Vladimir Putin orders his two daughters to live with him amid assassination fears

Vladimir Putin has ordered his two daughters to live with him amid fears of being assassinated.

The Russian dictator has asked his two oldest daughters and grandchildren to live with him in his secret, high-security complex in the Valdai forest.

His wealthy daughter, Maria Vorontsova, 41, has moved in with her dictator dad along with her two children.

She is also joined by her younger sister, Katerina Tikhonova, 39, a former acrobatic dancer, and her son, an investigation by We Can Explain has revealed.

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The estate is located around 230 miles north west of Moscow and is already home to Putin's long-term partner, gymnast Alina Kabaeva, 43, and their two children, Ivan, 11, and Vladimir Jr., 6.

Buried in the dense Russian forest, security at the property has been ramped up in the last two years, with the complex now protected by 27 air-defence towers; previously, only 7 of these stood.

As well as physical defences, Russian security forces are also protecting their leader digitally. It is said they audited and temporarily disconnected the Kremlin's surveillance CCTV network over cybersecurity concerns.

The system was only put back online after it was fully vetted by security experts.

American and Israeli intelligence utilised a hacked security feed to hunt down Iranian's now-dead Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Putin's eldest daughters hold prominent positions in the country. Vorontsova works as an endocrinologist, looking into longevity research.

His second eldest, Tikhonova, manages major national initiatives in science and technology.

Both daughters have been sanctioned by Britain, the European Union, United States, Japan and New Zealand since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

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Both women are children of Russia's former First Lady, Lyudmila Putina, 68, who was married to the leader until 2014.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, she has been sanctioned by the UK.

The Foreign Office said in May 2022 she had "benefitted from preferential business relationships with Russian-owned entities".

Putin has survived several assassination attempts in his time in office.

In 2023, the Kremiln confirmed it show down two Ukrainian drones and accused Kyiv of targeting its leader.

A year before this, the then-Ukrainian Defence Intelligence chief Major General Kyrylo Budanov confirmed there had been an unsuccessful attempt to kill Putin, which took place in Caucasus, between the Black and Caspian Seas, shortly after the invasion of Ukraine began.

In 2012, Russian and Ukrainian intelligence foiled an assassination plot on Putin ahead of his presential election, with two men arrested in connection of the incident.

Nine years before then, British anti-terror police uncovered a plot to kill the Russian leader during a visit to the UK in October 2003.

Again, two men were arrested in connection with the plot – one of them was supposedly a former Russian service hitman.

In 2002, Russian security officials learnt there was a plot to kill Putin by targeting his car. Around 40 kg of explosives were discovered as attackers had planned to blow up a road the leader was meant to be driving along.

Earlier that year, during a state visit to Azerbaijan, an Iraqi man was arrested after developing a plot to kill Putin, with it being said he had links to Afghan and Chechen rebel forces.

Putin's war against Ukraine continues, with Russia suffering losses of 500,000 soldiers, according to GCHQ.

In February, Ukraine's leader President Volodymyr Zelensky, said his military had lost 55,000 soliders.

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