Xenia Sokolova is a journalist whose biographyfull of scandals and incredible facts. She is rightfully called one of the bravest and straightforward writers of our time. Under the sight of her pen came many famous people, and while only a few left with an unblemished reputation.
And yet, what do we know about it? What is Xenia Sokolova in her work and in her personal life? And why so selflessly fighting for the truth?
A young journalist was born in the Russian capitalMoscow, it happened on April 5, 1971. In this city, almost the entire youth of Xenia. Here she received a certificate of secondary education, and then entered the Literary Institute. A. M. Gorky. In 1997, Sokolova successfully graduated from the faculty of artistic translation.
In 2003, she began active cooperation with the glossy edition of GQ. Initially, Sokolova was entrusted with the post of head of the special projects department, but was soon promoted to deputy editor-in-chief.
In 2012, Xenia Sokolova took officevice-president in the well-known media group "ZhiVi!". Around the same time, she began working on a special project called Snob. It was he who was her main child, until the beginning of 2016.
As for the personal life of the journalist, we know only that she is now in an official divorce. At the same time she independently brings up a son named Ostap.
For the first time, Xenia Sokolova became famous for her journalistic investigation called "120 Days of Beslan". She collected all the material in person, having spent more than one week in the place of a bloody tragedy.
An unusual supply of information attracted herattention of the public, and soon she was already the leading column "One day with VIP-persona". Due to her perseverance, Xenia Sokolova was one of the first to interview Ramzan Kadyrov. It happened in 2006, but already then she dubbed him "Hero of Our Time".
After these events, Xenia time after timewent to the hottest and dangerous regions of the world. Her reports covered life in North Korea, Burma, Iraq and many other countries. She interviewed the last boss of the Sicilian Mafia and witnessed the consequences of Hurricane Katrina with her own eyes.
Many know Ksenia Sokolova as the author of the seriesAn interview in which she reveals the true personality of the powerful. To the general public this project was presented under the title "Philosophy in the Boudoir". The curious fact is that the journalist came up with her brainchild along with another scandalous person - Ksenia Sobchak.
As part of this project, Sokolova spoke withsuch famous people as Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Kekhman, Yury Shevchuk, Alexey Navalny, Mikhail Saakashvili and many others. In addition, in 2010, based on the material collected earlier, she published her own "Philosophy in the Boudoir", which at one point became a bestseller.
