22 Mar 2018 17:17

Peskov: Putin not in touch with distant relative Mikhail

MOSCOW. March 22 (Interfax) - Mikhail Putin, who may join the management board of Gazprom, is a distant relative of the Russian president, but they never communicate, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

"As far as I know, he really is a distant relative of the president. I don't know whether they communicate; that is, essentially, they don't communicate. But there really is some distant kinship," Peskov told journalists when asked whether Mikhail Putin is the president's relative.

On Thursday, there were media reports that the president's relative might join the management board of Gazprom.