Liudmila Putina (born January 6, 1957, Kaliningrad) is the wife of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Originally a stewardess, she subsequently taught German in Moscow. She married Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on July 28, 1983; they have two daughters, Yekaterina (Katya), born 1985, and Maria (born 1986 in Dresden). The daughters attended the German School in Moscow (Deutsche Schule Moskau) until Putin's appointment as Prime Minister in 1999.

Putina maintains a low profile on the Russian political stage, generally avoiding the limelight except as required by protocol and restricting her public role to supportive statements about her husband.