Putin has likely become a grandfather for the fourth time. The boy was named Adrian

According to the leak, Adrian Igorevich Tikhonov was born in Moscow. The first document about his birth was issued on the day of delivery by the Central Clinical Hospital of the Presidential Administration, also known as the Kremlin hospital.

The birth certificate for the boy was issued at the Chertanovsky registry office in Moscow only on July 10, 2026 – almost 11 months after his birth. By law, parents must declare the birth of a child no later than one month later. Why the registration was delayed is unknown. Perhaps Putin's family wanted to hide the birth of the president's fourth grandchild. It's also possible that problems arose due to the different surnames of the parents – Tikhonova and Zelensky.

The Agency found Tikhonova's son's birth certificate in only one of the leak aggregators. Other services used by the publication did not contain such data. Journalists compared the information about Adrian Tikhonov's birth with other records from the same leak and found no signs of falsification.

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Since at least 2021, Tikhonova has appeared publicly only via video link. This was the case at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, InnoPractica congresses, and the Data Fusion conference. In June 2025, two months before her son's birth, she also participated in events remotely. Five weeks after giving birth, in September, Tikhonova addressed the participants of the 'Razgon' festival, organized by her foundation, via video link. And in September 2026, she personally appeared on stage at the same festival.

Putin conceals the names of his family members, but sometimes he himself announces the birth of grandchildren. In June 2017, he stated that he had become a grandfather for the second time. His two elder grandchildren are the children of his eldest daughter, Maria Vorontsova. One of them, Roman Faassen, was born in August 2012 to Dutch businessman Jorrit Faassen. The second, Andrei Nagorny, was born in April 2017. His father is Evgeny Nagorny, a manager at Novatek.

In June 2025, two months before Adrian's birth, Putin first spoke about a granddaughter who has a "nanny from Beijing". It is assumed that he was referring to Katerina Tikhonova's eldest child, Elsa, who was born in December 2017. At birth, the girl was given the surname and patronymic of Igor Zelensky. However, she travels abroad under her mother's surname, for which she also received a passport, according to leaks.

As with her younger brother, Elsa's place of birth is listed as the Central Clinical Hospital in the documents. According to an investigation by The Project publication, the girl has repeatedly traveled abroad with her parents, accompanied by a large number of nannies, educators, and guards.

Since 2013, Katerina Tikhonova was married to Kirill Shamalov, the son of Putin's friend and his partner in the Ozero cooperative, Nikolai Shamalov. No later than 2017, she began a relationship with Igor Zelensky, who at the time headed the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich.

Other children of Putin also live under assumed surnames. His sons by Alina Kabaeva are registered as Ivan and Vladimir Spiridonov. The first was born in 2015, the second in 2019. It is believed that their surname is derived from Putin's grandfather Spiridon. Ivan was born in Switzerland.

Putin's illegitimate daughter by Svetlana Krivonogikh, Luiza, bore the surnames Rozova and Rudnova.

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