Margarita Simonyan
Russian propagandist (born 1980) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Margarita Simonovna Simonyan[lower-alpha 1] (born 6 April 1980) is a Russian media executive. She is the editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT,[1][2][3] as well as the state-owned media group Rossiya Segodnya.[4]
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Margarita Simonyan | |
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Маргарита Симоньян | |
Born | Margarita Simonovna Simonyan (1980-04-06) 6 April 1980 (age 44) Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Citizenship | Russian |
Alma mater | Kuban State University |
Occupation | Editor-in-chief |
Years active | 1999–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
She covered the Second Chechen War in the 2000s while working as a journalist. Subsequently, she worked at Krasnodar television, was VGTRK's own correspondent in Rostov-on-Don, and worked as a special correspondent for the Vesti TV news program. She is a member of the board of directors of Channel One Russia and a member of the Academy of Russian Television [ru]. At the age of 25, she was appointed head of Russia Today, now known as RT.
In 2022 and 2023, Simonyan was sanctioned by the European Union, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Armenia and other states for her central role in state propaganda before and during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.