Alisa Simonyan biography. Margarita Simonyan. High relationship. The series "Actress" was born from a nightmare

Maryasha and Bagrat already speak five languages, but I would not want them to study abroad and grow up as carriers of a culture alien to me Photo: Pavel Shchelkantsev

I lived in a small cozy house, bought with a mortgage, in a wonderful village, which had only one drawback - it was located sixty-three kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road.

When Tigran arrived for the first time, he asked why I didn't have curtains. She answered: “Because I haven’t saved up for the ones I want yet.” Keosayan was shocked. In his view, the head of the largest international media outlet could not have such problems. It was in this house without curtains that he moved to live with me.

“Why do you say that you live near Moscow? You live near Volokolamsk!” - Tigran joked, making his way into my hole in his luxurious Maserati.

Of course, he left the mansion in Barvikha to Alena and their common children. Having already moved in with me, every morning he stopped by there before work to have breakfast with youngest daughter Ksyusha, and only then went to Mosfilm. I strongly supported it. She even insisted if he was tired and wanted to sleep longer.

Tigran stopped going to Barvikha every morning only when Alena got a new common-law husband, Sasha. To avoid embarrassment. Well, imagine that he wakes up, goes into the kitchen, and at the table - Alenin ex-husband. Ksyusha spends the weekend with us, she is friends with my children, and we all encourage this.

In the Krasnodar of my youth, lines were scrawled on the wall of our little Arbat: “Love has no guarantees, this is very bad, brothers. When leaving, leave the light - it's more than staying."

Difficult to demand from a partner eternal love. Another thing is whether a person remains a person. Tigran took from his house only portraits and books of his father. And after the divorce, Alena remains a true friend and family person, and a loving father to her daughters.

When I found out that I was pregnant, I was in shock, sobbed for three months. Motherhood happened despite precautions, but there was an almost one hundred percent threat of miscarriage. The doctors said: “If you want to endure, lie down for preservation, we will inject hormones.”

I decided that I would not fight either for my pregnancy or against it: as God pleases, it will happen. As a result, Maryasha took root, although at some point she almost left me, miraculously “stuck” back, my little shrimp. She slept at first in a crib, taking the pose of a shrimp.

Already five months after the first birth, I became pregnant with Bagrat. This time I didn't worry, I was happy. Pregnancy was very easy for me, both times I felt better than not pregnant: I slept little, worked hard and cheerfully, not a day of toxicosis, I gave birth the first time in two and a half hours, the second in one and a half. However, motherhood is still the most difficult thing I have ever done.

I spent a month with Maryasha on maternity leave - if you can call it that, because anyway, she sorted everything out by phone and mail. I did not sit with Bagrat at all. Having been discharged from the maternity hospital, I took my son home and went to work - I was just undergoing an audit by the Accounts Chamber.

In general, I am an anxious mother, but I try not to show this to my children. I call my grandparents several times a day. Although I know the schedule of my children every minute, and they have Spartan: swimming, languages, yoga, drawing by the hour, Mariasha dances, Bagrat has Thai boxing. And their food is Spartan, they still have not tried sweets and cakes, so they are absolutely indifferent to sweets and nibble celery with pleasure. Any cakes can lie on the table - children do not reach for them, because they do not perceive them as food, rather as decoration. They eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, cereals, meat, seafood. Every morning begins with Bagrat's question:

Mom, when will we eat crayfish?

No, not crayfish, but mussels! Mariasha answers.

Tigran is a much more strict parent than me. Raises children immediately as adults, especially only son. And he is three years old, he still does not understand the concept “I must apologize for throwing an apple on the floor”, looks at dad with surprised eyes and smiles. However, Tigran is also, in my opinion, strict with his daughters. But also fooling around with them, singing funny songs, which he invents, tells fables.

Writer, screenwriter and journalist Margarita Simonyan proved by personal example that perseverance and knowledge help to achieve a dream, no matter how unrealistic it may seem. Rita was born in Krasnodar. The house where she lived was hardly comfortable. There was no water, no gas, and rats ran across the floor. Already in childhood, the girl decided in any way to break out of these living conditions and live with dignity.

Margarita always loved to read and showed a craving for foreign languages. At school, she studied for one five, which allowed her to spend several years in the United States under an experience exchange program. There she saw a completely different life and even planned to stay there, but her love for the Motherland was stronger. The girl returned to Russia.

After leaving school, she entered the university. During her studies, Margarita published her collection of poems, about which the local television filmed a report. During filming, the girl said that she dreams of becoming a journalist. She was invited for an internship at a local channel. Thus began her journalistic career.

Margarita Simonyan is actively involved in the political life of the country. She is not afraid to ask "uncomfortable" guests in her studio. At the same time, the girl is not going to stop there. She published a book whose plot is similar to hers. own biography. Now she enjoys writing culinary articles for the magazine.

Despite the fact that Margarita's career is in full view, she carefully guards her personal life. The public knows about her exactly as much as Simonyan allows. But still managed to learn a few facts from her non-working life.

civil husband

Margarita remembered her first common-law husband only once in an interview. It turned out that for about 6 years she lived with journalist Andrei Blagodyrenko. The moment of development of their relationship just fell on the heyday of Margarita's career. This period was so eventful for her that the girl did not have time to think about the wedding and the formalization of relations. What's more, she didn't want to.

At that moment, freedom was important for the girl. She believed that the seal in her passport would restrict her. At a time when she was absorbed in her career, her common-law husband wanted family comfort. Here their views did not converge and they decided to leave. The couple did it quickly, since they did not have joint children.

Tigran Keosayan

Later, the fates of Tigran Keosayan and Margarita Simonyan will be closely intertwined, but this will happen in 2012. Until that time, Tigran will already be a well-known director, actor and clip maker. In the 90s, he managed to find his niche in the world of cinema and achieve success.

Tigran, one might say, followed in the footsteps of his parents. His father was a famous director, and his mother was an actress. After graduating from school, the boy knew for sure that he wanted to make films and made an attempt to enter the directing department at VGIK. But the first time he did not succeed. There was even a newspaper article about it then. They colorfully described how a famous director is trying by all means to make his not talented son a student prestigious university. Then Tigran decided to prove to everyone that he had talent.

Now the director has several full-length films, clips and shootings as an actor in his piggy bank.

Keosayan met his first love on the set of a commercial. As an actress, she was invited to him, who took only the first steps in the cinema. Tigran did not consider this affair with a young actress as something serious, but later it grew into.

A year after they met, the couple officially formalized their relationship, and a year later they became the parents of their daughter Alexandra. This was a difficult time for the family financial terms. The films were practically not shot, and the money from the filming of commercials was not enough for a long time. Alena could not leave the child and go to work. The situation improved when Khmelnitskaya opened her own fashion store and became its director.

Tigran and Alena were considered beautiful and strong couple, one of the most famous families Russian cinema. But, and even the most perfect relationship was destined to end. Since 2011, fans of the couple began to notice that they very rarely appear together at events.

After some time, it became known that the couple decided to divorce. The divorce was quiet without scandals. Tigran and Alena managed to save friendly relations and communicate now with families.

New relationship

The relationship between Tigran and Margarita began in 2012 with a simple comment on social networks. At that time, the journalist was being persecuted about her reporting, and the director openly expressed his support for her. For some time the girl could not believe that such famous person, like Keosayan, is interested in her person. But a personal meeting confirmed this.

Then they were brought together by a joint business. Margarita helped the man with the opening of the restaurant "Zharko!" in Sochi. Over time, it became clear that they fell in love with each other. As a result, their daughter Mariana was born. But then Margarita did not begin to name the father of her daughter, as she preferred to hide the relationship. A year later, she found out that she was pregnant for the second time. She had a son, who was named Bagrat. Only after the birth of their second child, Tigran and Margarita spoke about their relationship and registered their marriage.

After the birth of children, the family came to the fore for Margarita. She tried to devote time to her career, but there was catastrophically little of it. Tigran, knowing that his wife has an old dream, but she does not have enough time to realize it, decided to help her. He decided to teach her how to write scripts. Margarita did a great job.

Now, according to her scripts, several series have been shot, which have become popular. Margarita does not hide that now she is happy. She has a favorite job, children and a husband behind whom she feels like behind a stone wall. Moreover, she has acquired good friend, which was the ex-wife of Keosayan - Alena Khmelnitskaya.

Margarita Simonovna Simonyan- famous 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, Margaret explained soft sign in your 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 in 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. In the biography of Margarita it is reported 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 asked her parents where Margarita, 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 on 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 V live Margarita asked not always convenient, but topical issues well-known politicians 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 CEO 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. Mountains. Expanded clay "and the film" Actress ".

Margarita Simonyan was a member of the Public Chamber Russian Federation third team (2010-2012), 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 of the National Association of 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 for presidential elections 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 Khorenatsi medal 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.

"At worst development events, 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 are they doing in relation to us - in fact, they are driving us out of 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 excites from time to time public opinion with your posts on social media. 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 FBK journalist and 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 the radio station is not best method conducting an election campaign. And it’s not good for karma, ”said Margarita Simonyan.

The incident caused a great resonance. Official representative The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova, published a post on her Facebook page in which she called sable (with a small letter) an animal.

Chief Editor"Echo of Moscow" 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 her civil husband became a television producer and journalist 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. That's how I found out that, firstly, I was being poisoned somewhere, and secondly, Tigran Keosayan himself was already 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.

Margaret wrote that good relations with Keosayan's previous wife, an actress Alena Khmelnitskaya. They posted joint photo signed "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.

Journalist, TV presenter and author of a fairly large number of provocative materials and TV shows. At present, special attention to her personality is riveted on the basis of those political programs of which she was the author. Therefore, the personal life, biography and children of Margarita Simonyan are of interest to most viewers.

Biography

Margarita managed to achieve the status of a well-known journalist in an incredibly short period, while she worked in a small provincial town and she had no known acquaintances.

The future TV presenter was born on April 6, 1980 in a rather dysfunctional family in Krasnodar. All their childhood they lived in terrible conditions without communications in the apartment. Already at the age of ten, the state allocated an apartment to the Simonyan family in a new house.

Margarita studied excellently and graduated from school with an emphasis on foreign languages Honours. A large number of certificates and diplomas distinguished her from most of her peers. At the end of nine classes, she managed to get to the United States of America, where she studied for several more years in high school. This life impressed her, and she wanted to stay, but still decided to return to her homeland.

She received her higher education at the Kuban State University, of course, it was the direction of journalism. After that she went to Moscow where she went to school of theatrical skills. Her teacher was Vladimir Pozner. She managed to get on television for the first time quite by accident.

Margarita released her first collection of poems and the regional television of Krasnodar decided to shoot a story about her. In the same place, she told that she wanted to become a journalist and she was taken to the same TV channel in 1999.

Career Margarita Simonyan

At the age of nineteen, she was sent to Chechnya to shoot a story about the war that was unfolding at that time. It was the first serious stage in the career of a professional journalist.

In 2000, she received the position of editor-in-chief at the Krasnodar TV channel. At that time, she already had orders for participation in the Chechen conflict as a military reporter and correspondent. In 2002, she received an invitation to Moscow to participate in the Vesti project.

The new international channel Russia Today appeared in 2005 and at the same moment she was invited to the post of editor-in-chief. Thus her career has already been linked to international political issues and issues.

In 2011, she hosted her own program on the Ren-TV channel, where the main problems that had occurred in Russia and in the world over the past week were discussed.

In 2013, together with Tina Kandelaki, she hosted the rather popular and provocative show Iron Ladies. Currently, she is a participant in political TV shows on various channels as an expert. Of course, she did not abandon her poems, which began her career. Collections are regularly released, which are also incredibly popular.

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Personal life of Margarita Simonyan

There are a lot of photos of Margarita Simonyan's children and information about her personal life and biography on the network, so finding information is not a difficult task.

The first marriage was civil with the famous journalist Blagodyrenko. But it didn't turn into something more serious. Already in 2012, they began to notice her surrounded by Tigran Keosayan. It was he who initiated these relations. Tigran began dating during the period when he was still married to Alena Khmelnitskaya. But this was no problem for him.

It is worth noting that now Margarita and Alena are on fairly good and friendly terms.

In 2013, their daughter Maryana was born, and a year and a half later, their son Bagrat. Currently, this is a full-fledged and cheerful family. Margarita Simonyan takes a very responsible approach to teaching her children. Already with early age they started studying at a specialized school and are learning foreign languages. In the biography of Margarita Simonyan, personal life and children always come first.

Currently, she spends a lot of time with her husband and children. They are very often seen in resorts and always with Maryana and Bagrat. Of course, there are certain problems over time, as there is a lot of work, but they try to solve them as profitably as possible.

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If you do not touch on the biography of her husband and the personal life of Margarita Simonyan, then in Lately she is actively involved in political activity countries.

In 2018, she became a confidant of Vladimir Putin and actively supports him political system. Actively involved in international political issues. Her coverage of Syria and the exposure of a video of alleged Russian soldiers wounding a boy received incredible responses from viewers.

He is actively engaged in cinematography together with her husband Tigran Keosayan. Also produces new reports on political conflicts from around the world. Margarita is the author and editor of many new editions of political programs. Therefore, she can be considered a unique woman who is constantly working on herself.

Party and political work she is not at all interested. Margarita is not going to run as a deputy, as this is not her profile. Continues to launch new television projects that find their popularity.

Interesting Facts

The biography of Margarita Simonyan is full of various stories and events that not many people know about. Here are some very important facts to note:

Margarita Simonyan takes a very responsible approach to the education of her children and in no case will she send them abroad. In her opinion, it is possible to learn languages ​​in Russia, but cultural heritage They will not get their homeland.

Despite the fact that she is an ethnic Armenian, she managed to visit Armenia for the first time only in 2014.

Tigran Keosayan taught her to write various scripts for films, so she is the author of the thriller "Actress", " Crimean bridge made with love".

He never buys expensive things, because he considers them unnecessary.

Today, attention to the personality of Margarita Simonyan, her biography, husband and personal life, is riveted on the part of a multi-million audience.

Childhood

The family did not live well, but the parents sought to give better education daughters - Margarita and her younger sister Alice, raising them in the best traditions of both Russian and Armenian peoples. From a very early age, Margarita was drawn to knowledge and even before entering school she already knew how to read and write. In a school with in-depth knowledge of English, the girl was one of the best students, in the 9th grade she got a chance to improve her English in the USA, getting into school curriculum in exchange.

She lived in New Hampshire for several years, and when the time of study came to an end, Margarita made the first serious decision in her life that determined her fate. The girl refused to continue her education at an American university and returned to Russia.

Margarita Simonyan at Pioneer Readings

Admission to the Kuban University was easy for her - she was a gold medalist. Having become a student of the faculty of journalism, the girl devoted all her time to her studies and her favorite hobby - literature. Having been educated in the Kuban, she studied at the Moscow School of Television Excellence, after which she returned to her native land.

"Iron Lady" of Russian journalism

In 2004, Margarita reported live from Beslan, telling the whole country the truth about the seizure of the school by terrorists.

Margarita Simonyan in Beslan

In 2005, Russia Today was created, an international information channel, the purpose of which was to highlight Russia's position in relation to the policies of other states. The creation of RT was dictated by the time and the need to openly and truthfully state the political decisions made and Russia's views on issues that others international media preferred to keep quiet.

The creation of the channel was led by Mikhail Lesin, who previously held the post of Minister of Press, as well as Alexey Gromov, who at that time was the president's press secretary. The appointment of Margarita to the post of editor of the channel was perceived ambiguously due to her rather young age. It was due primarily to her exceptional knowledge of the English language, as well as the huge potential and talent that she was able to show in a short time.

Having headed RT, Margarita first oversaw the English version of the channel, but later became the editor-in-chief of the Spanish and Arabic versions. Under the leadership of Simonyan, the young RT already in 2008 surpassed the venerable Deutshe Welle, France 24 and Euronews in popularity. Margarita herself called the reason for such success a “fresh” look at world politics and patriotism, which she considers the main advantage of a Russian.

In 2010, Margarita entered the personnel reserve of President Vladimir Putin. At the end of 2012, Dmitry Kiselyov, director of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, appointed Margarita Simonovna editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya international news agency. Simonyan managed to successfully combine the leadership of the RT and Russia Today TV channels.

Since 2014, a woman has also chaired information Agency Sputnik, like RT, is aimed at a foreign audience. Sputnik websites, services and radio stations are available in all languages ​​of the world. Russian word should be heard in all corners the globe, says Simonyan, the main thing female face Russian journalism.

Other achievements

Margarita's childhood dream is literary activity. From a young age, she wrote stories, and at the age of 18 she published her works of poetry. The novel "To Moscow", which tells about simple and understandable truths for every person, such as love, dreams, overcoming difficulties, published in 2010, became popular in Russia and other countries.

It was according to the scenario of Margarita that some popular TV series were filmed, such as “Actress” and “Sea. Mountains. Expanded clay", the main roles in which were played by Sergey Gazarov, Larisa Guzeeva, Svetlana Ivanova, Alena Khmelnitskaya, and also Sergey Nikonenko.

Personal life of Margarita Simonyan

In 2012, Tigran, who was married to actress Alena Khmelnitskaya, himself expressed a desire to meet Margarita and sent her a message in social network Facebook. Relations quickly grew into friendship, and then into something more. Soon the director moved from new sweetheart to her house near Volokolamsk.

In 2013, the couple had a daughter, Maryana, and a year later, a son, Bagrat. The journalist's children have a schedule, like hers, scheduled by the minute: sports, languages, dances, creative circles. By the age of five, Mariana could speak five languages.

In October 2019, the couple became parents for the third time. On the 19th, a girl 57 cm tall and weighing 3050 g was born, who received unusual name Maro. WITH ex-wife Tigrana Margarita is friends, according to her, they have nothing to share. Moreover, Alena Khmelnitskaya is happy with entrepreneur Alexander Sinyushin, with whom she married in 2018.

Margarita Simonyan now

Actively defending Russia's policy in the international arena, Simonyan stands for freedom of speech and for the reliability of information. Margarita Simonovna is making every effort to maintain a positive image of Russia, thanks to her efforts, the whole world learned the truth from the father of the Syrian boy, who was put forward as the main evidence of Russian aggression. Margarita is a frequent guest of political shows and popular analytical programs, even ardent oppositionists listen to her opinion.

However, she also has failures, as in the case of interviews with Petrov and Bashirov, suspected of poisoning the Skripals. After a conversation on the air of RT, their real names were calculated - Alexander Mishkin and Anatoly Chepiga. In the media sphere, Simonyan called this interview "a complete disaster."

Interesting moments from Margarita Simonyan's interview with suspects in the Skripal case

Combining journalistic and socio-political activities, Margarita manages to find time for creativity. She is a co-author of the script for her husband's film "Crimean Bridge: Made with Love", which was released in the fall of 2018, but grossed just over a million dollars at the box office and received devastating reviews from film critics.