Putin’s family values tsar ‘leaves Orthodox priest husband for billionaire’
Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, accused of hypocrisy over alleged affair with oligarch Konstantin Malofeev
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Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, accused of hypocrisy over alleged affair with oligarch Konstantin Malofeev
Vladimir Putin’s “family values” tsar has reportedly left her Orthodox priest husband for a Russian billionaire.
Neither she nor Mr Malofeev have commented on claims but sources close to the Orthodox Church said they were true.
Putin appointed Ms Lvova-Belova, 39, to the lofty position of Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights shortly before he invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Ms Lvova-Belova has been married to Pavel Kogelman since 2003 and has five children of her own with him and another five who are adopted.
Ms Lvova-Belova has been one of Putin’s most vocal supporters of the war in Ukraine, pumping out videos of herself on social media that portray her as a model of modesty and family values.
Wearing long dresses and often posing with children, she also uses the clips to give pro-Kremlin messages and has regularly lectured children from Ukraine on the sanctity of marriage and its place in religion.
This week, she discussed school exams, welcomed a group of Ethiopian language students and gave parenting advice to single mothers. She also said it was important to remember the children killed in “Ukraine’s war of aggression” in its eastern Donbas region.
