Vladimir Putin has an illegitimate daughter living under a pseudonym in Paris where she works as a DJ, Ukrainian media has reported.

The 21 year-old goes by the name of either Luiza Rozova or Elizaveta Olegovna Rudnova, and was tracked down by a Ukrainian TV channel using leaked airline manifests.

She is said to be a love child from a brief affair between Putin and Svetlana Krivonogikh, a former cleaner who is now one of Russia’s richest women.

Ms Krivonogikh has previously been referred to in the media as “Putin’s acquaintance”.

Reporters said that they had tracked down the birth certificate of Ms Rozova, born on March 3 2003.

The father’s name on the birth certificate was not given but her patronymic name was indicated as Vladimirovna. Under Russian naming convention, Vladimir Putin’s daughters would take this patronymic.

The journalists explained that her alleged false names are also linked to Putin.