Jorrit Faassen
Born
Jorrit Joost Faassen

(1980-02-24) 24 February 1980 (age 43)
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Spouse
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(m. 2008, divorced)​
Children1

Jorrit Joost Faassen[1] (born 24 February 1980[2]) is a Dutch businessman. He was allegedly the husband of Maria Vorontsova and the son-in-law of Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Biography

Faassen was born in Leiderdorp in the Netherlands,[2] the elder of two sons born to Jozef Faassen and Felicitas van de Stadt. His father was a naval officer in Willemstad, Curaçao until 1986, a colonel in the 1990s and then a head of department in the Royal Netherlands Navy.[3] Faassen is a nephew of the Dutch painter Casper Faassen.[4]

He studied architecture at Hague University of Applied Sciences and graduated in 2004.[5][6]

In 2005, Faassen met Masha at a costume party at De twee heeren ("Two gentlemen") in Maastricht.[7]

On 15 April 2006, he moved to Moscow where he had been a director at Stroytransgaz but left that post to take a top posting in 2007 at Gazprombank,[4][6][8] where he no longer works.[1] He was the deputy chairman of MEF Audit, a Russian consulting group, until mid 2015 when MEF Audit removed his name from their website.[1][6]

Faassen married Maria Vorontsova, the eldest daughter of Russian president Vladimir Putin,[1] in summer 2008 in Wassenaar in the Netherlands.[9]

On 14 November 2010, along the Rublevskoye Highway (Russian: Рублёвское шоссе) near Moscow, Faassen was beaten by four bodyguards of the Russian banker Matvey Urin, the co-owner of Trado-Bank (Russian: АКБ «Традо-Банка» (ЗАО)), previously the head of Breeze Bank (Russian: «Бриз-Банк») and associated with four other Moscow banks, all six of which subsequently went bankrupt.[4][10][11][12][13][14] Half an hour after this occurred, Urin was detained and later incarcerated at Butyrka and subsequently lost his wealth and vast holdings.[15] Urin received an 8.5 year sentence and was released in September 2018.[16] After the beating, Faassen allegedly stated that he never wanted to set foot in such a gangster country again and both he and Masha took a vacation to New Zealand.[7][a]

Faassen and Vorontsova have a son, born in August 2012 in the Netherlands.[7][9] In 2013, they were living in a penthouse atop the highest residential building in Voorschoten;[5][4] they lived in the Crimea district (Dutch: De Krim) of Voorschoten with neighbors fearing for their safety following what had happened with Matvey Urin.[17] In 2014, Dutch residents called for Vorontsova to be expelled from the country after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in Ukraine.[18] In 2015, they were reported to be living in Moscow.[1]

In 2022, it was reported that Faassen and Vorontsova are no longer married.[9][19][b]

Notes

  1. ^ Allegedly, Putin’s daughters do not have driver's licenses according to traffic police.[7] The audit and consulting group MEF-Audit of which Faassen was an employee owned the cars in which they were driven around Moscow and the power of attorney for the vehicles was issued to Evgeniy Burdeiny (Russian: Евгений Бурдейный) who is an employee of the Russian Presidential Security Service (SBP) of the FSO.[7]
  2. ^ Allegedly, in 2022, Maria Faassen was married to Yevgeny Nagorny and had taken the name Maria Nagornaya.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Grey, Stephen; Kuzmin, Andrey; Piper, Elizabeth (10 November 2015). "Putin's daughter, a young billionaire and the president's friends". Reuters. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Sterkenburg, Nikki (28 September 2011). "Nederlander mag 'pa' tegen Vladimir Poetin zeggen" [Dutchman can say 'pa' to Vladimir Putin]. Quote (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ Daalder, Jan; Ubbens, Charlie; Bracht, Marthe-Geke (12 March 2022). "Wie is Jorrit Faassen, de Nederlandse schoonzoon van Vladimir Poetin?". Follow the Money (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "Familie van Poetin woont in Voorschoten" [Putin's family lives in Voorschoten]. Leidsch Dagblad (in Dutch). Voorschoten. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Spokesman Denies Putin Wanted to Visit Daughter in Dutch Village". The Moscow Times. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Канев, Сергей (Kanev, Sergey) (31 January 2016). "ПЕРВАЯ ДОЧЬ СТРАНЫ" [FIRST DAUGHTER OF THE COUNTRY]. «The New Times» (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.((cite news)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e Канев, Сергей (Kanev, Sergey) (3 September 2018). "На чем ездят дочери Путина, теща Пескова и сын конюха Кадырова" [What do Putin's daughters, Peskov's mother-in-law and Kadyrov's groom's son drive?]. МБХ Медиа (mbk.sobchakprotivvseh.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2023.((cite news)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Alternate archive.
  8. ^ Harding, Luke (3 April 2016). "Sergei Roldugin, the cellist who holds the key to tracing Putin's hidden fortune: The Russian president's best friend portrays himself as a modest musician, but leaked documents reveal his role in a secret money-go-round". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d Soshnikov, Andrei; Reiter, Svetlana (8 April 2022). "The Secretive Life Of The Dutch Man Who Was Believed To Be Vladimir Putin's Son-In-Law: An Investigation". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  10. ^ Михайлова, Елена (Mikhailova, Elena) (14 November 2010). "Менеджера "Газпрома" избила охрана банкира" [The manager of "Gazprom" was beaten by the banker's security] (in Russian). L!FE (lifenews.ru). Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2021.((cite news)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Onduidelijkheid rond aanslag op Nederlandse zakenman in Moskou" [Uncertainty about attack on Dutch businessman in Moscow]. Radio Nederland Wereldomroep (in Dutch). 16 November 2010. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Dutch Executive at Gazprom Attacked in Car". The Moscow Times. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Официальный сайт АКБ "Trado-Bank" (ЗАО)" [www.trado-bank.com Official site of JSCB "Trado-Bank" (CJSC)]. АКБ „Традо-Банк“ (ЗАО) (Trado Bank) website (www.trado-bank.com) (in Russian). 2009. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Banker Jailed for Road Rage Beating". The Moscow Times. 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  15. ^ Сологуб, Никита (Sologub, Nikita) (24 June 2015). "Долгая дорога к этапу" [Long road to the stage]. Echo Moscoy (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2020.((cite news)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Команда «Проекта» (Project team) (6 February 2020). "ШОССЕ В НИКУДА: Путеводитель по Рублевке, главной дороге России" [HIGHWAY TO NOWHERE: Guide to Rublyovka, the main road in Russia]. Proekt (proekt.media) (in Russian). Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Два мужа Марии Воронцовой (дочери Путина) избежали санкций. Но одному из них война все равно испортила жизнь Расследование "Медузы" и "Настоящего времени"" [Two husbands of Maria Vorontsova (Putin's daughter) escaped sanctions. But one of them was still ruined by the war Investigation of Meduza and Current Time]. Meduza (in Russian). 7 April 2022. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  18. ^ Charter, David (24 July 2014). "Dutch call for Putin daughter's expulsion". The Times. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  19. ^ Soshnikov, Andrei; Reiter, Svetlana (8 April 2022). "Пленники ближнего круга | Как любитель пива из Нидерландов женился на дочери Путина – а теперь не может вернуться на родину, несмотря на войну". Current Time TV (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.


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