Washington has already announced sanctions against Maria and her younger sister Yekaterina. According to diplomatic sources, Putin’s daughters are also in the new Brussels sanctions proposals. If the member states agree, the two members of the Putin clan will no longer be welcome in the European Union and any assets in the country bloc will be frozen.
There have been strong rumors about Maria for years about a relationship with Dutchman Jorrit Faassen. The two would even have lived together in Voorschoten for a while. Faassen recently admitted to Follow the Money that he is married to a Russian woman, but he denies that his wife is Putin’s daughter.
The Kremlin is extremely frugal in sharing information about the private life of the Putin clan. Stories abound about the president’s family, for example, he would have more children from another marriage. In any case, Maria is no stranger to the West. She is already appearing on the European blacklist of oligarchs who are friends with the Putins. Brussels has motivated all rich people why they are faced with punitive measures. Among some of these Russians, Putin’s eldest daughter Maria appears as a board member of a foundation they set up.
