Russian President Vladimir Putin has helped place at least 24 close relatives in high government positions. This was reported by one of the local publications reported.
According to journalists' information, state-related income sources are owned by the families of Putin's daughters — Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, as well as the president's cousins Evgeny and Igor Putin, and his cousin's daughters Lyubov Shelomova and Lyubov Kruglova.
The report also stated that family members of "Putin's 'four famous lovers' — his ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, Alina Kabaeva, Svetlana Krivonogikh, and Alisa Kharchenva have also been placed in government positions.
The most influential positions went to relatives of the president's cousin, Evgeny Putin. Anna Sivileva (Evgeny's daughter, the president's niece) is the deputy defense minister, and her husband Sergey holds the position of energy minister. Anna Siveleva's blood brother, Mikhail Putin, holds a high position at Gazprom.
