Vladimir Putin’s daughter has fled her home in the Netherlands amid overwhelming criticism from disgusted locals who demanded she be deported after the downing of Flight MH17.
“We have not seen her here since the plane went down,” a neighbor of Maria Putin told the British Mirror newspaper on Thursday, as 51 of the 193 bodies of Dutch victims were returned home.
The Russian president’s 29-year-old daughter had been living with her boyfriend Jorrit Faasen on the outskirts of Amsterdam, just 20 miles from the airport from which the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight departed.
“She moved in last year and it was all kept quiet for a while,” the neighbor added.
“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.”
Her presence in the wealthy suburban village of Voorschoten sparked tremendous outrage among grieving locals who recognized a national day of mourning on Wednesday as the first wave of the Dutch victims was returned home.
A total of 298 passengers and crew died in the attack.
Demands for Maria Putin and her Dutch boyfriend to be deported from Holland became increasingly heated in the village this week as Ukrainians planned to protest outside her luxurious penthouse.
Pieter Broertjes, mayor of nearby Hilversum, even went as far as publicly calling for Maria’s deportation during a radio interview. He later apologized on Twitter.
People also took to the social media site to adamantly express their fury over her Dutch residency during the tragic attack.
“Its time you leave B*TCH,” one enraged user tweeted.
President Putin has been widely criticized over his refusal to cooperate with investigations into the MH17 tragedy, with many calling for the United Nations and European Union to impose sanctions on Russia, according to the Mirror.
US intelligence officials have noted that even though Russians have been arming rebels in eastern Ukraine, they have no direct evidence that the missile used to shoot down MH17 was provided by Russia.
