MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he is proud that his daughters speak fluently and work with three foreign languages, but said he never discusses family issues in public.

"I’m proud of them [daughters], they continue studying and they work," Putin said at the annual news conference. "My daughters speak fluently three European languages."

Putin also said one of his daughters also speaks one or two oriental languages, and another daughter speaks a fourth European language. "They do not just speak, they use them at work," he said.

The Russian president repeated that he never discusses issues concerning his family in public, but said that his daughters stay out of business and politics, and live in Russia.

"They live in Russia and have never left for any other place for permanent residence," Putin said. "They have not received education anywhere but in Russia. They studied only in Russian higher educational establishments," he said.