Overview

• Elizaveta Krivonogikh, 22, is said to be interning at L Galerie in Belleville and Espace Albatros in Montreuil under the names Elizaveta Rudnova and Luiza Rozova to help stage anti-war and anti-Kremlin art shows.
• Gallery director Dmitry Dolinsky defends her role and says no proof links her to Putin, praising her as a cultured and capable contributor to programming.
• Moscow artist Nastya Rodionova and other Russian émigrés and Ukrainian creators have protested, arguing that war victims should not exhibit alongside anyone tied to Putin’s regime.
• Her mother, Svetlana Krivonogikh—sanctioned by the UK in 2023 for ties to the Kremlin inner circle—further intensifies scrutiny of Elizaveta’s background and resemblance to the president.
• The Kremlin has never confirmed her identity or paternity, and Elizaveta has kept a low profile by withdrawing from social media since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.