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Vladimir Putin has reportedly appointed at least 24 of his relatives to government positions in order to provide them with "significant financial benefits".
Among this “new power list” are Putin’s grandchildren, making them the third generation of Putins in power. The allegations stem from an investigation conducted by the Proekt Group, announced last week on Telegram.
The publication also notes that Putin's 24 relatives in power is a record number for Russian rulers over the past 100 years. According to Proekt, it is not only the grandchildren of "Vlad the Mad" who have benefited, but the families of Putin's four well-known wives have also received financial benefits from the state.
This includes Putin's official wife, Lyudmila Putina-Ocheretnaya, his "unofficial wife", Alina Kabaeva, Svetlana Krivonogikh and Alisa Pishcheva.
The 72-year-old dictator has a secret family with Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, 42, with sons aged 10 and 6, according to a new book published earlier this year.
The book written by Russian investigative journalists Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin reveals that the family surname given to the boys by former spy Putin is Spiridonov.
It comes as Putin issued a 15-word "parental" statement as he weighed in on Russia's demographic challenges. The Russian president, who is said to have hidden his offspring, said the choice to have a child remains a "personal matter" that should be determined by individuals.
He also insisted that there should be "no pressure" on anyone regarding this decision. During a roundtable discussion with ministers on Russia's worrying fertility crisis, he said: "I emphasize that there absolutely cannot and should not be any pressure in this area."
"The decision to have a child is, of course, a private matter for each person and each family," he said.
The warmongering president expressed his desire for Russians to "sincerely try to find the joy of motherhood and fatherhood."
He stated that "through joint efforts, we must ensure that people, especially young people, sincerely strive to find the joys of motherhood and fatherhood, realize their potential in raising children, and be confident that the state will provide support when needed, a shoulder to lean on, so to speak."
We must do everything necessary to ensure that having children does not worsen a family's quality of life, but rather elevates its status." /Adapted from Daily Star/
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