Margarita Simonovna Simonyan- famous Russian journalist, editor-in-chief of the Russia Today television channel - 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 enjoys hunting and fishing.
Mother - Zinaida Simonyan— sold flowers at the market, this is stated in the biography of Margarita Simonyan on Wikipedia.
Margarita has a sister, Alice. Grandfather - Sarkis Simonyan- participant of the Great Patriotic War. Margarita Simonyan wrote in her LJ that her grandfather’s family was repressed. “My wounded great-grandfather watched as his wife and three children, the eldest of whom was my eleven-year-old grandmother Maya Aloeva, caulked them into veal wagons and sent them beyond the Urals.”
Margarita explained there 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 fellow countrywoman - my grandmother Maya, who had already grown up. My father was born there. Immediately an enemy of the people. He was five when Khrushchev forgave them. But I still didn’t forgive enough to allow my grandparents to return home to Crimea, where they were born. Then the entire expelled diaspora moved to Krasnodar - ever closer to their native land. Finally, they were given passports, where a soft sign was written in front of the “yang” in their surnames. Such a mark. I was born in Krasnodar with the last name Simonyan. I have this mark on me too. I remember,” said Margarita Simonyan.
Margarita Simonyan studied at Krasnodar special school No. 36. In the tenth grade, Margarita went on an exchange trip to the USA (New Hampshire) to improve her English.
Margarita Simonyan graduated from school with a gold medal. Higher education The girl received her degree from the Faculty of Journalism at Kuban State University. In addition, Simonyan graduated from the School of Television Excellence Vladimir Pozner.
Career of Margarita Simonyan
Margarita Simonyan began her career in journalism in hometown, correspondent for the television and radio company Krasnodar. Margarita’s biography states that her television career began with a collection of poems and a story about her on local TV. After which, from the heroine of the plot, Simonyan turned into an intern, and then 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 nineteen, I hid it from my parents. For the only time in my life I deceived them, realizing that they could go crazy from anxiety during these ten days. She said that there would be filming on a ship, at sea, so there would be no communication. And only my sister Alice then kept walking around, 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 connection? This was the beginning of the second war, when Grozny was not even completely surrounded, only 90%. A complete nightmare: shooting, explosions, utter chaos, when you don’t understand where ours are, where the others are, where to go, what to do. When I returned and my father opened the door for me, he was shocked. I came 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: “Stupid!”, 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 instead.” Since then I have never drank vodka. I will never forget this."
In January 2000, for a series of war reports, Margarita Simonyan received the Kuban Union of Journalists Award “For Professional Courage.”
In May 2000, Margarita Simonyan received the II Prize All-Russian competition regional television and radio companies for their report on Chechen children vacationing in Anapa.
In 2001, Simonyan was appointed as her own correspondent at VGTRK in Rostov-on-Don. Afterwards, 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 attack 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 TV channel.
Margarita Simonyan participated in other projects. For example, in 2011 she was the host of the program “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 presenter Tina Kandelaki V live Margarita asked not always convenient, but relevant questions to famous politicians and businessmen. However, that 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 information agency "Russia Today" Dmitry Kiselev appointed Margarita Simonyan 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 activities
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 “Train”. Margarita also writes culinary articles for this magazine.
Tigran Keosayan Based on the scripts of Margarita Simonyan, he directed the series “Sea. Mountains. Expanded clay" and the film "Actress".
Margarita Simonyan was a member Public Chamber Russian Federation 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 Russian Television Academy. In 2010, Margarita Simonyan became vice-president of the National Association of Television and Radio Broadcasters.
From January to March 2012, Simonyan was a member of the “People's Headquarters” (in Moscow) of the presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. In January 2018, Margarita became Vladimir Putin's confidant at 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, and 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 prohibited 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 towards the American media. Which is something I wouldn’t want because I’m a journalist.” She also noted that with this 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 driving us out of the country, they are now putting us in conditions in which we cannot work. Here it is, the vaunted freedom of speech. Why do they do this? Because, as they see it, we showed a different point of view, and this influenced their elections,” summed up RT’s editor-in-chief, RIA Novosti reported.
Later, news appeared that the RT America television channel registered in the United States as a foreign agent in connection with the requirement of the American Ministry of Justice. Simonyan said that between a criminal case and registration, they chose the latter.
“For which we congratulate American freedom of speech and everyone who still believes in it,” the journalist ironically said.
Margarita Simonyan from time to time excites public opinion with her posts on social networks. In April 2018, a famous journalist wrote that she was forced to call a free ambulance, and then she is ashamed in front of “tired and exhausted doctors in bad shoes” for “the oak parquet, for this second floor, for the three-year-old boy’s separate bedroom, for the English wallpaper and the vintage Italian chandelier.”
“It’s like I stole it all. These tired people in bad shoes who came to save my child. And I shove money at them, of course, and it makes us all feel awkward, but, damn it, at least it’s like this. I worry until the morning, even when the child has fallen asleep and the temperature has subsided. I lived a little under communism, and I really didn’t like it. But I don’t like it the way it is now either,” Margarita wrote, causing a mass criticisms.
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. I have long liked you as a journalist and fellow tribesman. Now I was driving in the car and listening to how you were being bullied on the radio, I couldn’t 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 bullied somewhere, and secondly, Tigran Keosayan himself was already interested in my fate,” Simonyan recalled this acquaintance.
The director filmed Margarita in a cameo role in his film “Three Comrades”; Simonyan is also the author of the script for two of his films. In August 2013, Margarita and Tigran had a daughter, Maryana, and in September 2014, a son, Bagrat. The family owns a restaurant in the Krasnaya Polyana area of Sochi.
Margarita wrote that in good relations with Keosayan's previous wife, actress Alena Khmelnitskaya. They posted a photo together with the caption “High relationship.” “She is charming, very kind, smart, open - not to mention 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.
At 32 she became a journalist for the presidential pool, and at 35 she became editor-in-chief of the Russia Today channel. Today she is not just a multimedia person, but also the author of literary collections and a book about the 90s - “To Moscow”, and excerpts from the work “Train” along with culinary recipes placed in the periodicals “Russian Pioneer”.
Biography
Margarita Simonovna was born into the family of a refrigerator repairman and a flower saleswoman in Krasnodar on April 6, 1980. Until the age of 10, the girl lived with her sister and parents in difficult conditions - Soviet period unemployment and empty shelves, and the house had absolutely no amenities. When she was ten, the family received new housing.
The girl quickly mastered reading and writing and kindergarten gathered an audience of same-year-olds around her - read fairy tales. Margarita was sent to school No. 36 (with in-depth study foreign languages). The bright student brought home only straight A's. At the age of 15, she goes to New Hampshire, where she studies at an American school and lives in a friendly family; the girl will remember her with kindness.
The desire to become a journalist brings the graduate to the Kuban State University. At the same time, she is honing her television skills with Vladimir Pozner himself (an iconic media personality, he was the host of teleconferences between the USA and the USSR, and hosted a program about the Soviet Union in the States).
Margarita began her working career at the age of 19. The Krasnodar channel is filming a story about her as a promising young writer; during the break, the girl mentioned her dream of working on TV.
From 1999 to 2000, Margarita interned and immediately decided to try her hand as a “war correspondent.” Then in an interview he will advise young journalists not to start with such painful topics. For the girl, they became a school of life that significantly influenced her worldview. In 2000, she was awarded a prize for professionalism and courage. During the same period, she received a responsible position - editor of the Krasnodar television and radio company. Margarita Simonyan was immediately offered work on other channels - VGTRK (as a correspondent), RTR. Since 2002, the talented and purposeful journalist began to be part of the permanent circle of press representatives who cover Kremlin events (representative of the presidential pool).
In 2004, the journalist managed to make a report about the tragedy in Beslan.
In 2005, the Russia Today television channel began broadcasting, which reflects the mood and opinions of politicians and the public regarding world events. Main actor- Russia. The concept of the channel became an unspoken response to the Voice of America program, popular during the USSR period, which was the “microphone” of the United States for the residents of the Union as well. Margarita Simonyan became the first editor-in-chief of the television company, and a little later she took the same position regarding the Arabic-language and Spanish-language broadcasting of Rossiya Segodnya.
In 2010, Simonyan received an award from the hands of the President of Armenia for her professionalism and contribution to the development of journalism.
In 2011-2013, Simonyan began to be recognized by more and more television viewers - she hosts the program “What’s Going On?” and "The Iron Lady". At the same time, Margarita is on the board of directors of the most popular and largest media representative - Channel One.
Since 2013, the television celebrity has been the head of Russia Today and the editor-in-chief of MIA Rossiya Segodnya.
Her literary activities did not remain in the shadows. In 2010, the book “To Moscow” finally saw the light of day. This is a story about a whole generation, to which Margarita Simonyan herself belongs. The plot revolves around a girl and three friends living in a hostel. The maturation of young people and their views is shown. There was also a love story (for example, between the attractive student Nora and her married adult lover). This modern prose shows that one feeling remains unchanged and always correct, no matter how banal it may sound, but it is relevant - love for the Fatherland.
In the story "Train" readers will find interesting descriptions portraits of the country's inhabitants, landscapes, and once again take a different look at the familiar world of things.
In 2018, Margairita Simonyan became Vladimir Putin's confidant in the presidential elections.
Personal life
Despite being so busy, the young woman manages to devote time to her family. In the early 2000s, she was in a relationship with a colleague, Andrei Blagodyrenko. In 2013, while working until the end, the journalist became the mother of a girl, Maryana. After opening his own restaurant in Sochi, the head of Russia Today began to be seen in the company of the director, Alena Khmelnitskaya’s former husband, Tigran Keosayan. In 2014, they had a son in a civil marriage. Margarita Simonyan and her actual husband named him Bagrat.
Margarita Simonovna Simonyan. Born on April 6, 1980 in Krasnodar. Russian journalist, TV presenter, screenwriter. Chief Editor Russia Today TV channel (since 2015), Rossiya Segodnya agency (since 2013), Sputnik agency (since 2014).
Father - Simon Sarkisovich Simonyan, was born and raised in Sverdlovsk, later his parents moved to Krasnodar. Our ancestors come from Crimea, where they fled from the Turkish genocide at the beginning of the 20th century. He worked as a refrigerator repairman.
Mother, originally from Sochi, sold flowers at the market.
Grandfather - Sarkis Simonyan, participant in the Great Patriotic War. My grandparents' family was repressed in 1944.
Younger sister - Alice.
Most of her relatives live in Adler.
Although Margarita’s parents are purebred Armenians, they, according to her, had an absolutely Russian family. Her parents speak Armenian, but in different dialects. Margarita herself does not speak Armenian at all. I visited Armenia as an adult for work reasons.
She graduated from special school No. 36 in Krasnodar with in-depth study of foreign languages. In the tenth grade, she was sent on exchange to New Hampshire (USA) to improve her English. After graduating from school, she entered and graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Kuban State University and the School of Television Excellence.
From February 1999 to January 2000 - correspondent for the Krasnodar television and radio company. She worked as a war correspondent, covering the Chechen conflict. In January 2000, for a series of war reports, she received the Kuban Union of Journalists Award “For Professional Courage.”
In May 2000, she received the prize of the II All-Russian competition of regional television and radio companies for her report on Chechen children vacationing in Anapa. Appointed as Lead Editor information programs TRC "Krasnodar".
In September 2000, she received a presidential scholarship.
In February 2001, she was appointed VGTRK’s own correspondent in Rostov-on-Don. Then she became a special correspondent for Vesti. Covered military clashes in the Kodori Gorge of Abkhazia. In the fall of 2002, she became part of the presidential pool of journalists. In September 2004, she covered the terrorist attack in Beslan.
Since the founding of the first Russian information television channel in 2005, broadcasting around the clock on English language, Russia Today (now RT) is its editor-in-chief. She took up this post at the age of 25. Subsequently, she also became the editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language (Rusia al-Yawm) and Spanish-language (RT Español) versions of RT.
In 2010 she published the book “To Moscow!”. She said about her work: “This is a story about the country, about love and about provincial boys and girls born in the 1980s. We all dreamed of going to Moscow for better life, and none of us knew that we had to be careful in our wishes - they could come true."
From April 2011 to February 2012, she hosted the weekly analytical program “What’s Going On?” on the REN TV channel. From October to November 2012 - host of the weekly column “Point of View” on the Kommersant FM radio station. From February 17 to June 23, 2013, together with she was the host of a political talk show on the NTV channel “Iron Ladies”.
In 2012, she played the role of a journalist in the melodrama “Three Comrades.”
Margarita Simonyan in the TV series "Three Comrades"
In 2012, she was included in the list of the hundred most influential women in Russia, taking 33rd place. In 2013, she entered the top five most influential women in Russia in the field of media.
On December 31, 2013, the general director of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, Dmitry Kiselev, appointed Margarita Simonyan as editor-in-chief of the international news agency Rossiya Segodnya, who also remained at the post of head of RT.
On November 10, 2014, she became the editor-in-chief of the Sputnik news agency, affiliated with the Rossiya Segodnya news agency.
In 2014, she received the national award “Media Manager of Russia” for successfully winning the RT television channel a foreign audience. At the end of 2017, Margarita Simonyan was included by Forbes in the ranking of “100 Most Influential Women in the World” and ranks 52nd.
Since 2013 he has been working as a screenwriter. She was the author of the script for the melodrama “The Sea. Mountains. Expanded clay." In 2017, she acted as a screenwriter for the crime detective film “Actress,” starring.
Social and political position of Margarita Simonyan
Since 2008 - member of the Academy of Russian Television. Since 2010, he has been vice president of the National Association of Television and Radio Broadcasters. Since June 2011 - member of the board of directors of Channel One.
In 2010-2012 she was a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation of the third composition.
In 2012, she was a member of the “People's Headquarters” (in Moscow) of a presidential candidate.
In August 2014, the Ukrainian National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting published a list of 49 journalists and heads of Russian television channels who may be banned from entering Ukraine, which included Simonyan. In May 2016, she was included in the Ukrainian sanctions list by President Petro Poroshenko and was prohibited from entering Ukraine.
Until 2017 - Member of the Public Council at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow. Since 2017 - Member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
In January 2018, she was registered as a proxy of Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections on March 18, 2018.
Margarita Simonyan's height: 160 centimeters.
Personal life of Margarita Simonyan:
She lived in a civil marriage with journalist and television producer Andrei Blagodyrenko. They have been together since 2005. However, this relationship eventually ended.
Since 2012, she has been in a relationship with the director. At the time their romance began, Keosayan was married to an actress and had two daughters, but divorced in 2014.
In August 2013, the couple had a daughter, Maryana, and in September 2014, a son, Bagrat.
The family owns a restaurant in the Krasnaya Polyana area of Sochi. Margarita said that she opened a restaurant there, fulfilling an old family dream. However, the restaurant business was not a success: “This happened a couple of days before the start of the Sochi Olympics, and whoever dined with us during these fabulous two weeks: Dmitry Kozak, Konstantin Ernst, Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Prokhorov, Andrei Malakhov, Yana Churikova... But the Olympics ended, the guests left, but the restaurant remained. It was built against the main rule of this business - not where there is high traffic, but right in the courtyard of my grandmother’s house, where my mother was born and raised, and now her sisters, nephews and, live. actually, my grandmother. The location is unfortunate - not in the mountains and not by the sea, on an old highway that few people use anymore. In general, the restaurant has withered away, we are now trying to rent out the building."
Filmography of Margarita Simonyan:
2012 - Three comrades - journalist
2012 - Deadline (documentary)
Scripts by Margarita Simonyan:
2013 - Sea. Mountains. Expanded clay
2017 -
Bibliography of Margarita Simonyan:
2010 - To Moscow!
Awards for Margarita Simonyan:
Medal "For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth" from the Russian Ministry of Defense (March 9, 2005)
- Order of Friendship (June 27, 2007) - for his great contribution to the development of domestic television and many years of fruitful work
- Order of Friendship (South Ossetia, December 25, 2008) - for objective coverage of events during the period of Georgia’s armed aggression against South Ossetia in August 2008
- Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (2010)
- Movses Khorenatsi Medal (Armenia, November 18, 2010) - for significant contribution to the development of the field of journalism and high professionalism
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2014) - “for objectivity in covering events in Crimea”
Personal life of Tigran Keosyan now
Name: Tigran Keosayan Patronymic: Edmondovich Birthday: January 4, 1966. Place of birth: Moscow Height: 173 cm Weight: 75 kg Zodiac sign: Capricorn Eastern horoscope: Horse Occupation: director, actor Twitter Wikipedia https://uznayvse.ru/
The famous actor and director Tigran Keosayan has always been in the spotlight, both among women and journalists. Everyone was endlessly concerned about the question of the star’s personal life: Who is Tigran Keosayan’s wife at the present time and how many children does he have in total? During his life, the actor had two marriages, one of which is still valid to this day. The actor’s first marriage to Alena Khmelnitskaya lasted quite a long time, but, unfortunately, broke up. But Tigran Keosayan’s second wife, Margarita Simonyan, is building a happy life with her husband family life and to this day.
Personal life of Tigran Keosyan photo:
Tigran Keosyan and his wife - Margarita Simonyan photo
Tigran Keosayan - husband of Margarita Simonyan
Tigran Keosayan is 14 years older than his second wife. Born and raised in a rich and famous family. Therefore, the actor’s early years differed from the childhood of Tigran Keosayan’s new wife, Margarita Simonyan. Some were convinced of Keosayan's mediocrity, but this, on the contrary, strengthened his position. While still at university, he made a short film with his friend Fyodor Bondarchuk, who played in it main role. Then the army interrupted him labor activity, but then Tigran continued his studies again.
He also starred in the films “Joker” and “Katka and Shiz”, in which he played a significant role. Also, Tigran was seen on television and even hosted several TV shows.
Tigran Keosyan in his youth see photos
Biography of Margarita - Tigran's second wife
Margarita Simonyan was born in Krasnodar on April 6, 1980. Tigran Keosayan's second wife grew up in a very poor family. Margarita’s father repaired refrigeration equipment, and her mother sold flower products at the market. The difficult living conditions of Margarita and her sister Alice, on the contrary, added motivation and a great desire to get out of poverty. When Margarita Simonyan turned 10 years old, her family was given an apartment.
Margarita Simonyan in childhood photo view
At school, the girl studied well and was distinguished by her diligence and education. She read better than anyone and knew foreign languages. Margarita's teachers were always pleased with her and invited her to read works in front of the whole class.
When Margarita was in 9th grade, she had the chance to go to study in the USA as an exchange student. The girl was greeted very warmly by her new family, and she did not want to return to Russia. But the longing for the breed region took over.
Career of Margarita Simonyan
After school, Margarita entered the Kuban State University to study journalism. Constant Striving The girl contributed to the fact that Margarita, while still a student, became a correspondent on the Krasnodar TV channel. The previously published collection of poems attracted the editor so much that the TV channel decided to film the story of such a talented girl and offer her a job on television.
Margarita Simonyan, the real wife of Tigran Keosayan, was a very brave and courageous girl. At the age of 19, she went to film a story in Chechnya. For such a test, the girl was awarded and her popularity began to grow at tremendous speed.
Having visited Abkhazia during the war as a journalist, Margarita’s direction in professional activity. She talked about military operations, “hot spots” and many other different military facts.
The work of a war correspondent is very difficult and requires a large supply of nerves, Margarita said. In 2005, the girl became the editor-in-chief of the Russia Today channel, and literally 6 years later, Margarita, together with Tina Kandelaki, became the host of the Iron Ladies show.
Tina Kandelaki and Margarita Simonyan photo
Personal life of Margarita Simonyan
Since 2012, the young journalist began to be often noticed in the company of director and actor Tigran Keosayan. At that moment, the man was not alone. With him was Tigran Keosayan’s first wife, Alena Khmelnitskaya, whose photo was uploaded all over the Internet. While Tigran Keosayan’s new wife, shown in the photo, that is, Margarita herself, not so long ago lived in a civil marriage with another man.
Margarita Simonyan and her common-law husband - Andrey Blagodyrenko photo
At that moment, Tigran Keosayan and his future wife We were just busy opening a restaurant business. Only this activity and common interests were able to unite two people. In 2013, Margarita had a daughter from Tigran, who was named Maryana. After this moment, Margarita Simonyan and her husband Tigran Keosayan took joint photos and rejoiced at the birth of their child.
The most interesting thing is that Margarita also gave birth to a son, Bagrat, in 2014. Georgian roots are felt in his name. Therefore, there were rumors that both children were from Tigran Keosayan, and not from her common-law husband. In the same year, Tigran Keosayan and his new wife Margarita Simonyan together opened a restaurant business in Sochi, which is becoming successful. In 2014, the director and Khmelnitskaya had a divorce, and soon one could see photos of Tigran Keosayan, his new wife and children together.
Tigran Keosayan’s new wife communicates well with her husband’s children from a previous marriage. According to her, if her husband has children from a previous marriage, then divorce should not affect the upbringing of the child. Therefore, Tigran Keosayan’s wives sometimes meet and maintain communication, and both are not against such contact.
Tigran Keosayan's first wife
In 1992, Tigran met Alena Khmelnitskaya. Alena Khmelnitskaya is an actress who stars in very good films, but not only that, she plays her roles brilliantly. Alena's parents were artists of the Bolshoi Theater, so they always toured. Already with early age, the actress began acting in films. Someone said that she was destined to be born an actress. Already in 1991, the star played in the films “The Tale of a Merchant’s Daughter and mysterious flower", as well as "Murder at Sunshine Manor".
Literally the next year, the couple had a child, a girl, Alexandra, and the family officially registered their marriage. Alena, married to Tigran, bore him two children, Alexandra and Ksenia. Alena Khmelnitskaya’s husband, Tigran, worked alone, as his wife was caring for the child. The couple quickly overcame financial difficulties, and their personal life began to improve.
Alena Khmelnitskaya and her daughter Alexandra photo
Alena Khmelnitskaya and her daughter Ksenia photo
They constantly went out to events together, and one could see a lot of photos in which Tigran Keosayan and his wife were satisfied and happy. But already in 2012, the couple’s public life faded away.
New personal life of Alena Khmelnitskaya
Table of contents
Height, weight, age. How old is Alena Khmelnitskaya
Biography of Alena Khmelnitskaya
Personal life of Alena Khmelnitskaya after divorce
Family of Alena Khmelnitskaya
Children of Alena Khmelnitskaya
Daughter of Alena Khmelnitskaya - Alexandra Khmelnitskaya
Daughter of Alena Khmelnitskaya - Ksenia Khmelnitskaya
Alena Khmelnitskaya's ex-husband - Tigran Keosayan
Photo of Alena Khmelnitskaya before and after plastic surgery
Instagram and Wikipedia Alena Khmelnitskaya
Most actual question, which torments many viewers: who is Alena Khmelnitskaya with now? The star officially confirmed her relationship with Alexander Sinyushin. Moreover, Tigran Keosayan’s wife, Margarita Simonyan, posts joint photos with Alena. This worries many, but not Keosayan’s ex-wife. It will be funny for someone to catch such a moment where both wives of Tigran Keosayan look happy in the photo.
Name: Alena Khmelnitskaya Patronymic: Alexandrovna Birthday: January 12, 1971 (47 years old) Place of birth: Moscow Height: 173 cm Weight: 63 kg Zodiac sign: Capricorn Eastern horoscope: Pig Occupation: actress, TV presenter Wikipedia https://uznayvse.ru/
Alena Khmelnitskaya with Alexander Sinyushin photo
Alena Khmelnitskaya and Margarita Simonyan photo
Instagram and Wikipedia Alena Khmelnitskaya
In the age of Internet technology, many are looking for Alena Khmelnitskaya’s Instagram and Wikipedia to see what they say about her. If we talk about the encyclopedia, then it presents fans with enough wide list films in which different years the actress took part. Here you can see:
"Ondine", released in 2003;
“The President and his granddaughter”, 2009;
“Petya the Magnificent”, 2006, etc.
The actress also devotes a lot of attention to the popular social network Instagram. great attention, regularly sharing beautiful photos with subscribers.
More recently, it was with the help of Instagram that Khmelnitskaya congratulated her eldest daughter on her next birthday, being several thousand kilometers away from her.
Today it is not surprising that many star husbands leave their families and continue their lives with young wives. This list can include many famous men. These are Oleg Tabakov, Sergei Bezrukov, Valery Meladze, as well as Tigran Keosayan, who, after a twenty-year marriage with Alena Khmelnitskaya, went to Margarita Simonyan. The couple even had children: Maryana and Bagrat. What motivates men to do such things? Are males looking for new females or is it love? Let's try to understand our article: Tigran Keosayan and Margarita Simonyan, children, photos, details and secret romance.
Margarita Simonyan: biography
Margarita Simonyan is a native of Krasnodar, born in 1980. The girl was born and raised in a poor family. Her father earned food by repairing refrigerators, and her mother traded at the market. Unfavorable living conditions motivated the girl to achieve great success in life. So, already in kindergarten, she was the first to learn to read, and later she was enrolled in a school with a focus on studying foreign languages, where she was one of the best students. In high school, she won her place on a study abroad exchange and lived and studied in America for several years. At first, Margarita planned to continue her journey in the United States, but still decided to return to Russia and get an education in State University Kuban at the Faculty of Journalism.
Margarita's career
Margarita began her career with the Krasnodar television and radio channel, where she began working as a correspondent. At the age of 19, she left for Chechnya, where she filmed a report in a war zone. Such a plot brings the girl not only fame, but also several awards for courage.
In 2000, Margarita became the chief editor of the TV channel, and in 2002 she was invited to Moscow as a special journalist for the Vesti television program. Thanks to her talent and professionalism, the girl is included in the presidential pool of journalists. Since 2005, she worked as editor-in-chief of the Russia Today TV channel, and in 2013 she was appointed head of the international news agency Rossiya Segodnya.
Tigran Keosayan: biography
Tigran Keosayan was born in 1966 into a Moscow family strongly connected with the world of cinema. His father is a recognized director, screenwriter and actor, his mother is a famous actress of Armenia, and his older brother connected his life with television. Therefore, from a very young age, Tigran knew exactly who he should be and where to go. But he never entered the University of Cinematography; the reason for this turn of events was an article in Izvestia, in which the journalist presented a colorful story about how a famous director was trying to get his worthless son into the university. But this situation only strengthened Tigran’s desire, and he entered the university’s directing department.
Career
In 1990, Keosayan and Bondarchuk decided to start their own creative path and are engaged in filming music videos for pop stars and commercials. In 1991, the comedy “Joker” was released with Keosayan in the leading role. In the same year, he tried himself as a director of the film “Katka and Shuz”. But the director’s real fame comes from the New Year’s comedy “Poor Sasha,” which, according to TEFI, became the best film of 1997. The director has a lot of famous films and TV series to his credit, as well as participation in various television programs. By the way, from 2009 to 2011, the director hosted the “You and Me” program together with his wife. But soon rumors began to spread that the couple Tigran Keosayan and Margarita Simonyan would soon have children - a photo of a pregnant journalist who Lately appeared more and more often near the director, leading to thoughts of a broken marriage.
Tigran Keosayan and Margarita Simonyan
Before his marriage to Margarita Simonyan, the director was married to actress Alena Khmelnitskaya, known for the film “Hearts of Three.” The couple lived for 20 years, two daughters were born in the marriage: Alexandra and Ksenia. Long time journalists called Tigran and Alena strong family, which is very rare for the world of show business. But in 2011, the director increasingly began to appear in public without his wife, and in 2012 he began to be noticed in the company of journalist Margarita Simonyan.
In 2013, one of the most beautiful couples divorced. This news simply shocked the Internet. Rumors about the director’s office romance with the journalist have been circulating for a long time and that Margarita gave birth to a daughter, Maryana, from Keosayan. Many still hoped that such rumors were just machinations of the yellow press, but when Margarita gave birth to a son, Bagrat, in 2014, the director did not deny it and on one of his pages shared the news that he had become a father.
