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reporter: experts say there is also putin s ex-wife, the mother of maria and kateryna, who also may have accounts in other places where putin is hiding his assets. one expert who tracks putin s finances says he doesn t believe she s been placed under any sanctions yet but he says that could be coming as the u.s. tries to ratchet up the personal pressure on vladimir putin. brian todd, cnn, washington. then there is the high price ukrainians are paying for this war. last hour, i spoke with the ukrainian member of parliament, the youngest member of parliament, just 26-year-old. his longtime girlfriend, a girlfriend of a decade, a journalist, killed by russian shelling. here he is. she was more than a girlfriend the ten years we knew each other, ten years we lived together. from the teenagehood to now and, yes, she was killed by the russian shelling and it s just one of the examples of how
secretive about his daughters that analysts have been left to fill in some of the gaps in the mystery. maria s now in healthcare in moscow. the old the younger daughter, kateryna, is now working in an ai institute at the moscow state university. we know they have traveled widely, especially in the west. we know one of them, kateryna, was married to russia s youngest billionaire and we know she also tried to pursue a career in acrobatic rock and roll. the other one, maria, we don t know quite as much about. we know she has pursued or reportedly pursued a career in medical sciences. the younger of the two adult daughters, kateryna, was married to a russian billionaire who is also under sanction but they are now divorced. putin s discomfort with speaking about his children was exposed in a series of interviews he did with american director oliver stone where he acknowledged he has grandchildren. are you a grandfather yet? how do you like your grandchildren? yes. so are you a
ukrainian authorities now are in control of the defunct plant. the u.s. has announced new sanctions targeting vladimir putin s family, in particular his two daughters. and any secret stashes they may have hidden outside of russia. not much is known about the russian president s family, especially those two daughters. but cnn s brian todd has this investigation. reporter: they are among the most closely guarded of the kremlin s secrets. vladimir putin s two adult daughters from his first wife. both believed to be in their mid-30s, now the subject of u.s. sanctions. a senior biden administration official confirms their names are maria who is believed to be the older daughter and also goes by the name maria and kateryna shown here once speaking at the saint petersburg international economic forum. putin spoke about his daughters in 2017. translator: my daughters work in science and education. they are not involved anywhere in politics or somewhere else. they have ordinary lives. rep