Putin's grandson cannot carry his father's surname due to an amusing coincidence.
In August 2025, the youngest daughter of Vladimir Putin, Katerina Tikhonova, gave birth to a son. The presumed father of the boy is the choreographer Igor Zelensky, who has the same last name as the president of Ukraine.
According to a Bild report, the boy took his mother's last name to avoid being linked to Vladimir Zelensky.
The couple's eldest daughter was born in 2017 and initially took the father's last name, but later began using a passport bearing the mother's last name.