Putin's son-in-law boosted by $1.75 billion Russian state loan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The son-in-law of Vladimir Putin stands to benefit from $1.75 billion (1.18 billion pounds) in cheap finance from the Russian state, a Reuters examination of public documents shows. The money will help fund a petrochemical project at a company in which Kirill Shamalov, husband of Katerina Tikhonova, the Russian president's younger daughter, has a significant interest.