Putin's daughters take centre stage at 'Russia's Davos' conference - without any mention of their family connections - as the woman 'raise their profile to ensure their status once Vladimir dies'

The daughters of Russia's president are speaking at a major business conference in an unprecedented public appearance together this week - a move seen as an indicator that Moscow's elites are preparing for a world post-Putin. Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 06 June 2024 Innopraktika development initiative head Katerina Tikhonova attends via videolink the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg on June 6, 2024 Maria Vorontsova is an endocrinologist and today speaks on a bioeconomy panel at SPIEF Vladimir Putin is pictured with his 'first family' - wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya and daughters Katerina and Maria The Russian President's eldest daughter - Maria Vorontsova, 39 - is an endocrinologist and is taking part in a panel this afternoon on Russia's bioeconomy. Russian president Vladimir Putin does not allow the press to mention his daughters - but routinely urges Russians to have more children and waxes lyrical about the importance of family The Russian President's eldest daughter - Maria Vorontsova, 39 - is an endocrinologist and is taking part in a panel this afternoon on Russia's 'bioeconomy' Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova, 37 is pictured on her wedding day in 2013 Katerina Tikhonova and Ivan Klimov perform at May 2014 European Championship in acrobatic rock-and-roll in Kaliningrad, Russia Lyudmila Shkrebneva and Vladimir Putin are pictured in 2013 having announced their divorce Putin himself espouses traditional values and often waxes lyrical about the importance of having a large, strong family in speeches and interviews. Russian President Vladimir Putin hands flowers to an 18-year-old Alina Kabaeva, Russian rhytmic gymnastics star and Olympic prize winner, after awarding her with an Order of Friendship during annual award ceremony in the Kremlin 08 June 2001 Alina Kabaeva and Vladimir Putin at an event in Kremlin Kabaeva, 41, is pictured in a recent interview Svetlana Krivonogikh, a cleaning lady turned multi-millionaire, has been romantically linked with Vladimir Putin since he was deputy mayor of her hometown St. Petersburg Krivonogikh is rumoured to have been working as a shopcleaner following her education in the late 1990s, where she allegedly caught the eye of Putin Luiza Rozova is believed to be Vladimir Putin's third daughter Rozova is thought to be the lovechild of Putin and Krivonogikh Svetlana Krivonogikh was born in Putin's hometown of St. Petersburg in 1975 and went on to study at the city's University of Economics and Finance in the department of international relations. In 2020, independent Russian investigative news site Proekt claimed that Krivonogikh formed a friendship with Putin while he was St Petersburg's deputy mayor - and therefore still married to Lyudmila Shkrebneva.