Sobchak Ksenia Anatolyevna (11/5/1981) is a very successful and well-known radio and television presenter in Russia, known primarily for the reality show “House 2”, as well as the programs “Blonde in Chocolate” and “Top Model in Russian” " He hosts his own program on the radio “Silver Rain”.

“Primitiveness and routine are vulgar. This is the same man in the street who hates me. And only because I personify freedom of taste and choice. Yes, sometimes I get carried away and find it difficult to stop. Sometimes I even ask myself – why did I ruin relationships with so many people because of one broadcast?!”

Childhood

Ksenia Sobchak was born in the city of St. Petersburg (at that time still Leningrad) on November 5, 1981. Her parents were very influential people. Mother - Lyudmila Borisovna Narusova, being a historian by training, made a fairly successful political career. For a long time she was a deputy of the State Duma, and in the period 2002-2012 she worked in the Federation Council.

Well, Ksenia’s dad is an even more famous person. Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak was the mayor of St. Petersburg for a long time (1991-1996), and in addition, he authored the main law in Russia - the Constitution. One small fact from the biography of Sobchak Sr., which speaks of his influence: once the current President Vladimir Putin worked for him as an adviser on international affairs.

Naturally, the fame of the parents could not but affect their daughter’s childhood. Suffice it to say that from about the age of 10, young Ksyusha did not leave the house without bodyguards. Sobchak studied in several schools at once - first she went to an institution with in-depth study of the English language, and then to a school at the Herzen Pedagogical University. In addition to studying classical disciplines, young Ksenia attended classes at a ballet studio and art school. Interestingly, in terms of academic performance, Sobchak was always one of the leaders in the class, but in terms of behavior, she could give a hundred points to any bully. As a child, the girl was distinguished by a very capricious character and disobedience. In some ways, Ksenia Sobchak retained this trait into adulthood.

In 1998, Ksenia Sobchak entered the State University of St. Petersburg at the Faculty of International Relations. But she didn’t finish her studies - two years later the girl decided to move to Moscow and for this she transferred to MGIMO. I received my bachelor's degree and decided to go to graduate school, only at the Faculty of Political Science. Sobchak graduated with honors from the university in 2004.

"Dom-2" and other television programs

Interestingly, the first mentions of Ksenia in the media appeared when she was only 16 years old. True, these were not the most pleasant notes; journalists then reported about the kidnapping of Anatoly Sobchak’s daughter. Then this information was denied. Otherwise, the parents protected Ksyusha from the attention of the press as best they could.

But after moving to Moscow and finishing her studies, the name of Ksenia Sobchak began to appear more and more often in various publications. And this was connected, first of all, with her participation in various social events. She constantly appeared at fashionable parties, receptions and so on. She even had the well-known journalistic cliché “socialite” attached to her.

His non-television career began in 2004. Ksenia Sobchak was invited to host the new reality show “Dom-2” on the TNT channel. The project eventually became super popular, as did everyone involved in it.

"Dom-2" is a cross-section of our society. The project presents all layers and types. This is our country, only on the scale of the television perimeter - as it is, and there will not be another. You can, of course, ban the project, as has already happened with other programs, but people will not escape from this.”

At Dom-2, Ksenia Sobchak, as they say, made a name for herself. And they began to invite her to other television projects. In particular, she hosted such shows as “The Last Hero” on Channel One, “Blonde in Chocolate” on Muz-TV, and “Who Doesn’t Want to Be a Millionaire” on the same TNT. There were other quite successful works: on Russia-1 in the show “Girls” and the program “Freedom of Thought” on Channel Five. One of the latest projects with the participation of Ksenia Sobchak was “Top Model in Russian”.

Other projects of Ksenia Sobchak

The “socialite” is always not averse to starring in commercials or films. She already has a dozen roles to her credit, although far from the most important ones. Thus, she managed to “shine up” in the films “Hitler Kaput” and “The Best Film”, as well as in an advertisement for the Euroset mobile communication salon. The latter, by the way, is partially owned by Sobchak herself, since she once bought a small stake in the company, so one can say that when advertising the store, she worked for herself. Another business that belongs to Ksenia Sobchak is the Bublik cafe. Located in Moscow on Tverskoy Boulevard.

In addition to all this, Sobchak writes books - sometimes herself, sometimes in collaboration. Five publications have already been published that have the name of the “socialite” on the cover. Ksenia also hosts her own program on the Silver Rain radio station.

Scandals

The name of Ksenia Sobchak often appears in the media when it comes to some scandals - secular or political. For example, at one time she had a fight live on the radio with Katya Gordon. She interviewed her, and Ksenia did not like the questions. It is interesting that the conflict later moved to the Internet space.

Another scandal was associated with the famous ballerina Anastasia Volochkova. The famous photo shoot, in which the ex-prima of the Bolshoi Theater starred naked, already caused a wave of criticism. But it was Sobchak who inflated the scandal to such a scale that Volochkova was even forced to leave the United Russia party.

An incident in which Sobchak herself was involved caused an equally wide resonance. We are talking about a search in her apartment after the famous Bolotnaya case. The police then found a bunch of money, the origin of which Ksenia could not explain. As they said in the press, an “opposition cash register” was actually found in Sobchak’s apartment.

And finally, the last trick of the “socialite” was a question to Vladimir Putin at the traditional presidential press conference in 2014. She actually sided with the terrorists who staged an attack on the capital of the Chechen Republic, accusing the authorities of indulging in the persecution of relatives of criminals.

Personal life

Despite the fact that Ksenia Sobchak’s entire life is always under the radar of journalists, very little is known about her relationships with men. Although the “yellow press” often connected her with the richest people in Russia. For example, among them was former member of the Federation Council Umar Dzhabrailov and even billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov.

But Sobchak was able to surprise everyone in this matter too. As a result, the rather famous actor Maxim Vitorgan became her chosen one. It is interesting that the couple did not advertise their relationship for a long time; they even celebrated their wedding in secret, inviting only their closest people. The actor himself has been married twice before, he even has children from previous marriages. But Ksenia Sobchak is not thinking about offspring yet. As she herself says, raising children is not for her.

Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak- daughter of the mayor of Leningrad Anatoly Sobchak, Russian journalist, TV and radio presenter, actress, former member of the Coordination Council of the Russian Opposition (2012−2013). He is a popular character in the media covering show business and social life. She was a presidential candidate in the 2018 elections, finishing fourth with 1.68% of the vote.

Childhood, education of Ksenia Sobchak

Ksenia's father - Sobchak Anatoly Alexandrovich(1937 - 2000) - Soviet and Russian politician, first mayor of Leningrad.

Ksenia's mother - Narusova Lyudmila Borisovna(1951, Bryansk) - Russian politician, member of the Federation Council of Russia (2002−2012 and since 2016) from the Republic of Tuva. Deputy of the State Duma of Russia (1996−1999), member of the St. Petersburg Union of Journalists (2005). Member of the public council of the Russian Jewish Congress.

Anatoly Sobchak noted that in raising his daughter he adhered to a democratic style in order to help the girl better reveal her abilities. However, those around her recalled that Ksenia grew up as a rebellious, obstinate child. While studying at school, Ksenia Sobchak often disrupted and missed classes, and was intemperate with her tongue. Apparently, the daughter did not understand that democracy and permissiveness are not the same thing. Anatoly Alexandrovich told how he once tried to flog his disobedient daughter, but she shouted to him: “Me too, democrat!” This made Sobchak-papa think.

Ksenia Sobchak in childhood (Photo: TASS)

Since 1988, Ksenia Sobchak attended the “English” school No. 185 in Leningrad, then moved to a school at the Herzen State Pedagogical University. There Ksenia received her matriculation certificate.

In parallel with her studies at high school, Ksenia Sobchak studied ballet at the Mariinsky Theater, and also took painting lessons at the art school at the Hermitage.

In 1998, Ksenia entered the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University. Three years later, Sobchak transferred to a similar specialty at MGIMO. After receiving her bachelor's degree (2002), she became a master's student at the Faculty of Political Science. After graduating with honors from her master's degree in 2004, Ksenia entered graduate school. She speaks English, French and Spanish.

Popularity of Ksenia Sobchak

After graduating from MGIMO, Ksenia Sobchak began her career on television. Since 2004, she, together with Ksenia Borodina, hosted the reality show “Dom-2” on the TNT channel (Olga Buzova eventually also joined the team of presenters).

Ksenia Sobchak/Dom-2 (Photo: Global Look Press)

Then Ksenia hosted various reality shows on television - “Who doesn’t want to become a millionaire” (TNT), “The Last Hero-6” (Channel One), “Blonde in Chocolate” on Muz-TV. Ksenia Anatolyevna was one of the hosts of the show “Two Stars” on Channel One. In 2008 and 2010, together with Ivan Urgant was the presenter of the Muz-TV Prize. She starred in promotional videos for the Euroset company.

Ksenia Sobchak’s biography also includes radio; she hosted her own radio program “Everyday Life of Barabaka” on the “Silver Rain” radio station, and here she currently hosts the program “Barabaka and the Gray Wolf” together with Sergei Kalvarsky.

Ksenia Sobchak in the above programs (Photo: TASS/Global Look press)

On March 15, 2010, Ksenia hosted the talk show “Freedom of Thought” (Channel Five), and participated in the entertainment program “Girls” on the Russia-1 TV channel (April-October 2010).

This was followed by the program “Top Model in Russian”, membership in the jury “Big Difference in Odessa” (2011−2012), on the Ukrainian channel STB Ksenia Sobchak was the host of the program “Let’s Get Married” and on the Georgian TV channel PIK from April to October In 2012, she hosted the program “The Main Topic”.

In 2012-2013, K. Sobchak was the presenter in the project “State Department with Ksenia Sobchak.” “The State Department” first aired on the MTV channel, then on RBC, Dozhd and the website of the Snob magazine.

From 2012 to 2014, Sobchak was editor-in-chief of the women's magazine SNC. In October 2014, Ksenia Sobchak became editor-in-chief of the glossy magazine L’Officiel.

Political career of Ksenia Sobchak

On December 4, 2011, Ksenia Sobchak supported protests against “election fraud,” questioning the victory of United Russia. She spoke at rallies on Bolotnaya Square and on Academician Sakharov Avenue.

After the presidential elections on March 4, 2012, which he won Vladimir Putin, Ksenia spoke at the rally “For Fair Elections” on Novy Arbat.

TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak speaking at the rally “For Fair Elections” on Novy Arbat Street, March 10, 2012 (Photo: Artem Korotaev/TASS)

On May 8, Ksenia Sobchak was detained along with Alexei Navalny at the Nikitsky Gate, after the oppositionists were ousted from Chistye Prudy. After that, she continued to participate in protests.

In March 2015, Ksenia Anatolyevna announced her decision to temporarily leave Russia, as she believed that her name allegedly appeared on the so-called “hit lists”, which were reported by some media immediately after the murder Boris Nemtsov.

The decision to run for president in 2018

In September 2017, Ksenia Sobchak denied that the Kremlin was considering her candidacy for presidential nomination. “I don’t know what anyone is discussing in high offices, but I have been carefully observing our political landscape for a long time. And I have only one diagnosis - ... boring and disgusting,” the news quoted Ksenia as saying. Sobchak also emphasized that she is an independent person and has not been and will not be associated with the presidential administration, which she is “very proud of.”

On the evening of October 18, 2017, Ksenia Sobchak announced her decision to participate in the presidential elections in 2018. Sobchak recorded a special video message, which she posted on her Instagram account.

In her address, as reported by the news, the 35-year-old TV presenter notes that she is tired of being silent, that she is responsible for any actions in the public arena, and, “having realized all the risks and incredible difficulties,” she decided to take part in the presidential elections. The journalist expresses confidence that her nomination “could be a step towards much-needed transformations in our country” and “can and should be useful for both the opposition and the entire society.”

According to Ksenia Sobchak, she is ideally suited for the role of the “Against All” candidate, since she is “outside the rigid ideological framework”, does not belong to specific parties, and is not bound by party or group discipline.

Later, news appeared that Sobchak’s election headquarters could be headed by journalist Andrei Malakhov. Another colleague of Ksenia’s on TV, Ivan Urgant, soon prepared a parody of Sobchak’s video message. Singer Nikolai Baskov, with whom Ksenia has a friendly relationship, did not believe that his friend decided to participate in the presidential race.

The news of Sobchak's presidential nomination caused criticism from many politicians. Among them were the coordinator of the “Left Front” Sergei Udaltsov , Chairman of the federal political committee of the Yabloko party Grigory Yavlinsky, and leader of the LDPR party Vladimir Zhirinovsky .

After the elections, at a meeting in the Kremlin, Ksenia Sobchak gave the president a list of people whom she considered political prisoners. In particular, it features Dmitry Borisov, Stanislav Zimovets, Alexander Kolchenko, Vladimir Lapygin, Sergei Mokhnatkin, Oleg Navalny, Alexander Sokolov, Oleg Sentsov and others. As the news reported, Vladimir Putin instructed the administration to work on the request of TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak to pardon 16 people.

Ksenia Sobchak's net worth

Ksenia Sobchak regularly takes high places in Forbes magazine's ratings in the "Russian celebrities" category. Sobchak took the highest (4th) place in the Forbes ranking in 2010 with a fortune of $2.3 million. In 2016, Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak was in 15th place with $1 million.

The bulk of Ksenia Sobchak’s income comes from advertising contracts and work as an event host. Ksenia Sobchak is also involved in the restaurant business; her establishments include the Tverbul restaurant and the Bublik cafe.

Ksenia Sobchak considers herself a good investor. In 2010, she acquired a 0.1% stake in the Euroset company, paying about $1 million; market participants regarded the deal solely as an advertising campaign. However, in December 2012, Ksenia received $2.3 million from the sale of her share of Euroset shares, making good money.

In June 2012, Sobchak’s home was searched. Investigators seized about €1 million, $480 thousand and 480 thousand rubles from Sobchak, the money was packaged in more than 100 envelopes. Sobchak herself said that she was suspected of financing unrest at opposition rallies. The topic of tax evasion by the TV presenter was also raised, however, in the fall, the RF IC officially informed that “a desk tax audit did not reveal any evidence of tax evasion by K. Sobchak,” and the money will be returned to the owner.

Photo: Pravda Komsomolskaya/Russian Look/Global Look Press

Scandals and criticism of Ksenia Sobchak

Growing fame, interest and hype in media news, positioning herself as a “socialite” increased Ksenia’s passion for public provocations. Scandals involving Ksenia Anatolyevna occur regularly.

In the fall of 2010, Ksenia Sobchak got it from the famous TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov; on the set of the television program “Girls,” a sharp verbal altercation took place between them, however, the most acute part of it was cut out of the air, during which Vladimir Soloviev reproached Ksenia for using words that she does not understand, bad upbringing and asked the question: “And since when did poorly dressed ladies decide that they were fashion experts, my girl?”

Ksenia Sobchak has been repeatedly criticized in the media for her television projects, primarily Dom-2, which she hosted until 2012. The program has become the personification of the vulgarity and decline of morals promoted by modern liberal TV. “Dom-2 became the symbolic platform on which society began to be taught to do without the chimera of shame. Measure everything around yourself, with your pathetic lascivious whims, with your limited, wretched system of ideas,” wrote the author of “SP” Dmitry Yuryev.

K. Sobchak was also criticized by Nikita Mikhalkov in the Besogon TV program (released on August 31, 2014) for “petty-bourgeois, petty-bourgeois thinking.” The next day, Ksenia answered Nikita Sergeevich in her own spirit with a letter published on the Snob portal.

In the summer of 2016, while pregnant, Ksenia Sobchak caused a scandal on a plane flying from St. Petersburg to Moscow. The reason was the delay of the flight as a result of the inappropriate actions of a late passenger. Swearing obscenely, the TV presenter blamed the flight attendant and promised to “deal with her on a different level,” although she admitted that the passenger was rude to the flight attendant.

Often, scandals surrounding Ksenia Sobchak are caused by photos that she posts on social networks. So, at the end of April 2015, Sobchak published a photo on her microblog where she stands in church vestments and with a false beard. Lawyer Yaroslav Mikhailov reported that after his appeal, the Main Investigation Department of the RF Investigative Committee for Moscow began an investigation into the facts of insulting the feelings of believers, but this information was refuted.

At the same time, Sobchak makes good money from advertising on social networks. The cost of an advertising post on Ksenia Sobchak’s Instagram is 350 thousand rubles; there can be about 15 such posts per month. The media also reported that by making money on Instagram, K. Sobchak may be evading taxes.

Personal life of Ksenia Sobchak

In the summer of 2005, Ksenia Sobchak canceled her wedding with an American businessman Alexander Shusterovich, this happened a few days before the ceremony. Later she met with a former deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergei Kapkov and politician Ilya Yashin.

As a result, Ksenia married an actor Maxim Vitorgan. They formalized the relationship on February 1, 2013. This is Maxim’s third marriage. Vitorgan has two children from his first wife - a daughter Pauline and son Daniel.

Ksenia Sobchak and Maxim Vitorgan (Photo: Anatoly Lomokhov/Global Look Press)

Maxim Vitorgan - theater and film actor, son of a Soviet film star Emmanuel Vitorgan. He is independently known for the films of the Quartet “I” - “Radio Day”, “Election Day” and “What Else Men Talk About”, and participated in comedy shows. Recently he starred in the film “Yana and Yanko”. Sobchak admitted that she almost had a nervous breakdown when she, along with the entire audience, watched the intercourse of the heroes of her husband and Olesya Sudzilovskaya. As Vitorgan’s star wife noted on her Instagram, she was saved only by the fact that in the film the actress looked like her beloved Robin Wright, and even she herself would not have been able to resist.

Ksenia herself sometimes plays together with Maxim Vitorgan. In 2015, the star couple played in the play “Marriage” at the Theater of Nations.

While in her last month of pregnancy, TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak posed completely naked for the cover of the glossy Tatler magazine. These photos, according to the authors, refer to the famous photo shoot of a deeply pregnant woman Demmy Moor.

On January 26, Ksenia Sobchak caused a scandal in NTV’s dressing room; in the channel’s studio, she was supposed to comment on reports of a fight between her husband Maxim Vitorgan and director Konstantin Bogomolov.

“Sobchak caused a scandal in the NTV dressing room. She didn’t like the story about the fight between Vitorgan and Bogomolov, and she defiantly slammed the door,” the channel said in a statement.

According to Sobchak herself, she was invited to an interview on the issue of Ukraine, but in the studio it turned out that they were planning to discuss the fight between Maxim Vitorgan and Konstantin Bogomolov.

“We agreed on a live interview about Ukraine. I go into the studio of the federal channel, which called me to “discuss Ukraine,” and am preparing to enter the frame, and there is a boxing ring, two boxers, and a long summary about a fight,” Sobchak wrote.

The next day, show business news reported that Ksenia Sobchak and Konstantin Bogomolov were seen in one of the Moscow restaurants in the company of Roman Abramovich and his ex-girlfriend Nadezhda Obolentseva. From the restaurant they went to the premiere of a new play by Konstantin Bogomolov, the Telegram channel “Only Nobody” reported.

Later, Ksenia Sobchak admitted on the “Exclusive” program on Channel One that her marriage to actor Maxim Vitorgan had cracked. Vitorgan was very critical of his wife’s appearance in this program, which he wrote about on Instagram.

Maxim Vitorgan noted that his close people do not do this. Many took this as a hint that the actor no longer considered his wife a close person.

“I consider it shameful to go to this kind of program as a guest or hero and engage in verbiage about yourself or someone else there,” Vitorgan wrote.

In March, Ksenia Sobchak and Maxim Vitorgan announced a breakup on social networks.

“We are forced to comment publicly on our relationship in order to stop all speculation on this topic. We have been living separately for quite some time, each with our own lives. While we lived together, we remained mutually faithful. We do not share property and, especially, the child, whom we continue to raise as loving parents. Ksenia Sobchak, Maxim Vitorgan,” such posts appeared on the official pages of Sobchak and Vitorgan on Instagram.

Born on November 5, 1981 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Daughter of ex-mayor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak (1937-2000) and member of the Federation Council Lyudmila Narusova.

As a child, Ksenia studied ballet at the Mariinsky Theater and painting at the Hermitage. She studied at secondary school No. 185 with in-depth study of the English language. She graduated from school at the Russian State Pedagogical University named after. A.I. Herzen (Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen).

In 1998 she entered the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU). In 2001, she moved to Moscow and transferred to the Faculty of International Relations of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2002, she received a bachelor's degree and entered the master's program at the Faculty of Political Science at MGIMO. In 2004, Ksenia received a master's degree.

In 2004, Sobchak became one of the hosts of the reality show “Dom-2” on the TNT channel; in 2012, she did not renew her contract with the television company and left the show.

She hosted such reality shows as “Who doesn’t want to become a millionaire” on TNT, “The Last Hero-6” on Channel One, “Blonde in Chocolate” on Muz-TV. She was one of the hosts of the show “Two Stars” on Channel One.

She hosted her own program “Everyday Life of Barabaka” on the radio station “Silver Rain”, and subsequently, together with Sergei Kalvarsky, she hosted the program “Barabaka and the Gray Wolf” on the same radio station.

Since March 15, 2010, she hosted the talk show “Freedom of Thought” on Channel Five, but soon stopped working on the channel.

In April-October 2010, she was one of the presenters in the entertainment program “Girls” on the Russia-1 TV channel.

From 2011 to 2012 she hosted the show “Top Model in Russian”. In the same year, she became one of the jury members of the “Big Difference in Odessa” parody festival.

In 2011, she hosted the STB channel program "Let's Get Married" on the STB channel (Ukraine), in 2012 - the program "The Main Topic" on the Georgian TV channel PIK.

At the beginning of February 2012, the MTV channel launched the “State Department with Sobchak” program, where Ksenia became the host, but only one episode was aired. The program began to appear on the Internet portal of the project "", it was also broadcast by the RBC and Dozhd TV channels, the last release of the program was in 2013.

Currently, Ksenia’s program “Sobchak Live” is airing on the Dozhd channel.

On the Friday TV channel, Ksenia Sobchak hosted the “Deal” and “Battle of Restaurants” programs over the years.

Ksenia Sobchak has repeatedly been the host of the Muz-TV music award.

From May 2012 to December 2014, Sobchak held the post of women's magazine.

In December 2014, Ksenia Sobchak became editor-in-chief of L`Officiel Russia magazine.

Ksenia Sobchak is one of the most famous TV presenters in Russia, often called the “Russian Paris Hilton,” an active public figure and journalist. Ksenia’s popularity was brought by her roles as a presenter in the scandalous show “Dom-2” and the project “Blonde in Chocolate”.

Childhood

Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak was born on November 5, 1981 in St. Petersburg. The girl's family was quite famous and wealthy. The girl’s father, Anatoly Alexandrovich, is a lawyer by training, and served as mayor of St. Petersburg from 1991 to 1996. Anatoly is also known as one of the authors of the current Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Ksyusha’s mother, Lyudmila Borisovna Narusova, a historian by training, was a State Duma deputy, and now holds the position of member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Tyva.

The Sobchak family first lived on Kustodiev Street, then moved to a communal apartment on the embankment of the Moika River. Because of the move, the girl had to change schools several times: at first she studied at school No. 185, she completed her high school years at a school at the Russian State Pedagogical University named after. Herzen.

Ksenia Sobchak in childhood with her father

In addition to secondary school, the girl attended ballet lessons at the Mariinsky Theater and painting classes at the Hermitage.

In 1998, Ksenia submitted documents to major in international relations at St. Petersburg State University. Ksyusha studied there for only 2 years, because in 2000 the Sobchak family moved to the capital.

There, Ksenia transferred to MGIMO, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2002. In 2004, at the same university, she graduated with honors from the master's program in Political Science, after which she became a graduate student at MGIMO.

Ksenia Sobchak speaks French, English and Spanish, and is familiar with Vladimir Putin, who was an adviser to Anatoly Sobchak in the 90s.

TV presenter career

Sobchak’s career as a TV presenter began with the release of the television project “Dom-2” in 2004. The scandalous project brought Sobchak and her colleague Ksenia Borodina incredible popularity, and although the number of ill-wishers grew along with the number of fans, everyone started talking about Sobchak.

After working in the show for 8 years, Ksenia left Dom-2 in 2012, giving her place to TV presenter Olga Buzova.
After leaving the project, Ksenia plays the role of presenter in the program “Blonde in Chocolate” on Muz-TV and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” on TNT. The TV presenter also hosted the sixth season of the show “The Last Hero,” aired on Channel One.

Ksenia Sobchak was one of the hosts of the popular music show “Two Stars”. In 2010 and 2008 she hosted the Muz-TV Music Awards. Ksenia’s colleague at this event for two years was Ivan Urgant.

In 2007, Sobchak tried herself as a singer - together with her she recorded the song “Dance with Me.” Later, a video was shot for this song, which caused active discussion among the public. After him, rumors appeared in the yellow press that Timati and Sobchak were dating.

In 2010, Sobchak appeared on television in the “Freedom of Thought” programs on Channel Five and the “Girls” show, which became a kind of analogue of the “Paris Hilton Spotlight” show. But Sobchak did not host the latter for long, as she left with a scandal - the girl had a row with Vladimir Solovyov live on air.

From 2011 to 2012, Ksenia hosted the popular TV show “Top Model in Russian,” but then left it. In 2015, Ksenia can be seen in the culinary show “Battle of Restaurants” on the “Friday!” channel.

Since 2012, the “Sobchak Live” program appeared on the Dozhd channel, which is still shown on screens and is popular among viewers.
The essence of the show is that Ksenia invites famous personalities to her studio and asks them original questions, which the guest must truthfully answer live.

The TV presenter made her film debut in 2004. Then Sobchak played a journalist in the film “Thieves and Prostitutes.” Three years later, viewers could see Ksenia in the role of a prostitute in the comedy “The Best Film” by Mikhail Galustyan and Garik Kharlamov.

In 2008, the comedy “Hitler Kaput” was released with Sobchak in the role of the Fuhrer’s mistress. In the same year, the TV presenter added episodic roles to her filmography in the films “Beauty Requires...”, “Artifact”, “Europe-Asia” and “Nobody Knows About Sex-2”.

From 2012 to 2013, the famous blonde starred in the films “Rzhevsky against Napoleon”, “Corporate Party”, “An Affair with Cocaine” and “A Short Course in a Happy Life”.

In parallel with filming, Sobchak can be seen in commercials for Euroset. A video of Ksenia crashing her car into the window of a Euroset store went viral.

Scandals with Sobchak

Since her youth, scandals began to surround Ksenia. When the girl was 16 years old, the press began to spread rumors that she had been kidnapped. Later, a message appeared about the girl’s wedding.

The socialite is no longer known for her creativity, but for her constant scandals with other stars. In 2008, on radio Mayak, Ksenia began a verbal altercation with presenter Ekaterina Gordon.

Ksenia has also been in a quarrel with the famous ballerina Anastasia Volochkova for a long time. It is not known exactly when the altercation between the girls began, but they still publicly insulted each other for 10 years.

In one of the episodes of “Let Them Talk,” Ksenia began to sharply criticize and insult the ballerina.
Since 2013, the blonde has quarreled with Tina Kandelaki, with whom she still has quarrels on social networks.

The socialite is also known for her extravagant actions: she often appeared drunk in public, swore on camera and behaved vulgarly, which is why she received sharp negative feedback from the public.

Entrepreneurial activity

In 2010, the girl acquired a 0.1% stake in the Euroset company for $1,000,000. In addition to the shares, Ksenia is a co-owner of the Moscow Bublik cafe on Tverskoy Boulevard. Sobchak has already invested more than 17 million rubles in the cafe.

Social activity

In 2011, the girl leads a calmer lifestyle and begins to show her civic position. During this year, Sobchak appeared at rallies against falsification of election results, but on May 8, the TV presenter was detained along with Alexei Navalny. This incident negatively affected her career as a TV presenter.

In 2012, the show “Gosped with Ksenia Sobchak” appeared on MTV-Russia. After the release of the first issue “Where is Putin leading us?” the show is closed due to low ratings.

Books

Ksenia is the author of 5 books. The first books appeared in 2008 and were called “Masks, squirrels, curlers. The ABC of Beauty" and "Stylish Things of Ksenia Sobchak". In them, Ksenia talked about her beauty secrets and gave advice on the correct selection of clothes and makeup.

Sobchak released “Philosophy in Boudoir” in collaboration with Ksenia Sokolova. In 2009, Ksenia and Oksana Robski released the book “Married to a Millionaire, or Marriage of the Highest Class,” and a year later Sobchak’s book “Encyclopedia of a Sucker” was published, which received a barrage of negative criticism from readers.

Personal life

The personal life of the TV presenter always causes heated discussions among the public and the yellow press.
In 2005, Sobchak and Alexander Shusterovich planned to have a wedding ceremony, but a couple of days before the wedding, the blonde canceled the wedding.

In November 2011, in one of the episodes of the “Let Them Talk” program, Sergei Kapkov confessed his love to Ksenia, but the lovers only met for a year. The following year, Ksenia announced that she was dating politician Ilya Yashin, but six months later the couple broke up.

Ksenia Sobchak and Maxim Vitorgan

Ksenia's parents are a famous democratic reformer, the first mayor of St. Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak and Lyudmila Narusova, president of the Anatoly Sobchak Foundation, TV presenter of the talk show "Freedom of Speech" on the RTR television channel.

As a child, Ksenia studied in the ballet studio at the Mariinsky Theater and the art studio at the Hermitage. She graduated from school at the University. Herzen. Little Ksenia was not distinguished by exemplary behavior: disruption of lessons was, perhaps, the cutest of pranks.

Education of Ksenia Sobchak

In 1998 she entered the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University.

In 2001, she moved to Moscow and transferred to the Faculty of International Relations of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

In 2002 she received a bachelor's degree. In the same year, she entered the master's program at the Faculty of Political Science at MGIMO - she received her master's degree in 2004.

Ksenia Sobchak and "House 2"

Now she is the host of the scandalous show “House 2” on TNT. In 2005, deputies of the Moscow City Duma Commission on Health and Public Health prepared an appeal to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Vladimir Ustinov, in which they demanded to close the television project “Dom-2: Build Your Love” on the TNT channel and bring the host of this program, Ksenia Sobchak, to criminal responsibility. The wording of the appeal was as follows: “reality shows exploit interest in sex and harm the moral development of young people,” and Ms. Sobchak is involved in “organizing prostitution,” “pimping,” “pimping,” and “commercial sexual exploitation of people.” “The program repeatedly showed scenes of petting and acts of masturbation.” But apart from increasing the ratings of the show and the popularity of Ksenia Sobchak, the appeal of the deputies had no results.

Personal life of Ksenia Sobchak

In the summer of the same 2005, the wedding of Sobchak and American businessman Alexander Shustorovich was supposed to take place, but for reasons unknown to the general public, the romance of Ksenia and Alexander never came to a logical conclusion. Ksenia’s comment: “The wedding is cancelled, in case you haven’t noticed. I never said that I was postponing it, I only said that it was STILL cancelled. The dress from Valentin Yudashkin, who made it for me for my wedding, will last until better times. I will wear it to my wedding. I don’t need to sew anything new now.”

Other projects of Ksenia Sobchak

The next television project featuring Ksenia Sobchak became the program "Star Boulevard" on NTV. Celebrity program. However, it did not last long at all and was closed due to low ratings. On the same channel, Ksenia starred in several episodes of the Rublevka. Live project, but the director was not happy with Ksenia’s behavior on the set and stopped working together: “Ksyusha started filming with us, but turned out to be too disorganized and flighty,” said Lyubomirov (director .). - We suffered with her and removed her from work. Ksyusha is not a typical representative of Rublyovka. In fact, she does not shine with beauty and intelligence. She is a party girl who, strictly speaking, has not done anything on her own.”

At the beginning of autumn 2006, Ksenia Sobchak’s book “Stylish Things” went on sale; it is a collection of tips on developing your own style: what, with what, where and how to wear it.

On May 25, 2006, she presented to journalists her next project - the youth movement "Everyone is Free!" This is how Ksenia herself described the goals of creating the movement: “We are not going to organize thousands of demonstrations with paid people. We do not play to the public and do not shout loud slogans. This movement is for free people, individualists, leaders. We want our youth to have a desire not to scratch an indecent word on someone else’s beautiful car, but to do something for yourself on your own. People will come with their own problems, and we will try to solve them together,” Ksenia says about this and clarifies that her organization is outside the political field.

In the fall of 2006, filming of the series “Mad” began, based on the novel by Alexander Bushkov. Ksenia Sobchak was invited to one of the roles. According to the plot, her heroine, singer Lyamkina, will become the victim of a killer. The character of the screen Sobchak is not simple: Lyamkina imitates Marilyn Monroe and torments her impresario Robert Sergeevich with the whims.

Ksenia's next creative impulse was recording a song together with a graduate of the endless factory. “Timati asked me to sing with him, and I agreed,” says Sobchak. “I sing there quite a bit, because I can’t sing, but I made an exception for him. It’s just that Timati and I have known each other for a long time. We started communicating even before how he became famous a few years ago. We’ve been wanting to do something together for a long time. And then Timati invited me to sing together. The duet turned out wonderful.” The lyrics of the song are something like this: Timati asks Ksyusha to just dance with him and not pay attention to his fame. In response, he promises that he will love her simply for who she is.

Another reality show Ksenia Sobchak was released in the fall of 2006 - “Blonde in Chocolate”, Muz-TV channel. Cameras watch the girl around the clock: at the party and after the party, at work and on vacation...

In March 2007, two main representatives of secular Moscow, Oksana Robski and Ksenia Sobchak, presented their new bestseller “Married to a Millionaire.”

Now Ksenia takes part in the circus television show on Channel One, performing all the tricks on her own.