Sunday, July 27

Putin's Daughter Lived in Amsterdam.

But she's keeping a low profile since the Malaysian flight was shot down:

Putin has done a very good job of keeping even basic information about Maria and his other daughter, 28-year-old Ekaterina, under wraps. Still, the fact that Maria and her Dutch boyfriend, Jorrit Faasen, share a $3.3 million penthouse in the suburb of Voorschoten is something of an open secret.

Earlier this week, the mayor of the nearby city of Hilversum, Pieter Broertjes, called for Maria to be deported from the Netherlands. Though Broertjes quickly apologized for his remarks, a number of Dutch people have expressed similar sentiments on social media. "Very convenient that Maria Putina lives so close to The Hague," wrote one Twitter user. "Won't have to go far to see her father's trial."

Based on what her neighbors told British tabloid The Mirror, Maria has gotten the message. "We have not seen her here since the plane went down," said one woman. "She moved in last year and it was all kept quiet for a while. But once it became known who she was, there was certainly some disquiet. And now this has happened. She is obviously not responsible for her father's actions but we don't want ­demonstrations around here."