Putin's grandson will bear his mother's surname rather than his father Zelensky's

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The second daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Victoria Tikhonova, gave birth to a boy last year. The baby was registered under his mother's surname rather than his father's, Igor Zelensky, a senior ballet dancer.

The father's surname is the same as that of Ukraine's president, and the baby was registered under the name Tikhonov to avoid the embarrassing association. According to reports, the registration was done only 11 months after the birth.

The baby has an older sister named Elsa, who was reportedly named after the heroine of the film "Frozen".