Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova (, Putina, Путина; born 28 April 1985), also referred to as Maria Faassen,
Early life
Vorontsova was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg),[ Later, during violent gang wars involving the Tambov Gang while it was taking control of Saint Petersburg's energy trade, she and her sister Katerina were sent by their father, who feared for their safety, to Germany where their legal guardian was former Stasi officer Matthias Warnig, who had worked with their father in Dresden as part of a KGB cell and established the Dresdner Bank branch in Saint Petersburg.
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She played the violin for a Russian consulate general of Hamburg–sponsored diplomatic breakfast in 1995.[ Alt URL][ Alt URL]
Studies and career
Vorontsova studied biology at Saint Petersburg State University[ Alfa-Endo is funded by Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman's Alfa-Bank of the Alfa Group.][
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Between 2013 and 2015, Vorontsova co-authored five studies including "The status of blood antioxidant system in patients with active acromegaly". She also, in 2015, co-authored a book about idiopathic stunting in children.[ Vorontsova is credited to be Putin's advisor in genetic engineering, especially in the usage of CRISPR to create genetically engineered babies.]
In November 2023, Vorontsova was appointed to the board of the Moscow Society of Medical Genetics ().
Sanctions
On 6 April 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Vorontsova, stating that she "leads state-funded programs that have received billions of dollars from the Kremlin toward genetics research and are personally overseen by Putin."
Personal life
Vorontsova married Dutch businessman Jorrit Faassen[ in summer 2008 in Wassenaar in the Netherlands.][ In 2013, they were living in a penthouse atop the highest residential building in Voorschoten.][ In 2022, it was reported that they are no longer married.][
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Vorontsova is married to Yevgeny Nagorny,[ They have a son, born April 2017.]
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