Editing Vladimir Putin (section)

== Personal life ==
=== Family ===
{{Main|Family of Vladimir Putin}}
[[File:Vladimir Putin wedding-2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Putin and [[Lyudmila Putina]] during their wedding on 28 July 1983]]

On 28 July 1983, Putin married [[Lyudmila Putina|Lyudmila Shkrebneva]], and they lived together in East Germany from 1985 to 1990. They have two daughters, [[Maria Vorontsova|Maria Putina]], born on 28 April 1985 in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] (now Saint Petersburg), and [[Katerina Tikhonova|Yekaterina Putina]], born on 31 August 1986 in [[Dresden]], East Germany (now Germany).<ref>{{harv|Sakwa|2008|p=}}{{page needed|date=February 2022}}</ref>

An investigation by ''[[Proekt]]'' published in November 2020 alleged that Putin has another daughter, Elizaveta, also known as Luiza Rozova,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1 = Sonne |first1 = Paul |last2 = Miller |first2 = Greg |date = 3 October 2021 |title = Secret money, swanky real estate and a Monte Carlo mystery |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/putin-monaco-luxury-apartment/ |url-status = live |newspaper = The Washington Post |location = Washington, D.C. |archive-url = https://archive.today/20211003164047/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/putin-monaco-luxury-apartment/ |archive-date = 3 October 2021 |access-date = 6 October 2021 }}</ref> (born in March 2003),<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Harding |first = Luke |date = 3 October 2021 |title = Pandora papers reveal hidden riches of Putin's inner circle |url = https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/03/pandora-papers-reveal-hidden-wealth-vladimir-putin-inner-circle |url-status = live |work =[[The Guardian]] |location = London |archive-url = https://archive.today/20211003183439/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/03/pandora-papers-reveal-hidden-wealth-vladimir-putin-inner-circle |archive-date = 3 October 2021 |access-date = 6 October 2021 }}</ref> with [[Svetlana Krivonogikh]].<ref name="Proekt201125">{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://maski-proekt.media/putin-secret-family/index.html |title = An investigation into how a close acquaintance of Vladimir Putin attained a piece of Russia |last1 = Zakharov |first1 = Andrey |last2 = Badanin |first2 = Roman |author-link2 = Roman Badanin |last3 = Rubin |first3 = Mikhail |date = 25 November 2020 |website = maski-proekt.media |publisher = [[Proekt]] |access-date = 5 October 2021 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://archive.today/20201125094203/https://maski-proekt.media/putin-secret-family/index.html |archive-date = 25 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date = 25 November 2020 |title = Investigation Claims to Uncover Putin's Extramarital Daughter |url = https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/11/25/investigation-claims-to-uncover-putins-extramarital-daughter-a72146 |url-status = live |work = Moscow Times |archive-url = https://archive.today/20201126171725/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/11/25/investigation-claims-to-uncover-putins-extramarital-daughter-a72146 |archive-date = 26 November 2020 |access-date = 5 October 2021 }}</ref> Elizaveta studied in [[Paris]] under the name Elizaveta Olegovna Rudnova.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putin-daughter-paris-dj-luiza-rozova-b2655871.html|title=Putin's secret daughter 'part-time DJ living in Paris under pseudonym'}}</ref> In April 2008, the ''[[Moskovsky Korrespondent]]'' reported that Putin had divorced Lyudmila and was engaged to marry Olympic gold medalist [[Alina Kabaeva]], a former rhythmic gymnast and Russian politician.<ref name="RFERL080418">{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://www.rferl.org/a/1109593.html |title = Putin Romance Rumors Keep Public Riveted |date = 18 April 2008 |publisher = Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |access-date = 3 October 2021 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://archive.today/20211003191018/https://www.rferl.org/a/1109593.html |archive-date = 3 October 2021 }}</ref> The story was denied,<ref name=RFERL080418 /> and the newspaper was shut down shortly thereafter.<ref name="NYT120505">{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Herszenhorn |first = David M. |title = In the Spotlight of Power, Putin Keeps His Private Life Veiled in Shadows |date = 5 May 2012 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/world/europe/preparing-return-to-presidency-putin-keeps-his-private-life-off-limits.html |url-status = live |work = The New York Times |location = New York City |archive-url = https://archive.today/20170913003618/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/world/europe/preparing-return-to-presidency-putin-keeps-his-private-life-off-limits.html |archive-date = 13 September 2017 |access-date = 3 October 2021 |url-access = registration }}</ref> Putin and Lyudmila continued to make public appearances together as spouses,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = Vladimir Putin and Google: The most popular search queries answered |date = 19 March 2018 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43389407 |url-status = live |work =[[BBC News]] |archive-url = https://archive.today/20211003192940/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43389407 |archive-date = 3 October 2021 |access-date = 3 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = A new Russian first Lady? Putin hints he may marry again |date = 20 December 2018 |url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-putin-marriage/a-new-russian-first-lady-putin-hints-he-may-marry-again-idUSKCN1OJ29G |url-status = live |work = Reuters |archive-url = https://archive.today/20211003193024/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-putin-marriage/a-new-russian-first-lady-putin-hints-he-may-marry-again-idUSKCN1OJ29G |archive-date = 3 October 2021 |access-date = 3 October 2021 }}</ref> while the status of his relationship with Kabaeva became a topic of speculation.<ref name="Times150314">{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Hoyle |first = Ben |title = Motherland is gripped by baby talk that Putin is father again |date = 14 March 2015 |url = https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/motherland-is-gripped-by-baby-talk-that-putin-is-father-again-973lbhc6pmd |work = [[The Times]] |location = London |access-date = 3 October 2021 |url-access = limited }}</ref>

On 6 June 2013, Putin and Lyudmila announced that their marriage was over; on 1 April 2014, the Kremlin confirmed that the divorce had been finalised.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = Russia President Vladimir Putin's divorce goes through |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26850204 |access-date = 2 April 2014 |work =[[BBC News]] |date = 2 April 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140402191158/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26850204 |archive-date = 2 April 2014 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Allen |first = Cooper |date = 2 April 2014 |title = Putin divorce finalized, Kremlin says |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/04/02/vladimir-putin-divorce/7210689/ |url-status = live |work = USA Today |archive-url = https://archive.today/20140425043214/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/04/02/vladimir-putin-divorce/7210689/ |archive-date = 25 April 2014 |access-date = 3 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last = MacFarquahar |first = Neil |date = 13 March 2015 |title = Putin Has Vanished, but Rumors Are Popping Up Everywhere |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/world/europe/russia-putin-seen-in-public.html |url-status = live |newspaper = The New York Times |archive-url = https://archive.today/20150314054720/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/world/europe/russia-putin-seen-in-public.html?_r=0 |archive-date = 14 March 2015 |access-date = 3 October 2021 |url-access = registration }}</ref> Kabaeva reportedly gave birth to a daughter by Putin in 2015;<ref name="NEWSru150519" /><ref name="NW160202">{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Sharkov |first = Damien |title = What Do We Know About Putin's Family? |date = 2 February 2016 |url = https://www.newsweek.com/what-do-we-know-about-putins-family-422075 |url-status = live |work = Newsweek |archive-url = https://archive.today/20201111215949/https://www.newsweek.com/what-do-we-know-about-putins-family-422075 |archive-date = 11 November 2020 |access-date = 3 October 2021 }}</ref> this report was denied.<ref name="NEWSru150519">{{#invoke:cite|news|url = https://www.newsru.com/russia/19may2015/alina.html |title = Алина Кабаева после долгого перерыва вышла в свет, вызвав слухи о новой беременности (ФОТО, ВИДЕО) |date = 19 May 2015 |website = [[NEWSru]] |language = ru |trans-title = Alina Kabaeva after a long break was published, triggering rumors of a new pregnancy (Photo, Video) |access-date = 3 October 2021 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://archive.today/20150519232302/http://www.newsru.com/russia/19may2015/alina.html |archive-date = 19 May 2015 }}</ref> Kabaeva reportedly gave birth to twin sons by Putin in 2019.<ref name="Times190526">{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Campbell |first = Matthew |date = 26 May 2019 |title = Kremlin silent on reports Vladimir Putin and Alina Kabaeva, his 'secret first lady', have had twins |work = [[The Times]] |url = https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kremlin-silent-on-reports-vladimir-putin-and-alina-kabaeva-his-secret-first-lady-have-had-twins-dqvrpkrgc |url-access = limited |access-date = 3 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last = Dettmer |first = Jamie |date = 28 May 2019 |title = Reports of Putin Fathering Twins Test Free Speech in Russia |url = https://www.voanews.com/europe/reports-putin-fathering-twins-test-free-speech-russia |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191113224242/https://www.voanews.com/europe/reports-putin-fathering-twins-test-free-speech-russia |archive-date = 13 November 2019 |access-date = 23 October 2020 |publisher = Voice of America }}</ref> However, in 2022, Swiss media, citing the couple's Swiss gynecologist, wrote that on both occasions Kabaeva gave birth to a boy.<ref name=SonntagsZeitung>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1 = Besson |first1 = Sylvain |last2 = Odehnal |first2 = Bernhard |title = Russisches Staatsgeheimnis – Putins Sohn wurde im Tessin geboren |url = https://www.derbund.ch/putins-sohn-wurde-im-tessin-geboren-648161452864 |access-date = 1 May 2022 |newspaper = Der Bund |date = 30 April 2022 |language = de }}</ref>

Putin has two grandsons, born in 2012 and 2017,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title = Путин сообщил о рождении второго внука |date = 15 June 2017 |url = https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/1820542/ |publisher = [[NTV (Russia)|NTV]] |trans-title = Putin announced the birth of a second grandson |language = ru |access-date = 3 October 2021 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://archive.today/20211003193959/https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/1820542/ |archive-date = 3 October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|agency = [[Agence France-Presse]] |title = Russia's Putin opens up about grandchildren, appeals for family privacy during live TV show |date = 15 June 2017 |url = https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/2098540/russias-putin-opens-about-grandchildren-appeals |url-status = live |work = South China Morning Post |archive-url = https://archive.today/20201119200736/https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/2098540/russias-putin-opens-about-grandchildren-appeals |archive-date = 19 November 2020 |access-date = 3 October 2021 }}</ref> through Maria.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1 = Soshnikov |first1 = Andrei |last2 = Reiter |first2 = Svetlana |date = 8 April 2022 |title = The Secretive Life Of The Dutch Man Who Was Believed To Be Vladimir Putin's Son-In-Law: An Investigation |url = https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-daughters-son-in-law-secretive-life-sanctions-faassen/31793489.html |url-status = live |publisher = Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |archive-url = https://archive.today/20220409044235/https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-daughters-son-in-law-secretive-life-sanctions-faassen/31793489.html |archive-date = 9 April 2022 |access-date = 9 April 2022 }}</ref> He reportedly also has a granddaughter, born in 2017, through Katerina.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date = 19 May 2022 |title = Investigation Links German Ex-Ballet Director Zelensky with Putin's Daughter |url = https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/05/19/investigation-links-german-ex-ballet-director-zelensky-with-putins-daughter-a77728 |url-status = live |work = Moscow Times |archive-url = https://archive.today/20220520053627/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/05/19/russia-ukraine-trade-barbs-over-europes-largest-nuclear-plant-a77725 |archive-date = 20 May 2022 |access-date = 20 May 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Oltermann |first = Philip |date = 19 May 2022 |title = Putin's daughter flew to Munich 'more than 50 times' in two years, leaks reveal |url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/19/putins-daughter-flew-to-munich-more-than-50-times-investigation-suggests |url-status = live |work =[[The Guardian]] |location = London |archive-url = https://archive.today/20220520034617/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/19/putins-daughter-flew-to-munich-more-than-50-times-investigation-suggests |archive-date = 20 May 2022 |access-date = 20 May 2022 }}</ref> His cousin, [[Igor Putin]], was a director at Moscow-based [[Master Bank]] and was accused in a number of money-laundering scandals.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-the-danske-bank-money-laundering-scheme-involving-230-billion-unraveled-60-minutes-2019-05-19/ |title = How the Danske Bank money-laundering scheme involving $230&nbsp;billion unraveled |last = Kroft |first = Steve |date = 19 May 2019 |publisher = CBS News |access-date = 3 October 2021 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://archive.today/20190519233019/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-the-danske-bank-money-laundering-scheme-involving-230-billion-unraveled-60-minutes-2019-05-19/ |archive-date = 19 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://www.reportingproject.net/therussianlaundromat/the-russian-banks-and-putins-cousin.php |title = OCCRP – The Russian Banks and Putin's Cousin |website = reportingproject.net |access-date = 10 June 2019 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20151104182948/https://www.reportingproject.net/therussianlaundromat/the-russian-banks-and-putins-cousin.php |archive-date = 4 November 2015 }}</ref>

=== Wealth ===
{{See also|Panama Papers|Pandora papers}}
Official figures released during the [[2007 Russian legislative election|legislative election of 2007]] put Putin's wealth at approximately 3.7&nbsp;million [[Russian ruble|rubles]] (US$280,000) in bank accounts, a private {{convert|77.4|m2|adj=on|sqft|sp=us}} apartment in Saint Petersburg, and miscellaneous other assets.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://money.com/vladimir-putin-net-worth/ |title=Is Vladimir Putin Secretly the Richest Man in the World? |date=23 January 2017 |first1=Rob |last1=Wile |magazine=Money |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = http://www.quote.ru/fterm/emitent.shtml?49/1249 |title = Quote.Rbc.Ru :: Аюмй Яюмйр-Оерепаспц&nbsp;– Юйжхх, Ярпсйрспю, Мнбнярх, Тхмюмяш |publisher = Quote.ru |access-date = 2 March 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071026102505/http://www.quote.ru/fterm/emitent.shtml?49%2F1249 |archive-date = 26 October 2007 }}</ref> Putin's reported 2006 income totaled 2&nbsp;million rubles (approximately $152,000). In 2012, Putin reported an income of 3.6&nbsp;million rubles ($270,000).<ref>[http://www.rg.ru/2007/10/27/vibori.html ЦИК зарегистрировал список "ЕР"] [[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]] N 4504 27 October 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.vz.ru/politics/2007/10/26/120491.html ЦИК раскрыл доходы Путина] [[Vzglyad (newspaper)|Vzglyad]]. 26 October 2007.</ref> Putin has been photographed wearing a number of expensive wristwatches, collectively valued at $700,000, nearly six times his annual salary.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url = https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/06/putins-extravagant-700000-watch-collection/ |title = Putin's Extravagant $700,000 Watch Collection |date = 8 June 2012 |publisher = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date = 1 February 2019 |first = Kirit |last = Radia }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/how-vladimir-putin-spends-his-mysterious-fortune-rumoured-to-be-worth-70-billion-a7805026.html |date = 23 June 2017 |access-date = 1 February 2019 |title = How Vladimir Putin spends his mysterious fortune rumoured to be worth $70&nbsp;billion |work = [[The Independent]] |first = Mary |last = Hanbury }}</ref> Putin has been known on occasion to give watches valued at thousands of dollars as gifts, for example a watch identified as a [[Blancpain]] to a Siberian boy he met while on vacation in 2009, and another similar watch to a factory worker the same year.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/06/putins-extravagant-700000-watch-collection |title = Putin's Extravagant $700,000 Watch Collection |website = ABC News |date = 8 June 2012 }}</ref>

[[File:Opening of the Crimean bridge (2018-05-15) 01.jpg|thumb|Putin's close associate [[Arkady Rotenberg]] is mentioned in the [[Panama Papers]], pictured 2018.]]
According to Russian opposition politicians and journalists,<ref>[http://www.wps.ru/en/pp/story/2007/03/12.html Gennadi Timchenko: Russia's most low-profile billionaire] ''Sobesednik'' No. 10, 7 March 2007.</ref><ref name=Guardian_40bn>{{#invoke:cite|news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/dec/21/russia.topstories3 |title = Putin, the Kremlin power struggle and the $40bn fortune |work =[[The Guardian]] |date = 21 December 2007 |last = Harding |first = Luke |access-date = 18 August 2008 |location = London }}</ref> Putin secretly possesses a multi-billion-dollar fortune via successive ownership of stakes in a number of Russian companies.<ref name=Is>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = Is Vladimir Putin the richest man on earth? |url = http://www.news.com.au/money/money-matters/is-vladimir-putin-the-richest-man-on-earth/story-e6frfmd9-1226727457378 |newspaper = [[News.com.au]] |date = 26 September 2013 |access-date = 26 September 2013 |archive-date = 8 December 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131208183550/http://www.news.com.au/money/money-matters/is-vladimir-putin-the-richest-man-on-earth/story-e6frfmd9-1226727457378 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/what-is-russian-president-vladimir-putins-net-worth |title = What is Russian President Vladimir Putin's net worth? |last = Joyce |first = Kathleen |date = 29 June 2019 |website = Fox Business |access-date = 30 June 2019 }}</ref> According to one editorial in ''[[The Washington Post]]'', "Putin might not technically own these 43 aircraft, but, as the sole political power in Russia, he can act like they're his".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = Is Vladimir Putin hiding a $200&nbsp;billion fortune? (And if so, does it matter?) |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/02/20/is-vladimir-putin-hiding-a-200-billion-fortune-and-if-so-does-it-matter/ |newspaper = The Washington Post |first = Adam |last = Tayor |access-date = 19 March 2017 }}</ref> An [[RIA Novosti]] journalist argued that "[Western] intelligence agencies ... could not find anything". These contradictory claims were analyzed by [[Polygraph.info]],<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://www.polygraph.info/a/putin-wealth-aslund-propaganda-fact-check/29940697.html |title = Are 'Putin's Billions' a Myth? |author = William Echols |date = 14 May 2019 |website = Polygraph.info |access-date = 16 May 2019 }}</ref> which looked at a number of reports by Western ([[Anders Åslund]] estimate of $100–160&nbsp;billion) and Russian ([[Stanislav Belkovsky]] estimated of $40&nbsp;billion) analysts, [[CIA]] (estimate of $40&nbsp;billion in 2007) as well as counterarguments of Russian media. Polygraph concluded:

{{blockquote|text=There is uncertainty on the precise sum of Putin's wealth, and the assessment by the Director of U.S. National Intelligence apparently is not yet complete. However, with the pile of evidence and documents in the Panama Papers and in the hands of independent investigators such as those cited by Dawisha, Polygraph.info finds that Danilov's claim that Western intelligence agencies have not been able to find evidence of Putin's wealth to be misleading|sign=Polygraph.info|source="Are 'Putin's Billions' a Myth?"|title=}}
In April 2016, 11&nbsp;million documents belonging to Panamanian law firm [[Mossack Fonseca]] were [[List of people named in the Panama Papers|leaked]] to the German newspaper ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]'' and the [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]-based [[Center for Public Integrity|International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]]. The name of Putin does not appear in any of the records, and Putin denied his involvement with the company.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last1 = Luhn |first1 = Alec |last2 = Harding |first2 = Luke |author-link2 = Luke Harding |date = 7 April 2016 |title = Putin dismisses Panama Papers as an attempt to destabilise Russia |url = http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/07/putin-dismisses-panama-papers-as-an-attempt-to-destabilise-russia |access-date = 18 September 2022 |website = [[The Guardian]] }}</ref> However, various media have reported on three of Putin's associates on the list.<ref name="hardingrevealed">{{cite news|last=Harding|first=Luke|title = Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin |url = https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/panama-papers-money-hidden-offshore |newspaper = [[The Guardian]] |location = London |date = 3 April 2016}}</ref> According to the [[Panama Papers]] leak, close trusted associates of Putin own offshore companies worth US$2&nbsp;billion in total.<ref>[http://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56fe71aaa1bb8d3c3495ac71/ Der Zirkel der Macht von Vladimir Putin], Süddeutsche Zeitung</ref> The German newspaper ''[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]'' regards the possibility of Putin's family profiting from this money as plausible.<ref>[http://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/56eff9f22f17ab0f205e636a/ Wladimir Putin und seine Freunde], Süddeutsche Zeitung</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/panama-papers-money-hidden-offshore Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin], ''The Guardian''</ref>

According to the paper, the US$2&nbsp;billion had been "secretly shuffled through banks and shadow companies linked to Putin's associates", such as construction billionaires [[Arkady Rotenberg|Arkady]] and [[Boris Romanovich Rotenberg|Boris Rotenberg]], and [[Rossiya Bank|Bank Rossiya]], previously identified by the U.S. State Department as being treated by Putin as his personal bank account, had been central in facilitating this. It concludes that "Putin has shown he is willing to take aggressive steps to maintain secrecy and protect [such] communal assets".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://panamapapers.icij.org/20160403-putin-russia-offshore-network.html |title = All Putin's Men: Secret Records Reveal Money Network Tied to Russian Leader |website = panamapapers.icij.org |date = 3 April 2016 |access-date = 4 April 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35918845 |title = Panama Papers: Putin associates linked to 'money laundering' |work =[[BBC News]] |access-date = 4 April 2016 }}</ref>

A significant proportion of the money trail leads to Putin's best friend [[Sergei Roldugin]]. Although a musician, and in his own words, not a businessman, it appears he has accumulated assets valued at $100m, and possibly more. It has been suggested he was picked for the role because of his low profile.<ref name="hardingrevealed" /> There have been speculations that Putin, in fact, owns the funds,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://www.vox.com/2016/4/4/11360212/panama-papers-russia-putin |title = The Panama Papers show how corruption really works in Russia |last = Galeotti |first = Mark |date = 4 April 2016 |publisher = Vox Business and Finance |access-date = 8 April 2016 }}</ref> and Roldugin just acted as a proxy.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Harding |first = Luke |date = 3 April 2016 |title = Sergei Roldugin, the cellist who holds the key to tracing Putin's hidden fortune |language = en-GB |work =[[The Guardian]] |url = https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/sergei-roldugin-the-cellist-who-holds-the-key-to-tracing-putins-hidden-fortune |access-date = 16 October 2020 |issn = 0261-3077 }}</ref> [[Garry Kasparov]] said that "[Putin] controls enough money, probably more than any other individual in the history of human race".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last = Kasparov |first = Garry |title = Starr Forum: The Trump-Putin Phenomenon |url = https://cis.mit.edu/events/transcripts/starr-forum-trump-putin-phenomenon |website = MIT Center for International Studies |access-date = 8 March 2021 }}</ref>

=== Residences ===
==== Official government residences ====
[[File:Barack Obama and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.jpg|thumb|Putin receives [[Barack Obama]] at his residence in [[Novo-Ogaryovo]], 2009.]]
As president and prime minister, Putin has lived in numerous official residences throughout the country.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/leaders-not-swapping-residences-13069 |title = Russian Leaders Not Swapping Residences |date = 5 March 2012 |first1 = Olga |last1 = Solovyova |website = [[The Moscow Times]] |access-date = 22 March 2017 }}</ref> These residences include: the [[Moscow Kremlin]], [[Novo-Ogaryovo]] in [[Moscow Oblast]], Gorki-9 near Moscow, [[Bocharov Ruchey]] in [[Sochi]], [[Dolgiye Borody (residence)]] in [[Novgorod Oblast]], and Riviera in Sochi.<ref name="residences">{{#invoke:cite|web|url = http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1576415/print?stamp=634719994045719457 |title = Тайна за семью заборами |date = 31 January 2011 |publisher = Kommersant.ru |access-date = 22 June 2013 }}</ref> In August 2012, critics of Putin listed the ownership of 20 villas and palaces, nine of which were built during Putin's 12 years in power.<ref name="Slave">{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Elder |first = Miriam |title = Vladimir Putin 'Galley Slave' Lifestyle: Palaces, Planes and a $75,000 Toilet |url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/28/vladimir-putin-palaces-planes-toilet |work =[[The Guardian]] |location = London |date = 28 August 2012 |access-date = 28 August 2012 }}</ref>

==== Personal residences ====
Soon after Putin returned from his KGB service in Dresden, East Germany, he built a [[dacha]] in Solovyovka on the eastern shore of Lake Komsomolskoye on the [[Karelian Isthmus]] in [[Priozersky District]] of [[Leningrad Oblast]], near St. Petersburg. After the dacha burned down in 1996, Putin built a new one identical to the original and was joined by a group of seven friends who built dachas nearby. In 1996, the group formally registered their fraternity as a [[housing cooperative|co-operative]] society, calling it [[Ozero]] ("Lake") and turning it into a [[gated community]].<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/02/how-the-1980s-explains-vladimir-putin/273135/# How the 1980s Explains Vladimir Putin. ''The Ozero group.''] By Fiona Hill & Clifford G. Gaddy, ''The Atlantic'', 14 February 2013.</ref>

A massive Italianate-style mansion costing an alleged US$1&nbsp;billion<ref name="'Putin palace' sold">{{#invoke:cite|news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8359527/Putin-palace-sells-for-350-million.html |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8359527/Putin-palace-sells-for-350-million.html |archive-date = 10 January 2022 |url-access = subscription |url-status = live |title = 'Putin Palace' Sells for US$350 Million |work = The Daily Telegraph |date = 3 March 2011 |access-date = 5 May 2012 |location = London |first = Our |last = Foreign }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and dubbed "[[Putin's Palace]]" is under construction near the Black Sea village of Praskoveevka.{{when|date=March 2025}} In 2012, [[Sergei Kolesnikov (whistleblower)|Sergei Kolesnikov]], a former business associate of Putin's, told the BBC's ''[[Newsnight]]'' programme that he had been ordered by Deputy Prime Minister [[Igor Sechin]] to oversee the building of the palace.<ref name="Putin's palace">{{#invoke:cite|news|date = 4 May 2012 |title = Putin's Palace? A Mystery Black Sea Mansion Fit for a Tsar |publisher = BBC |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17730959 |access-date = 4 May 2012 }}</ref> He also said that the mansion, built on government land and sporting three helipads, plus a private road paid for from state funds and guarded by officials wearing uniforms of the official Kremlin guard service, have been built for Putin's private use.<ref name="IBP-2014">{{Cite book |title=Russia: Russia president Vladimir Putin rule: achievements, problems and future strategies |date=2014 |publisher=International Business Publications |isbn=978-1-4330-6774-7 |location=Washington, DC |page=85 |oclc=956347599}}</ref>

On 19 January 2021, two days after [[Alexei Navalny]] was detained by Russian authorities upon his return to Russia, a video investigation by him and the [[Anti-Corruption Foundation]] (FBK) was published accusing Putin of using fraudulently obtained funds to build the estate for himself in what he called "the world's biggest bribe". In the investigation, Navalny said that the estate is 39 times the size of Monaco and cost over 100 billion rubles ($1.35 billion) to construct. It also showed aerial footage of the estate via a drone and a detailed floorplan of the palace that Navalny said was given by a contractor, which he compared to photographs from inside the palace that were leaked onto the Internet in 2011. He also detailed an elaborate corruption scheme allegedly involving Putin's inner circle that allowed Putin to hide billions of dollars to build the estate.<ref name="tmt-putin's-palace">{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/01/19/navalny-targets-billion-dollar-putin-palace-in-investigation-released-after-jailing-a72661 |title = Navalny Targets 'Billion-Dollar Putin Palace' in New Investigation |website = Moscow Times |date = 19 January 2021 |access-date = 19 January 2021 |archive-date = 19 January 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210119160300/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/01/19/navalny-targets-billion-dollar-putin-palace-in-investigation-released-after-jailing-a72661 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://meduza.io/feature/2021/01/19/fbk-opublikoval-ogromnoe-rassledovanie-o-dvortse-putina-v-gelendzhike-vot-glavnoe-iz-dvuhchasovogo-filma-o-stroitelstve-tsenoy-v-100-milliardov |title = ФБК опубликовал огромное расследование о 'дворце Путина' в Геленджике. Вот главное из двухчасового фильма о строительстве ценой в 100 миллиардов |website = Meduza.io |date = 19 January 2021 |access-date = 19 January 2021 |archive-date = 19 January 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210119162405/https://meduza.io/feature/2021/01/19/fbk-opublikoval-ogromnoe-rassledovanie-o-dvortse-putina-v-gelendzhike-vot-glavnoe-iz-dvuhchasovogo-filma-o-stroitelstve-tsenoy-v-100-milliardov |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://tvrain.ru/news/fbk_opublikoval_rassledovanie_o_dvortse_putina_razmerom_s_39_knjazhestv_monako-522873/ |title = ФБК опубликовал расследование о 'дворце Путина' размером с 39 княжеств Монако |website = tvrain.ru |date = 19 January 2021 |access-date = 19 January 2021 |archive-date = 19 January 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210119222256/https://tvrain.ru/news/fbk_opublikoval_rassledovanie_o_dvortse_putina_razmerom_s_39_knjazhestv_monako-522873/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Since the [[prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Putin prefers to travel in an armored train to flying.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date = 13 February 2023 |title = That extra-heavy load Instead of flying, Vladimir Putin prefers to travel around Russia by armored train (allegedly for fear of Ukrainian attack) |url = https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/02/13/that-extra-heavy-load |access-date = 17 February 2023 |website = [[Meduza]] |language = en }}</ref>
<!-- === Speculations about mental health ===
The US intelligence psychologist [[Jerrold Post]] from the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior of the CIA assessed Putin to be a "[[Narcissism|narcissist]]", a "brutally ruthless dictator" with "extremely calculating nature", the "meticulous pseudo-legal justifications for his actions". Putin was deemed to be obsessed with "masculinity, size, strength and power" and preoccupied "with size and strength is overcompensation for his underlying insecurity".<ref>{{cite book |last=Jerrold M. |first=Post |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OqIaBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Jerrold+Post%22+%22putin%22+narcissism&pg=PA219 |title=Narcissism and Politics: Dreams of Glory; Putin the Great |page=219-220 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2015 |isbn=9781107008724}}
</ref> concealing this section per talk, see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Vladimir_Putin&oldid=1078878872#Vladimir_Putin#Speculations_about_mental_health. ~~~~.-->

=== Pets ===
{{Main|Pets of Vladimir Putin}}
[[File:Vladimir Putin and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (2017-10-11) 05.jpg|thumb|Putin's pet, named Verni, was a birthday gift from [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]], president of Turkmenistan, during a meeting in Sochi in October 2017.]]
Putin has received five dogs from various national leaders: [[Konni (dog)|Konni]], Buffy, Yume, Verni and Pasha. Konni died in 2014. When Putin first became president, the family had two poodles, Tosya and Rodeo. They reportedly stayed with his ex-wife [[Lyudmila Putina|Lyudmila]] after their divorce.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url = https://aif.ru/dontknows/file/skolko_sobak_u_putina |title = Сколько собак у Путина? |date = 23 October 2017 |website = aif.ru |language = ru |trans-title = How many dogs does Putin have? |access-date = 9 October 2021 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://archive.today/20211009200045/https://aif.ru/dontknows/file/skolko_sobak_u_putina |archive-date = 9 October 2021 }}</ref>

=== Religion ===
[[File:Vladimir Putin in the United States 13-16 November 2001-55.jpg|thumb|Putin and wife Lyudmila in New York at a service for victims of the [[September 11 attacks]], 16 November 2001]]

Putin is [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]]. His mother was a devout Christian who attended the Russian Orthodox Church; his father was an [[atheist]].<ref name="Colton">{{cite book |author1-link=Timothy Colton |title=Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: the Russian elections of 1999 and 2000 |url=https://archive.org/details/popularchoiceman00colt |url-access=registration |author1=Timothy J. Colton |author2=Michael MacFaul |year=2003 |publisher=The Brookings Institution |location=Washington, DC |isbn=978-0-8157-1535-1 |page={{page needed |date=February 2022}}}}</ref> Although his mother kept no [[icon]]s at home, she attended church regularly, despite government persecution of her faith at that time. His mother secretly baptized him as a baby, and she regularly took him to services.<ref name=sakwa_p3 />

According to Putin, his religious awakening began after a serious car crash involving his wife in 1993, and a life-threatening fire that burned down their [[dacha]] in August 1996.<ref name=Colton /> Shortly before an official visit to Israel, Putin's mother gave him his baptismal cross, telling him to get it blessed. Putin has stated, "I did as she said and then put the cross around my neck. I have never taken it off since".<ref name=sakwa_p3 />

When asked in 2007 whether he believes in God, he replied, "There are things I believe, which should not in my position, at least, be shared with the public at large for everybody's consumption because that would look like [[self-advertising]] or a political [[striptease]]".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071221190115/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/article/0,28804,1690753_1690757_1695787-3,00.html Putin Q&A: Full Transcript] ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. Retrieved 22 March 2008.</ref> Putin's rumoured [[confessor]] is Russian Orthodox bishop [[Tikhon (Shevkunov)|Tikhon Shevkunov]].<ref name="FT">{{#invoke:cite|news|title = Putin and the monk |url = http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f2fcba3e-65be-11e2-a3db-00144feab49a.html |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f2fcba3e-65be-11e2-a3db-00144feab49a.html |archive-date = 10 December 2022 |url-access = subscription |work = [[FT Magazine]] |date = 25 January 2013 }}</ref> The sincerity of his Christianity has been rejected by his former advisor [[Sergei Pugachev]].<ref name="veconomist">{{#invoke:cite|news|title = The enduring grip of the men{{snd}}and mindset{{snd}}of the KGB |url = https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/04/25/the-enduring-grip-of-the-men-and-mindset-of-the-kgb |newspaper = [[The Economist]] |date = 25 April 2020 }}</ref>

=== Sports ===
Putin watches [[Association football|football]] and supports [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg]].<ref name="Putin to talk pipeline, attend football game">{{#invoke:cite|web|title = Putin to talk pipeline, attend football game |url = http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=03&dd=22&nav_id=73361 |website = B92 |date = 22 March 2011 |access-date = 22 March 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110326175209/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=03&dd=22&nav_id=73361 |archive-date = 26 March 2011 }}</ref> He also displays an interest in [[ice hockey]] and [[bandy]],<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url = https://www.thelocal.se/20160229/bandy-how-swedens-little-known-sport-is-winning-converts |title = Bandy, how little known sport is winning converts |work = The Local |date = 29 February 2016 |access-date = 9 October 2017 }}</ref> and played in a star-studded hockey game on his 63rd birthday.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-sports/vladimir-putin-scores-seven-goals-in-epic-hockey-game-57500/ |title=Vladimir Putin Scores Seven Goals in Epic Hockey Game |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=9 October 2015 |access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Vladimir Putin in Japan 3-5 September 2000-22.jpg|thumb|Putin practicing judo in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2000]]
Putin has been practicing judo since he was 11,<ref name="kremlinbiosports">{{#invoke:cite|web|title = Kremlin Biography of President Vladimir Putin |url = http://eng.putin.kremlin.ru/interests |access-date = 23 May 2017 |website = putin.kremlin.ru }}</ref> before switching to [[sambo (martial art)|sambo]] at the age of fourteen.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date = 15 November 2001 |title = NPR News: Vladimir Putin: Transcript of Robert Siegel Interview |url = https://legacy.npr.org/news/specials/putin/nprinterview.html |access-date = 19 October 2020 |website = legacy.npr.org }}</ref> He won competitions in both sports in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] (now Saint Petersburg). He was awarded eighth [[Dan (rank)|dan]] of the [[Black belt (martial arts)|black belt]] in 2012, becoming the first Russian to achieve the status.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date = 10 October 2012 |title = Putin awarded eighth dan by international body |work = Reuters |url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-judo-russia-putin-idUSBRE8991F120121010 |access-date = 19 October 2020 }}</ref> He was rewarded an eighth-degree karate black belt in 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=21 November 2014|title=Putin becomes eighth-degree karate black belt|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/21/world/europe/putin-karate-black-belt/index.html|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

He co-authored a book titled ''Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin'' in Russian (2000),{{Efn|{{langx|ru|link=no|Учимся дзюдо с Владимиром Путиным}}}} and ''Judo: History, Theory, Practice'' in English (2004).<ref name="putin-judo">{{cite book |last=Putin |first=Vladimir |author2=Vasily Shestakov |author3=Alexey Levitsky |date=2004 |title=Judo: History, Theory, Practice |publisher=[[Blue Snake Books]] |isbn=978-1-55643-445-7}}{{page needed|date=February 2022}}</ref> [[Benjamin Wittes]], a black belt in taekwondo and aikido and editor of ''[[Lawfare (website)|Lawfare]]'', has disputed Putin's martial arts skills, stating that there is no video evidence of Putin displaying any real noteworthy judo skills.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last = Hawkins |first = Derek |date = 18 July 2017 |title = Is Vladimir Putin a judo fraud? |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/18/is-vladimir-putin-a-judo-fraud/ |access-date = 18 July 2017 |newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.lawfaremedia.org/ill-fight-putin-any-time-any-place-he-cant-have-me-arrested |title = I'll Fight Putin Any Time, Any Place He Can't Have Me Arrested|last=Wittes|first=Benjamin|date = 21 October 2015 |work = [[Lawfare (website)|Lawfare]] |access-date = 18 July 2017 }}</ref> During Putin's visit to Japan in 2000, a small Japanese girl with a green belt in judo tossed Vladimir Putin to the floor using a judo throw.<ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/world/viral-little-japanese-girl-tosses-black-belt-russian-president-vladimir-putin-in-old-video-11881511.html Viral: Little Japanese girl tosses Black belt Russian President Vladimir Putin in old video], ''FirstPost'', 27 December 2022, 16:01:32 IST</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYr38WiUvwM&t=33s JAPAN: TOKYO: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN: JUDO (V), Associated Press archive], Associated Press</ref>

In March 2022, Putin was removed from all positions in the [[International Judo Federation]] (IJF) due to the Russian war in Ukraine.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title = International Judo Federation strips titles from Vladimir Putin and Russian oligarch |url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/international-judo-federation-strips-titles-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-invasion/ |date = 7 March 2022 |publisher = CBS News |language = en-US |access-date=16 March 2023}}</ref>

=== Health ===
{{See also|Claims of Vladimir Putin's incapacity and death}}
In July 2022, the director of the U.S. [[Central Intelligence Agency]], [[William J. Burns (diplomat)|William Burns]], stated they had no evidence to suggest Putin was unstable or in bad health. The statement was made because of increasing unconfirmed media speculation about Putin's health. Burns had previously been [[U.S. Ambassador to Russia|U.S. ambassador to Russia]], and had personally observed Putin for over two decades, including a personal meeting in November 2021. A Kremlin spokesperson also dismissed rumours of Putin's bad health.<ref name=bbc-20220721>{{#invoke:cite|news|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62246914 |title = Ukraine war: CIA chief says no intelligence that Putin is in bad health |last1 = Corera |first1 = Gordon |last2 = Wright |first2 = George |work =[[BBC News]] |date = 21 July 2022 |access-date = 22 July 2022 }}</ref>

The Russian political magazine ''Sobesednik'' ({{langx|ru|Собеседник|italic=yes}}) alleged in 2018 that Putin had a [[sensory room]] installed in [[Dolgiye Borody (residence)|his private residence]] in the [[Novgorod Oblast]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = Putin has a special 'sensory room' at his presidential residence to relax and stave off depression |url = https://meduza.io/en/shapito/2018/09/06/putin-has-a-special-sensory-room-at-his-presidential-residence-to-relax-and-stave-off-depression |access-date = 1 May 2022 |work = [[Meduza]] |date = 6 September 2018 }}</ref> The [[White House]], as well as Western generals, politicians, and [[political analysts]], have questioned Putin's [[Mental disorder|mental health]] after two years of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = White House, senators and generals question Putin's mental health after two years of pandemic isolation |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/russia-ukraine-putin-mental-health-b2024503.html |work = The Independent |date = 28 February 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = Putin's obsession with Ukraine has made analysts question his rationality |url = https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/02/putins-obsession-with-ukraine-has-made-analysts-question-his-rationality.html |publisher = CNBC |date = 28 February 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title = Putin's War Looks Increasingly Insane |url = https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/putins-war-looks-increasingly-insane.html |work = [[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date = 4 March 2022 }}</ref>

In April 2022, tabloid newspaper ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' reported that based on video footage Putin may have [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref name="DW">{{#invoke:cite|news|title = Kremlin slams reports of Putin resignation as 'complete nonsense' |url = https://www.dw.com/en/kremlin-slams-reports-of-putin-resignation-as-complete-nonsense/a-55520403 |access-date = 1 May 2022 |work = [[Deutsche Welle]] |date = 6 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1 = Sabin |first1 = Lamiat |title = Video of Vladimir Putin gripping table in meeting sparks concerns about his health |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-putin-health-holding-table-russia-b2063102.html |access-date = 1 May 2022 |work = [[The Independent]] |date = 22 April 2022 }}</ref><ref name="Roth">{{#invoke:cite|news|last1 = Roth |first1 = Clare |title = Putin and Parkinson's: What do experts say? |url = https://www.dw.com/en/putin-and-parkinsons-what-do-experts-say/a-61597476 |access-date = 1 May 2022 |work = [[Deutsche Welle]] |date = 28 March 2022 }}</ref> This speculation, which has not been supported by medical professionals, has spread in part due to [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine]], which many saw as an irrational act.<ref name="Roth" /> The [[Kremlin]]<ref name="DW" /> rejected the possibility of Parkinson's along with outside medical professionals, who stress that it is impossible to diagnose the condition based on video clips alone.<ref name="Roth" />