Overview
- Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Sviatnenko confronted the woman, identified as Luiza Rozova, saying his brother was killed three weeks earlier in a Russian strike.
- She expressed sorrow over the war but said she was not responsible and asked not to be filmed while covering her face with a mask as a bodyguard stood nearby.
- Pressed to call Vladimir Putin or visit Kyiv or Pokrovsk to urge a halt to the attacks, she declined and ended the exchange by wishing the reporter a good evening.
- Reports say she lives in Paris, works at two art galleries, and uses the surname Rudnova, while previously being known publicly as Elizaveta Krivonogikh.
- Media accounts revisit a 2020 Proekt investigation alleging her link to Putin and citing a patronymic of Vladimirovna, as Putin has not acknowledged her and Russian outlets reportedly avoid mentioning her.