Margarita Simonyan
Editor-in-Chief of RT (Russia Today) television channel, Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, and Sputnik news agency
In short
- Who
- Position: Editor-in-Chief of RT (Russia Today) television channel, Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, and Sputnik news agency
- Last event
- September 1, 2024 — US Sanctions
- Verifiability
- 3 sources
Case summary
Margarita Simonovna Simonyan is the Editor-in-Chief of the international media group RT (Russia Today) and the Sputnik news agency. She is one of the most influential figures in the Russian media market. Born in Krasnodar to an Armenian family, she is close to Alexey Gromov, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration ('Putin's media puppet master').
She actively supports Putin's policies, having endorsed his candidacy in presidential elections since 2012 and serving as his authorized representative since 2018. She is under EU sanctions (2022, 2023) as a 'central figure of Russian government propaganda,' as well as sanctions from the UK, Ukraine, and Armenia. S. S. presidential election.
Proposal to detonate a thermonuclear bomb over Siberia; multi-million dollar money laundering through her husband Keosayan's show 'International Sawmill'.
Failures and victims
Proposal to detonate a thermonuclear bomb over Siberia; multi-million dollar money laundering through her husband Keosayan's show 'International Sawmill'.
Lies to the public
«[{"context":"Solovyov's broadcast","quote":"If we lose, The Hague awaits even the janitor who sweeps the cobblestones inside the Kremlin wall.","year":2022}]»
Property
Mansion in the 'Knyazhye Ozero' (Prince's Lake) cottage village (Novorizhskoye Highway), with an area of about 900 sq.m.
Apartment in central Moscow, including one on Arbat Street.
Large house with an area of about 560 sq.m., previously owned by Alena Khmelnitskaya (Tigran Keosayan's first wife).
Three-story villa with an area of about 1000 sq.m., with an elevator, several walk-in closets, and a pond, located in Khostinsky District, on Zvezdnaya Street, in the 'Sutuginskoye' gardening cooperative.
Land plot on the bank of an artificial canal in the elite Millennium Park village.
Connections and network graph
Corruption network
Timeline of events
- 1 сентября 2024 г.AppointmentUS Sanctions
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions for alleged interference in the 2024 US presidential elections.
- 1 января 2024 г.AppointmentInitiative Group
Joined the initiative group for nominating Putin as a candidate for the 2024 elections.
- 1 января 2022 г.AppointmentEU Sanctions
Added to the EU sanctions list as a 'central figure of government propaganda'.
- 1 января 2018 г.AppointmentPutin's Confidant
Became Putin's confidant in the presidential elections.
- 1 января 2012 г.AppointmentSupport for Putin
Began officially supporting Putin's candidacy in the presidential elections.
- 1 января 2005 г.AppointmentEditor-in-Chief of RT
Appointed Editor-in-Chief of RT (Russia Today) at the age of 25.
Sources
Verification in OSINT registries
Direct verification of the subject in independent sanctions databases and official registries:
Price of a life
Confirmed wealth: $0 million — this money could have bought:
Оценки на основе средних цен и публичных смет РФ. Цифры приблизительные — приведены, чтобы дать масштаб состояния, а не точную бухгалтерию.
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