Russian President Vladimir Putin is romantically involved with Ekaterina “Katya” Mizulina, a 39-year-old art historian educated in the United Kingdom and described by media outlets as a “blond, Barbie type” woman. The New York Post reported that Putin is romantically involved with a woman who is 32 years younger than him.
Who is Ekaterina Mizulina?
Ekaterina Mizulina also leads the powerful, Kremlin-backed Safe Internet League and is referred to as Putin’s “morality guardian” and “censorship pusher”.
“Katya Mizulina is completely to Putin’s taste. This Barbie type has always suited him very well,” Russian human rights campaigner Olga Romanova told Ukraine’s Channel 24.
According to the New York Post, Mizulina is the daughter of Elena Mizulina, a hardline female anti-Ukraine Russian lawmaker, aged 69. She wants to silence all online criticism of Putin, particularly those related to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Mizulina previously worked as a translator for official Russian delegations visiting China
Putin has previously been linked to Svetlana Krivonogikh, a strip club owner and multimillionaire from St. Petersburg. They are also said to have a child named Luiza, who is now twenty years old.
Putin is said to have been in a relationship with 40-year-old former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, and the couple is thought to have two or three children. Putin divorced Lyudmila, his wife of 30 years, in 2014.
Russian Telegram channel Kremlevskaya Tabakerka also claimed that the Russian leader and Ekaterina “have grown close recently” and that Putin has found a “new flame for companionship” in the 39-year-old woman.
Ekaterina Mizulina graduated from the prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London (SOAS) with degrees in art history and Indonesian language.
She previously worked as a translator for official Russian delegations visiting China and joined the Safe Internet League in 2017.
She has advocated for web censorship, as well as fines and sanctions against news outlets and social media platforms.
At a 2022 event, Ekaterina Mizulina stated, “First, we will clean Ukraine from the Nazis, and then we will get to Google and Wikipedia.” Earlier this month, she forced a college student to apologize or face serious consequences after the student questioned the necessity of mandatory military service.