Putin is a long-time partner of Olympic gold medal-winning rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly found new love in a London-educated woman who censors online criticism of the Russian leader. daily mail reported citing Ukrainian media reports.
Ekaterina “Katya” Mizulina, 39, daughter of pro-Putin and anti-Ukrainian senator Elena Mizulina, 69, is the head of Russia's Safe Internet League.
However, she has recently been dubbed Putin's “guardian of morality” as she is seen as a web censor trying to suppress criticism of the dictator, particularly over the Ukraine war.
Putin, 71, is a long-term partner of Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, 40, and is believed to have two or three children with the former athlete who resides in a network of palaces and official residences owned by the Russian president. .
Social media in Russia and Ukraine have seized on claims that he has found a new confidant in hardliner Mizulina and that the two have “become close”.
Russian human rights activist Olga Romanova told Ukraine Channel 24: “Katya Mizulina is completely to Putin's taste. This Barbie ***** [type] “He's always done very well.”
Romanov compared her to a previous lover of Putin, Svetlana Krivonogikh, a club owner and billionaire in St. Petersburg, mother of Putin's beloved daughter, Luiza, 20.
According to Ukrainian media, “Russian insiders claim that Ekaterina Mizulina has the kind of appearance that especially attracts Vladimir Putin.”
Mizulina, a 2004 graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London with a degree in art history and Indonesian language, has worked as a translator for official Russian delegations visiting China.
His philosopher father, Professor Mikhail Mizulin, 69, is a prominent academic in Moscow.
Mizulina advocates Internet censorship, fines and sanctions against the media and social networks.
At a meeting with students this month, he demanded an apology from a student who questioned conscription and threatened him with Putin's strict laws.
