Jorrit Faassen
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.
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Born | Jorrit Joost Faassen 24 February 1980 Leiderdorp, Netherlands |
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Children | 1 |
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 the Hague University of Applied Sciences and graduated in 2004.[5][6]
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][7] 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.[8]
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-Банка») and associated with four other Moscow banks, all six of which subsequently went bankrupt.[4][9][10][11][12][13] Half an hour after this occurred, Urin was detained and later incarcerated at Butyrka and subsequently lost his wealth and vast holdings.[14] Urin received an 8.5 year sentence and was released in September 2018.[15]
Faassen and Vorontsova have a son, born in August 2012.[8] 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.[16] In 2014, Dutch residents called for Vorontsova to be expelled from the country after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in Ukraine.[17] In 2015, they were reported to be living in Moscow.[1]
In 2022, it was reported that Faassen and Vorontsova are no longer married.[8][18]
References
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- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
- "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.
- 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "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.
- "Dutch Executive at Gazprom Attacked in Car". The Moscow Times. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- "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.
- "Banker Jailed for Road Rage Beating". The Moscow Times. 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 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.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.