{
  "id": 19704194,
  "title": "Leaked records suggest Vladimir Putin likely has a fourth grandchild. The boy’s birth was not officially registered for nearly a year.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/leaked-records-suggest-vladimir-putin-likely-has-a-fourth-grandchild",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T20:07:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/11/12/leaked-records-suggest-vladimir-putin-likely-has-a-fourth-grandchild-the-boy-s-birth-was-not-officially-registered-for-nearly-a-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "According to leaked civil registry records, Vladimir Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova has given birth to a son named Adrian. The birth of the boy, born in Moscow on August 15, 2025, was not officially registered for nearly a year. The first document recording the birth was issued by the Central Clinical Hospital of the Presidential Property Management Directorate. However, Moscow’s Chertanovo civil registry office only issued a birth certificate for the infant on July 10, 2026, almost a year after his birth. The reason behind the delay remains unclear. The birth certificate records the boy's surname as Tikhonov, a different name from what the infant was registered under. The outlet suggests the delay may be due to the family's desire to conceal the birth or complications arising from the parents' different surnames. Katerina Tikhonova, who married businessman Kirill Shamalov in 2013, divorced him in 2018. In January 2018, it was reported that she began a relationship with choreographer Igor Zelensky, who is the presumed father of the newborn. The couple has a daughter named Elza, born in 2017. Putin keeps his family life private, particularly the details of his sons' relationships. He has two more grandchildren, the offspring of his elder daughter Maria Vorontsova. One of these grandchildren was fathered by Vorontsova's former husband, Dutch businessman Jorrit Faassen, while the other is the son of Novatek manager Evgeny Nagorny.",
  "summary": "Katerina Tikhonova, Vladimir Putin’s younger daughter, has had a son named Adrian, according to the news outlet Agentstvo, citing leaked civil registry records.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}