Ksenia Sokolova is a journalist whose biography is filled with many scandals and incredible facts. She is rightly called one of the most daring and straightforward writers of our time. Many famous people fell into the sight of her pen, and only a few left with an unsullied reputation.
And yet, what do we know about her? What is Ksenia Sokolova in work and in personal life? And why is it so selflessly fighting for the truth?
Ksenia Sokolova: a brief biography
The young journalist was born in the capital of Russia Moscow, it happened on April 5, 1971. In this city, almost the whole youth of Xenia passed. Here she received a certificate of secondary education, after which she entered the Literary Institute. A. M. Gorky. In 1997, Sokolova successfully graduated from the faculty of literary translation.
In 2003, she began her active collaboration with the glossy edition of GQ. Initially, Sokolova was entrusted with the post of head of the special projects department, but soon promoted to deputy chief editor.
In 2012, Ksenia Sokolova took the post of vice president in the well-known media group "Live!". Around the same time, she began working on a special project called Snob. It was he who was her main brainchild, until the beginning of 2016.
As for the personal life of a journalist, we only know that she is now officially divorced. At the same time, she independently educates her son named Ostap.
Responsive investigations and unusual reporting
For the first time, Ksenia Sokolova became famous thanks to her journalistic investigation called “120 days of Beslan”. She personally collected all the material, having spent more than one week at the site of a bloody tragedy.
An unusual presentation of information attracted the attention of the public, and soon she was already the host of the “One Day with a VIP Person” column. Thanks to her perseverance, Ksenia Sokolova was one of the first to interview Ramzan Kadyrov. It happened in 2006, but even then she christened him the “Hero of our time”.
After these events, Ksenia again and again went to the hottest and most 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 saw with her own eyes the consequences of Hurricane Katrina.
Philosophy in the Boudoir
Many know Ksenia Sokolova as the author of a series of interviews in which she reveals the true identity of the powers that be. This project was presented to the general public under the name "Philosophy in the Boudoir." A curious fact is that the journalist came up with her brainchild along with another scandalous person - Ksenia Sobchak.
Within the framework of this project, Sokolova spoke with such famous people as Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Kekhman, Yuri Shevchuk, Alexey Navalny, Mikhail Saakashvili and many others. In addition, in 2010, on the basis of previously collected material, she published her own “Philosophy in the Boudoir”, which at one moment became a bestseller.