OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) has revealed that Igor Zelensky, 52, a Russian dancer and former director of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich is in a « previously unreported long-term relationship with Putin’s younger daughter, Katerina Tikhonova. » The news was also published by German news magazine Der Spiegel. The investigation also found that Tikhonova and Zelensky appear to have a child together.
Zelensky te took up the position with the Bavarian Ballet in 2016. Zelensky stepped down “for family reasons” last month.