a symbol of Germany's dealings with Russia
Putin's daughter Tikhonova is said to have traveled to Germany more than 20 times in recent years, and between 2018 and 2020 the overnight stays in Bavaria alone cost around 50,000 euros.
According to experts with whom Der Spiegel spoke, the fact that the federal government, the federal intelligence service, is said to have known nothing about all the trips shows Germany's lax attitude towards Russia in recent years.
John Sipher, ex-head of the Russia operations of the US secret service CIA, says: "The German government's Russia policy has always been: don't make waves." news portal
Newsweek
as co-chair of an expert group to help Russia's crumbling economy.
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