Margarita Simonyan is a well-known Russian journalist who is the editor-in-chief of the Russia Today TV channel and the Sputnik news agency. This woman began her career from the bottom, she was an ordinary correspondent for a provincial television studio. Now she occupies one of the leading places in domestic television journalism. Forbes magazine names Margarita one of the hundred most powerful women peace.
Childhood and youth
Margarita Simonyan was born in Krasnodar on April 6, 1980. Her parents raised two daughters, Margarita has a younger sister, Alice. This family did not have much wealth, Simon, the father of the girls, was engaged in the repair of electrical equipment, he was famous in the city as the best refrigerator repairman. Mom, Zinaida, sold flowers at the local market. Margarita's parents, Armenians by nationality, spared nothing for their children. Girls always had beautiful dresses, good toys
A family with young children lived in very difficult living conditions. They were waiting for an apartment, but for now they had to live in an old house on Gogol Street. One could only dream of improvement, there were no conditions for a normal life in the house, there was no running water, sewerage, there was no gas. Water had to be carried in buckets up rickety stairs.
But the biggest horror for the girls was the huge rats darting around the corners. It was at this time that Margarita had a strong desire to succeed in life, so that she would never experience such problems again.
The girl was almost 10 years old when their family received a good apartment in the new district of Krasnodar.
Rita from early childhood was an incredibly capable child. Already in kindergarten she could read fluently. The teacher encouraged the girl, she gave her the opportunity to entertain other children, read fairy tales to them. Margarita studied at a language special school, her father insisted on this, dreaming of a good education for her daughter. Training was easy for her, the girl was an excellent student. She was often sent to the Olympics to defend the honor of the school.
In the 9th grade, a talented girl was very lucky. Under the exchange program, she was sent to study in the United States. Margarita ended up in a wonderful family, which she still remembers with great gratitude. She really liked America, there was a period when she wanted to stay in this country forever. But all this turned out to be a temporary passion for a foreign country, love for the motherland turned out to be much stronger.
Margarita graduated from school with a gold medal, entered the journalism faculty of KSU to study. This is not Simonyan's only education, she also studied in Moscow, at " new school theatrical excellence."
Journalism
Margarita has always been a very active, active person. She truly deserved her first job. It was the position of a correspondent for the Krasnodar television and radio channel, which the girl had long dreamed of. In addition to studying at the university, Margarita wrote poetry. In 1998, she published a collection of her poems, and the TV channel undertook to shoot a story about a young poetess. TV people could not ignore the fact that a real talent appeared in their city, because Simonyan's poems were talked about at all corners.
When Margarita talked with the film crew, she voiced her old dream - she admitted that she would like to work as a journalist on the TV channel. The girl was offered an internship. So in 1999, she began working on the Krasnodar TV channel.
Margarita is a very brave woman. She was only 19 years old when she went to Chechnya to film a series of reports there. In this hot spot, a short, fragile girl, whose height is only 160 cm, showed all the strength of her character. So that her parents would not worry about her, Margarita did not inform them where she was going. Only after returning from where the war was blazing, the girl told her family about a business trip to Chechnya.
A series of reports that she filmed there glorified the young journalist and brought her well-deserved awards. She was awarded "For professional courage", presented the first prize All-Russian competition regional television and radio companies and the Russian Order of Friendship.
Margarita Simonyan received the position of editor-in-chief of the Krasnodar channel The girl's career took off, a year after she got a job, she becomes the editor-in-chief of the Krasnodar TV channel. In 2001, the girl was offered another position, she became a correspondent for the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Simonyan continues to travel to hot spots. During this period, Margarita visited Abkhazia, filming a story about a clash between militants and the state army. All these events took place in the Kodori Gorge.
Talented and fearless journalists are needed everywhere. In 2002, she was invited to the capital, offering the position of correspondent for the Vesti program. There was a moment when Margarita was part of the presidential pool of journalists, accompanied by Vladimir Putin. The tragedy in Beslan required her participation on the scene, in September 2004 she covered the hostage taking in high school. This event had a very strong influence on the outlook of the young journalist. She highly discourages her young colleagues from starting their careers as war correspondents.
Margarita Simonyan Editor-in-Chief, Russia Today The creation of the TV channel Russia Today (2005) has become an important project of domestic television. Broadcasting here was to be conducted in English in order to inform about the position of Russia, which it takes in relation to international events. Simonyan became the editor-in-chief of the new project. And this appointment raised a lot of questions.
The founders of RIA Novosti approved Margarita for the position, based on the following considerations. They needed an editor-in-chief who did not see Soviet news. At the same time, he was obliged to have his own ideas of how Russian news, which is shown to foreigners, should look like. Margarita was ideally suited for the high position of editor-in-chief of the new project. After some time, her duties also included curating the Arabic-language, Spanish-language version of the channel.
On the REN-TV channel, since 2011, Simonyan has been leading the news project “What's going on?”. This is a very interesting program during which the journalist covers the most significant events of the week. She works with those news about which the audience was not sufficiently informed through federal channels. News is always interesting to learn firsthand, from the words of eyewitnesses. "What's happening?" was built in this way, the presenter attracted direct participants in the events, spectators to the conversation.
In 2013, Margarita became the co-host of the Iron Ladies program, which was broadcast on NTV. In tandem with her, she asked live questions to famous politicians and businessmen. These were topical issues that worried the audience, and of course, they were not always convenient for the guests of the program. As a result, the channel's management decided to close the TV show. It did not last even a year on the channel. In the same year, Margarita was appointed to the post of editor-in-chief of the international news agency Rossiya Segodnya.
Writing activity
Simonyan dreamed of becoming a writer at an early age. This woman tries to realize all her dreams. Margarita was only 18 years old when the first collection of her poems was published. Thanks to this book, Margarita got her first job. The work schedule of this bright, active journalist and editor leaves very little free time. Despite this, Margarita wrote the book "To Moscow" (2010). It took her 10 years to create the novel, this is a story about the generation of the 90s, about people with a difficult fate, their unfulfilled dreams. A year after the release of the novel, Simonyan received an award for the best book journalist.
In the Russian Pioneer magazine for 2012, you can find an excerpt from Simonyan's new story called The Train. For the same magazine, Margarita writes culinary articles. In addition, Simonyan constantly argues with foreign media. It was she who exposed the fake pictures related to the "injury" of the boy Omran. With the help of fake frames, the enemies tried to prove how aggressively Russia is behaving on Syrian territory. Omran Daknish's father told how it really was in an interview with RT.
Margarita was invited many times to visit the program with Vladimir Solovyov. At the beginning of last year, she was a participant in an interesting interview, reflecting on freedom of speech in Western countries and in the Russian Federation. In collaboration with the journalist, she participated in the creation of the film “Crimean Bridge. Made with love!". The film was released at the end of 2018. Star actors were filmed here - Sergey Nikonenko, Yuri Stoyanov, Artem Tkachenko, Alexei Demidov.
Not so long ago, Margarita interviewed the suspects in the Skripal case - Ruslan Boshirov, Alexander Petrov. She commented on her vision of the outcome of this conversation on the Ekho Moskvy radio. The journalist got the impression that no one should be trusted in this case - neither Western intelligence services, nor even Russian citizens who were suspected of being poisoned.
Personal life
Margarita is not inclined to advertise her personal life. Sometimes she talks about her, but very briefly. So, in 2012, it was from the words of Simonyan that it became known that she had a common-law spouse, journalist Andrei Blagodyrenko. This union was long enough, it lasted 6 years, and Margarita at that time did not worry at all about an official marriage, a beautiful wedding. She very reasonably approaches such issues, believing that the main thing is warm feelings, and not the surroundings.
Her family at that time was engaged in the opening of the restaurant "Zharko!" in Sochi. Around the same period, a well-known journalist began to appear more and more often in the company of Tigran Keosayan. A bright, charismatic man at that time was not free, his official wife was Alena Khmelnitskaya. The romance of Margarita and Tigran began on his initiative. At first it was virtual, Tigran supported the girl by writing her a warm message on Facebook, who at that time was going through a difficult period in her professional life.
Margarita Simonovna Simonyan- a well-known Russian journalist, editor-in-chief of the Russia Today TV channel - the international news agency "Russia Today". Margarita Simonyan is also the editor-in-chief of the Sputnik news agency.
Early years and education
Father - Simon Simonyan- Refrigerator repairman Now retired, lives in Krasnodar. He is engaged in hunting and fishing.
Mother - Zinaida Simonyan- she sold flowers on the market, this is stated in the biography of Margarita Simonyan on Wikipedia.
Margarita has a sister, Alice. Grandfather - Sargis Simonyan- member of the Great Patriotic War. Margarita Simonyan wrote in her LiveJournal that her grandfather's family was repressed. “My wounded great-grandfather watched his wife with three children, the eldest of which is my eleven-year-old grandmother Maya Aloeva, caulked into veal wagons and sent beyond the Urals.
In the same place, Margarita explained the soft sign in her last name. “Grandfather, returning from the war to his native Simferopol, found his house and the houses of his neighbors boarded up and received a generous offer to join the family. Joined. There I met the same repressed compatriot - my grandmother Maya, who has already grown up. That's where my father was born. Immediately an enemy of the people. He was five when Khrushchev forgave them. But he did not forgive me enough to allow my grandparents to return home, to the Crimea, where they were born. Then the entire exiled diaspora moved to Krasnodar - getting closer to native land. Finally, they were given passports, where a soft sign was entered in front of "yang" in their surnames. Such a label. I was born in Krasnodar with the surname Simonyan. I also have this label. I remember,” said Margarita Simonyan.
Margarita Simonyan studied at the Krasnodar special school No. 36. In the tenth grade, Margarita went on an exchange trip to the USA (New Hampshire) to improve in English.
Margarita Simonyan graduated from high school with a gold medal. The girl received her higher education at the Faculty of Journalism at the Kuban State University. In addition, Simonyan graduated from the School of Television Excellence Vladimir Pozner.
Career Margarita Simonyan
Margarita Simonyan began her career in journalism in her hometown, as a correspondent for the Krasnodar television and radio company. Margarita's biography says that her television career began with a collection of poems and a story about her on local TV. After that, from the heroine of the plot, Simonyan turned into an intern, and then she began a full-fledged career as a reporter.
From February 1999 to 2000, Margarita worked at the Krasnodar television and radio company.
In 1999, Margarita Simonyan covered fighting in Chechnya. In one interview, Margarita said that she did not tell her parents about her business trip to Chechnya: “When I went to Chechnya for the first time at the age of nineteen, I hid it from my parents. For the only time in my life I deceived them, realizing that they could go crazy with worry in these ten days. She said that there would be filming on a ship, at sea, so there would be no connection. And only my sister Alice then kept walking, feeling something, and asking her parents where Margarita was, what does it mean, at sea, what kind of ship is this, on which there is no communication? This was the beginning of the second war, when Grozny was still not completely surrounded, only 90%. A complete nightmare: shooting, explosions, an utter mess, when you don’t understand where ours are, where strangers are, where to go, what to do. When I returned, and my father opened the door for me, he was in shock. I went in dirty, dirty, because there was no water anywhere, I brushed my teeth with dried fruit compote. My father says to me: “Where have you been?!”, I answered: “In Chechnya”. He shouted: “Fool!”, slammed the door, left, he was gone for an hour. Then he returned, silently poured himself a glass, a glass for me and said: “You are my son.” I haven't drank vodka since. I will never forget it."
In January 2000, for a series of military reports, Margarita Simonyan received the Kuban Union of Journalists Award "For Professional Courage".
In May 2000, Margarita Simonyan received an award from the II All-Russian competition of regional television and radio companies for a report about Chechen children vacationing in Anapa.
In 2001, Simonyan was appointed as his own correspondent at the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company in Rostov-on-Don. After Margarita became a special correspondent for Vesti. The young journalist covered military clashes in the Kodori Gorge of Abkhazia.
In 2002, Margarita Simonyan joined the presidential pool of journalists.
In 2004, Simonyan covered the terrorist act in Beslan.
In 2005, the English-language TV channel "Russia Today" was created, which was supposed to cover Russia's position in international events. 25-year-old Margarita Simonyan was appointed editor-in-chief. Later, Simonyan began to oversee the Arabic and Spanish versions of this channel.
Margarita Simonyan also participated in other projects. For example, in 2011 she was the host of the What's Going On? on the REN-TV channel, from October to November 2012, Margarita is the host of the weekly Point of View column on the Kommersant FM radio station. In 2013, Margarita Simonyan became the host of the political show "Iron Ladies" on the NTV channel.
Together with the host Tina Kandelaki live, Margarita asked not always convenient, but relevant questions to well-known political figures and businessmen. However, in the same year, the channel's management decided to close the show.
Since June 2011, Margarita Simonyan has been a member of the board of directors of Channel One.
December 31, 2013 general manager news agency "Russia Today" Dmitry Kiselev appointed Margarita Simonyan as editor-in-chief of the international news agency Rossiya Segodnya. The journalist also remained as head of RT. Since November 10, 2014, Margarita Simonyan has been the editor-in-chief of the Sputnik news agency, affiliated with the Rossiya Segodnya news agency.
Writing and social activity
Margarita Simonyan dreamed of becoming a writer since childhood. And, so, in 2010, her first book “To Moscow!” was published. In 2012, on the pages of the Russian Pioneer magazine, Simonyan published an excerpt from her new story The Train. Margarita also writes culinary articles for this magazine.
Tigran Keosayan directed the TV series “Sea. The mountains. Expanded clay "and the film" Actress ".
Margarita Simonyan was a member of the Public Chamber Russian Federation the third composition (2010-2012), the Public Council under the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow and the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Since 2008, Simonyan has been a member of the Academy of Russian Television. In 2010, Margarita Simonyan became Vice President National Association Broadcasters.
From January to March 2012, Simonyan was a member of the "People's Headquarters" (in Moscow) of a presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. In January 2018, Margarita became a confidant of Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections on March 18, 2018.
Margarita Simonyan was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2014) - for objectivity in covering events in Crimea, the Order of Friendship (June 27, 2007) - for her great contribution to the development of domestic television and many years of fruitful work, the Movses medal Khorenatsi and other awards.
Scandals and sanctions concerning Margarita Simonyan
In May 2016, Simonyan was included as President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the sanctions list, she is banned from entering Ukraine.
In 2017, Russia Today (RT) editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said that the channel could leave the United States.
“In the worst case scenario, we leave the territory of the United States, we no longer broadcast there,” Simonyan emphasized. - In the worst case scenario, Russia responds in kind to the American media. What I wouldn't like, because I'm a journalist." She also noted that with such a development of events, the channel will use all other available methods of communication with the audience, including the American one.
“What they are doing in relation to us - in fact, they are escaping us from the country, they are now putting us in such conditions in which we cannot work. Here it is, the vaunted freedom of speech. Why do they do it? Because, as it seems to them, we showed a different point of view, and this influenced their elections, ”the editor-in-chief of RT summed up, RIA Novosti reported.
Later there was news that RT America had registered in the United States as a foreign agent in connection with the requirement of the US Department of Justice. Simonyan said that between a criminal case and registration, they chose the latter.
“With which we congratulate American freedom of speech and everyone who still believes in it,” the journalist ironically.
Margarita Simonyan from time to time excites public opinion with her posts on social networks. In April 2018, a well-known journalist wrote that she had to call a free ambulance, and then she is ashamed in front of “tired and exhausted doctors in bad shoes” for “oak parquet, for this second floor, for a three-year-old boy’s separate bedroom, for English wallpapers and a vintage Italian chandelier.”
“Like I stole it all. These tired people in bad shoes who came to save my child. And I give them, of course, money, and we all feel embarrassed by this, but, damn it, at least that's it. I worry then until the morning, even when the child fell asleep and the temperature subsided. I lived a little under communism, and I really didn't like it. But the way it is now, I don’t like it either, ”Margarita wrote, causing a lot of criticism.
In June 2019, an incident hit the news when a journalist and FBK lawyer * Lyubov Sobol met Margarita Simonyan at the entrance to the Ekho Moskvy radio station and with provocative questions brought her pregnant colleague to the point of losing her senses. Simonyan had to call an ambulance.
Simonyan came to the radio station, where Sobol was waiting for her at the entrance with the camera turned on. Sobol asked Simonyan to comment on the information about how Sobyanin allegedly "distributes apartments in Moscow to his subordinates."
“Ekhovtsy say that they guarded me at the entrance for half an hour. She caught up with me along the corridors until the kind Ekhovites hid me in the Venedikt's office. A beautiful girl, by the way. But harassing pregnant women along the corridors of a radio station is not the best way to campaign. And it’s not good for karma, ”said Margarita Simonyan.
The incident caused a great resonance. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, published a post on her Facebook page in which she called the sable (with a small letter) an animal.
The editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov, apologized for Sobol's behavior.
Margarita Simonyan, who was hospitalized on June 6, told reporters that doctors believe she is at risk of miscarriage.
“The threat of termination of pregnancy. God willing, it'll work out. I’m trying not to open the phone so as not to stumble upon these, ”the news quoted Margarita as saying.
Personal life of Margarita Simonyan
In her personal life, Margarita Simonyan had an unregistered marriage; in 2005, a television producer and journalist became her common-law husband Andrey Blagodyrenko.
Since 2012, Margarita Simonyan has been in a close relationship with director Tigran Keosayan, who left the family and officially divorced his previous wife in 2014.
“Once I read on Facebook:“ Hello, Margarita! This is Tigran Keosayan. You have long been sympathetic to me as a journalist and fellow tribeswoman. Now I was driving in a car and listening to you being hounded on the radio, I could not stand it, I decided to support and write that I still remember your reports from Beslan. This is how I found out that, firstly, they were poisoning me somewhere, and secondly, Tigran Keosayan himself was interested in my fate, ”Simonyan recalled this acquaintance.
The director filmed Margarita in an episodic role in his film "Three Comrades", and Simonyan is also the author of the script for two of his films. In August 2013, Margarita and Tigran had a daughter, Maryana, in September 2014, a son, Bagrat. The family owns a restaurant in the Krasnaya Polyana area of Sochi.
Margarita wrote that she was on good terms with Keosayan's previous wife, an actress Alena Khmelnitskaya. They posted a joint photo with the caption "High relations." “She is charming, very kind, smart, open - not to mention that she is a phenomenal beauty. We have nothing to share: Alena is happy, I am happy, Tigran is happy. And thank God,” says Margarita Simonyan.
Margarita wrote that her children, Maryana and Bagrat speak five languages: Russian, Armenian, English, French and Chinese.
* Non-profit organization The Anti-Corruption Foundation was included in the register of organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.
To date, Margarita Simonyan has managed to achieve success in her work biography and personal life. She gave birth to two children, received a number of government awards, and was recognized as one of the most influential women in Russia and the world. And this is not a complete list of the achievements of the 38-year-old TV journalist, whose childhood was harsh.
Biography
Margarita was born on April 6, 1980. She characterizes the Krasnodar region, where the future journalist spent her childhood, as a ghetto. Living conditions in the old house where the family lived until 1990 were simply terrible. The salary of the father, a graduate of the Polytechnic University, who had to repair refrigerators, and the mother's part-time job provided the family with a half-starved existence, but the parents tried to give their daughters a good education.
The eldest, Margarita, turned out to be gifted, and the desire to break out of poverty only gave her strength. She learned to read in kindergarten, was one of the best students in the school with in-depth study of English.
Under the exchange program for high school students, Margarita went to the United States, where she graduated from high school, but returned to Russia to receive higher education. She studied journalism in her native Krasnodar, and studied television skills at the Pozner school in the capital. Her professional career also began in the Kuban.
Margarita Simonyan and Tatiana NavkaThe television
The first stage of Margarita Simonyan's work biography was the work of a correspondent for the Krasnodar TV and Radio Company, after some time the young journalist was entrusted with editing the information programs of this company. After being appointed to the VGTRK media holding, Margarita moved to Rostov-on-Don.
At the turn of the millennium, the girl prepared a series of military reports dedicated to Chechen conflict, in 2001 she spoke about the events in the Kodori Gorge. The third flashpoint in her career as a war reporter was Beslan, where hostages were taken in 2004. By that time, Margarita was already a special correspondent for Vesti, she worked in Moscow.
Margarita in the Ekho Moskvy radio studio At the time of the founding of the English-language TV channel RT (Russia Today), Margarita was only 25. The creators of the channel did not want to trust him to a person who was used to the format of Soviet news, a fundamentally new approach was needed. They considered the best candidate for the post of editor-in-chief to be a young talented journalist who has already received a number of professional and state awards.
Now Margarita Simonovna combines this position with the duties of editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency and its subsidiary Sputnik.
The journalist is the editor-in-chief of the RT channel In 2011-13, Margarita acted as a host:
- analytical news program "What's going on?";
- political talk show Iron Ladies.
Both TV programs were not to the liking of TV reviewers. In their opinion, the program "What's going on?" Simonyan led, as in Soviet times, resorting to the same style of propaganda. And for the show "Iron Ladies" they and Tina Kandelaki, who was the co-host, were called "kitchen gossips."
Margarita Simonyan and Tina Kandelaki In addition to working on TV, Margarita starred in one feature and one documentary, wrote books, scripts. For Margarita Simonyan, the cinematic round of biography turned out to be closely connected with her personal life, because Tigran Keosayan shot films based on both of her scripts.
Personal life
At the age of 12, Margarita categorically told her parents that she was not going to get married. The fate of a downtrodden, powerless, exhausted housewife did not attract her. Immediately after school, the ambitious girl focused on building a career, there was not enough time for her personal life. The creation of a family was not included in her plans, although short-term novels without obligations were periodically tied up.
The longest and most serious relationship connected her with her colleague Andrey Blagodyrenko. In an interview in 2012, Margarita called Andrei her common-law husband and stressed that they had been together for 6 years.
Margarita often appeared in the company of Tigran, but no one suspected their connection When Margarita Simonyan became a mother twice, fans interested in the details of her biography and personal life were surprised to learn that Tigran Keosayan was the father of both children of the journalist.
Their joint photos have repeatedly appeared on the network, but many thought that the journalist and the director were connected only by professional relations.
In 2012, Tigran gave Margarita a small role in his film Three Comrades, and in 2013 he made the first film based on her script. The director was hurt by criticism of a pretty woman of Armenian blood, and he wrote to her on Facebook with words of support. The correspondence was followed by a personal meeting, and they soon became very close.
Margarita and ex-wife Tigran Keosayan Alena Khmelnitskaya Margarita's first pregnancy turned out to be unplanned, there was a threat of miscarriage, and the woman decided to rely on fate. In August 2013, her daughter Maryana was born, and a year later, a son, who was named Bagrat. Margarita is not going to formalize relations with their father yet, although he has already divorced his first wife, Alena Khmelnitskaya.
Margarita Simonyan has a blog on LiveJournal and a Facebook page, but she practically does not post her own photos there and does not share biography facts, events from her personal life. More interesting information can be gleaned from interviews, publications in the media:
- Margarita got her first job by chance, thanks to a collection of poems published at the age of 18. Local television decided to shoot a story about a young poetess, and she admitted that she dreams of working on TV and received an invitation to an internship;
- on the eve of the Olympics, Margarita, with the support of her husband, opened a restaurant near her grandmother's house in Sochi, now it has fallen into decay due to an unfortunate location;
- the children of Margarita and Tigram already speak five languages;
- with the first wife of Tigran, Margarita developed friendly relations. Khmelnitskaya starred in the film "Actress", filmed by Keosayan according to the script by Simonyan.
Margarita does not publish photos of her children Margarita Simonyan now
Now Margarita Simonyan continues to lead RT and Rossiya Segodnya, is a member of the public council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, and with the help of her common-law husband and grandmothers, she is raising children. During the 2018 presidential election, she was Putin's confidant.
Margarita Simonyan is part of the team of people close to Putin One of latest news linked to Margarita's April Facebook post. She called an ambulance to sick children and shared her impressions of a visit to the doctor's house: these are poor people, in front of whom you feel involuntary shame for your wealth. The phrase “As if I stole it all” spread around the Internet and caused a wave of ironic comments, since Simonyan’s jingoistic propaganda activities, which are funded from the budget, are considered by many to be the same theft.
Speech by Margarita Simonyan at the Federation Council In LiveJournal, fresh posts by the journalist regularly appear, which everyone can read.
PHOTO: Tigran Keosayan and his new wife The news that the Khmelnitsky-Keosayan star couple broke up appeared thanks to the famous journalist Bozena Rynskaya. It was she who first posted a photo on the Internet showing Tigran Keosayan, his new wife and their children. The public was shocked by the news, because until recently Alena and Tigran looked quite happy together. Khmelnitskaya gave her husband a second daughter, was his muse and always appeared together at all social events. What happened in the star family? Why did they suddenly separate after 21 years of marriage?
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How did the novel begin?
Rumor has it that the star marriage began to crack back in 2011, when Tigran began to appear alone in the light more often. Many then did not give it of great importance and decided that the wife does a lot of work with youngest daughter. But already in 2012, Tigran began to appear with the famous host Margarita Simonyan. In an interview of the same year, Margarita announced that she was opening the Zharko! restaurant in Sochi. As it turned out, later it was their joint project with Keosayan. It was later.
And first there was a post on Facebook. Once Margo received a message from Tigran, in which he admitted that he had been watching her for a long time, since the time of reporting from Beslan, and sympathized with her. He was outraged by the persecution that the girl was allegedly subjected to. The journalist herself did not believe it, she thought it was a fake. Why would the famous director suddenly become interested in her fate. She saw him only on TV and even somehow appreciated the humor when he participated in a cooking show. BUT! For some reason she replied! Correspondence began, then long phone conversations began. And then lunches and dinners in restaurants. Gradually began to acquire common themes, interests, projects.
Tigran Keosayan, his new wife, and Alena Khmelnitskaya
Tigran taught the girl to write scripts. Her longtime dream was to become a writer, but there was not enough time. Margaret's talent woke up. Together they began to shoot serials based on her scripts. Comedy “Sea. The mountains. Expanded clay.”, filmed by Tigran Keosayan and his new wife, was broadcast on the first channel with such success that Konstantin Ernst himself called and announced a high rating.
Once both realized that life without each other is no longer possible. There was an urgent need to see each other every day, correspond every minute, hold hands. Margarita, with a smile on her face, admits that all the most important things in life go to her unexpectedly literally fall from the sky.
Tigran Keosayan and Margarita Simonyan
Biography of Margarita Simonyan
Unlike the childhood of her lover, Margot's childhood was not so rosy. She was born in Krasnodar. In the 80s, it was not a well-groomed, luxurious metropolis, but an abandoned province with the ruins of houses right in the center. Her family had a small house in the Armenian “ghetto”, with walls that never dried out, an outdoor toilet for five families, and neighbors who were drug addicts. According to the journalist, although her parents are full-blooded Armenians, the family is absolutely Russian. Dad was born and raised in Sverdlovsk, mom in Sochi. They never lived in Armenia. Numerous relatives live in Adler.
The parents of Tigran Keosayan's new wife received higher education in Krasnodar. But it didn't work for them. Despite a red diploma from the Krasnodar Polytechnic Institute, my father was forced to repair refrigerators, and my mother, an intelligent and fragile woman, was engaged in odd jobs. She knitted hats, sold persimmons, tried to “shuttle”. With all this, my mother managed to take Rita and her younger sister Alice to all kinds of circles, to a special school of English and to music and sports classes.
Brilliantly passed the entrance exams in the most best school Krasnodar, Margot determined her future. At that time, there was already an exchange program for schoolchildren, and young Margarita was sure that she would go to America to finish her studies. And so it happened. In 1995, the Americans chose the 5 most promising guys, and she was among them. In the States, Margo was a straight A student and had great opportunities to stay there. She was expected to study at a good university, a well-paid job.
But at one fine moment, the girl realized that she could only live where she grew up, that she would never be happy in a foreign country.
She graduated from school already at home with a gold medal. Then she entered the Kuban University as a journalist. In 1999, she published her first collection of poems, thanks to which she got a job as a correspondent for the local television and radio channel Krasnodar. But this was not enough for an ambitious and ambitious girl.
Energy was in full swing, I wanted to conquer the peaks. Not knowing how to get into the big federal media, the nineteen-year-old girl came up with only one way - she went to war in Chechnya. Of course, without telling your parents anything. Counting on amazing reporting from hot spot turned out to be true, she was noticed. Margarita was awarded the journalistic award "For professional courage", the Russian Order of Friendship.
Deciding to continue her career as a military television journalist, she covered the clashes of militants in Abkhazia. In September 2004 she went to Beslan. This tragedy greatly influenced the worldview of the journalist. A year later, the Russia Today channel was created, of course, Simonyan was appointed editor-in-chief. Further, the career of an international news star was on the rise.
And in 2013, Margarita was appointed editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya MIA, where she has been working to this day.
Joint life with Tigran Keosayan
Before the appearance of Tigran in her life, Margot was not serious about close relationships. It is known that at the time of her acquaintance with the famous director, she lived in a civil marriage with journalist Andrei Blagodyrenko. The fact is that while living in her “ghetto”, the girl did not see happy families there. Married woman she seemed to her an unfortunate downtrodden creature whose task was to do daily housework.
Margarita with Andrey Blagodyrenko
She never intended to marry, which made her parents very upset. After all, they have been waiting for grandchildren for a long time. Even now, Tigran Keosayan and his new wife, although they have two children, live in a civil marriage.
When the couple realized they were having feelings, they decided to break up because they didn't want to hurt anyone. We broke up for one day - we couldn't stand it anymore. As a result, Keosayan moved to Rita in a small but cozy house, located 63 km from Moscow. Until Alena Khmelnitskaya had a man, her ex-husband visited them in Barvikha every morning to chat with their daughters over morning tea.
Oddly enough, they are on friendly and respectful terms with Alena. Khmelnitskaya, as a wise woman, encouraged the continuation of the relationship between her daughters and their father, because they are not to blame for anything. Moreover, Alena found the courage to invite Tigran Keosayan and his new wife with their children to a family celebration. They got to know each other better and, as usual with this trio, a joint project has matured. The film “Actress” was filmed according to the script of Rita, in which the ex-wife played the main role.
Now the Keosayan-Simonyan couple are loving, but strict and demanding parents. Especially the young dad. He talks to his son and daughter as adults. But he is also not averse to fooling around, he loves to tell them all sorts of fables of his own composition, to sing funny songs.
We hope that Tigran Keosayan and his new wife will be happy for a long time, for life ...
Journalist Margarita Simonyan has long been known to viewers for her reporting from hot spots. It all started in Chechnya. The main turning point was Beslan, which became the starting point for the creation of a new television format called "Russia Today", in which she is the head. But not much is known about Margaret's personal life. She doesn't talk much about it herself.
Born and raised a journalist in the Kuban, in the city of Krasnodar. Margo's family was poor, but this did not stop her parents from assigning her to an "English" school. Due to her natural qualities, she became the best student and was sent to the United States on an exchange. After studying in the States for several years, the girl decided to return home and devote herself to journalism. Exactly at State University Kuban and began her professional and life path.
Childhood
In 1980, the future star of "Russia Today" Simonyan Margarita was born., whose biography from childhood is associated with constant self-improvement.
Parents at one time received a higher education, but, like most Soviet people, it was not useful after perestroika. Father repaired refrigeration units, and mother "shuttle" and traded at the market. They tried to give Simonyana's children a good education: the sisters were taken to sports and music, English courses. As a result, Margot managed to successfully pass the exams and enter a special school.
Krasnodar itself is a small town. In the late 80s, and even more so in the 90s, it was a typical province with dirty streets and destroyed buildings. The Simonyans lived in the "Armenian" region in a small house for five families. Not only was the shared toilet outside, but the neighbors were also drug addicts. Despite their Armenian origin, dad and mom never lived in Armenia.
Margarita grew up as an active child striving for knowledge. It was easy for her to learn. This is evidenced by the fact that little Margo was the first to learn to read in kindergarten. As a result of her love of learning, she graduated from school with a gold medal.
Not wanting to live and work in America, the girl entered the Faculty of Journalism at Krasnodar University. At the age of 19, she published a collection of her poems, thanks to which she was hired by the local Krasnodar TV channel. One could only dream of such a job. But ambitions and energy were in full swing, and in order to "light up", Margarita went as a war correspondent to Chechnya. It was there that her path to success began.
Labor activity
The bet placed on the work of the military correspondent was justified. The coverage of the hostilities by a young Krasnodar journalist attracted the attention of the country's leading television channels. Then there were business trips to other hot spots.
The most memorable was the trip to Beslan. This city and the events that took place in it in September 2004 changed the outlook of the war correspondent. Having launched a stormy activity, Marietta achieved the fact that, a year after the tragedy, a new channel "Russia Today" was created. And who, no matter how she, was destined to head the channel.
Career growth began to gain momentum:
Thanks to his activities, the journalist regularly gets into the ratings of "influential people":
- 33rd place went to her as the most influential woman in Russia in 2012.
- The following year was marked by getting into the top five influential women in the media.
- 15th place among hundreds of influential women in Russia was awarded in 2014.
- Forbes gave Margarita Simonovna 52nd place at the end of 2017 among the hundred most influential women in the world.
The result of work in the field of journalism was participation in the public life of the country. In 2008, Margot became a member of the Television Academy. An active life position made the journalist a member of the third composition of the Public Chamber of Russia. In addition, until 2017, Simanyan was a member of the Public Council of the City Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow. She was later elected to general advice Ministries.
She never hid or was ashamed of her views, which attracted the attention of President Vladimir Putin. At his request, she took part in the "People's Headquarters" during the presidential company in 2012. In the upcoming elections in 2018, she was again registered as a confidant of the Russian presidential candidate V. Putin.
Married life has never particularly attracted Marietta, since pictures from childhood popped up in my memory, where couples were never happy. Therefore, the first joint life with Andrei Blagodyrenko was not formalized in any way. Margarita, with her unwillingness to officially register relations, always upset her parents, who were accustomed to the traditional way of life. She lived in a civil marriage with Andrei Margo for six years, until fate brought her together with Tigran Keosayan.
Until the moment Margarita Simonyan appeared in his life, Tigran's personal life was connected with Alena Khmelnitskaya. With Alena, the director lived together for 20 years, until he was seen in the company of another woman.
Keosayan Tigran and Margarita Simonyan became close on the basis of joint projects. At first, they were united by the restaurant business, and after that the director released several films, where a well-known TV journalist acted as a screenwriter. As a result, feelings for Marietta prevailed and Tigran left his first wife.
Rumors about a couple in love have been circulating for a long time, until they were confirmed by the birth of their second child. Daughter Mariana was born when Keosayan was still officially married to Khmelnitskaya. He himself shared his joy on his page in social networks. WITH ex-wife Alyona maintains friendly relations. Moreover, the film "Actress" was created with the direct participation of all three.
Today, Tigran Keosayan and his new wife are already raising two children: daughter Marianna and son Bagrat. But despite all the well-being and love of her husband, Simonyan's marriage is civil. She never changed her principle and did not legitimize the relationship.
Most public people are always under the guns of cameras and evil tongues. So, for example, rumors appeared: "Margarita Simonyan and Tigran Keosayan divorced." There are no facts about this yet. It is also unknown what relation Paulina Dmitrienko has to Tigran Keosayan. But the truth is this:
The last episode that caused surprise was a joint trip to Nice. There, the trio were seen on the beach in swimsuits. Famous people just having fun, not paying attention to anyone.
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