It is true that Sobchak wants to become president. How it came to this: the chronology of the "presidency" of Ksenia Sobchak. Sobchak proposed to remove the body of Lenin from the Mausoleum

Ksenia Sobchak is going to take part in the upcoming presidential elections - many major media outlets have been writing about this since the beginning of September. According to their articles, the TV presenter is waiting for a go-ahead from Putin to start the election campaign, but while she is not there, she is looking for the head of the campaign headquarters among well-known personalities on the network. But it seems that Sobchak herself does not know anything about this - according to her, not one of the media that wrote materials about Ksenia's election campaign asked her if she was going to take part in the elections at all. And, perhaps, now he is going to.

Alexei Navalny criticized TV presenter and blogger Ksenia Sobchak in his video blog. According to the opposition politician, Ksenia is going to take part in the presidential elections “for the sake of likes” and is cooperating with the presidential administration, which will secretly control the girl’s actions. Navalny believes that Sobchak's candidacy will allow the Kremlin to divert the attention of the audience from the real opposition and ridicule the opposition due to the negative image that, according to the politician, Sobchak will definitely reveal to his potential voters.

The oppositionist devoted more than 10 minutes of his almost hour-long broadcast to discussing and condemning Sobchak, but indicated that he did not know for sure whether she was going to nominate a candidate - despite the fact that, according to Navalny, he is in close enough friendly relations with the journalist's family to find out she has personal answers on the topic. The lack of confidence in the reliability of the information did not prevent the politician from speaking about Ksenia in a negative way.

The rumors that Navalny relies on could be one of the articles of the Russian-language BBC: on September 20, the publication reported that Sobchak was looking for the head of his campaign headquarters. At the same time, none of the candidates mentioned in the text, allegedly chosen by Sobchak, confirmed that she had approached them with similar proposals. And one even sneered that he would rather become a blogger-president himself. The publication indicated that it tried to take a comment from Sobchak, but she "offered to contact those whom she offered to work at her headquarters."

Information about Ksenia’s participation in the election campaign appeared in the media in early September: Vedomosti, RBC and some media that referred to them wrote that the presidential administration was considering the participation of the TV presenter in the election race: she could help increase turnout in the elections and take away part voices of the oppositionists who disagree with some of Navalny's theses. However, immediately after the publication of journalistic investigations, written with reference to anonymous sources, it turned out that none of the publications that predicted Sobchak for the presidency asked her herself what she thought about this.

The presenter also reacted to Navalny's recent statements. In his open circulation to the oppositionist, she criticized him for deliberately using unverified information and accused him of trying to create another leader out of himself, accompanying the statement with a comparison of Navalny and comedian TV presenter Ivan Urgant.

However, the flywheel discussion of Sobchak in the role of President of Russia has already been launched, and it seems that it will not stop until the very day of silence before the vote. Netizens compare Sobchak to Navalny and talk about how incredible her election victory is.

I would like to suggest a small but important amendment right away. The word “Art” in the above title is deeply inappropriate. The project of nominating a 35-year-old outrageous show business figure to the top leaders of the world's second nuclear power has absolutely nothing to do with art. But he has the most direct relation to high politics. And this is not about “politics” in the form of small-town games in the opposition “sandbox”, but about politics that is quite serious. Profoundly absurd at first glance, the slogan “Ksyusha for president!” fits equally perfectly into the plans of the Kremlin, and in the expectations of Xenia Anatolyevna herself.

I want to immediately reassure those overly nervous citizens who, under the influence of last year's victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election, cannot expel from the depths of their consciousness the idea that the unthinkable can happen in Russia. Can not. President Ksenia Sobchak in Russia will never and under no circumstances. This is well understood by all reasonably thinking people, among whom I include Ksenia Anatolyevna herself without any discounts. Yes Yes exactly. Ksenia Sobchak is not a “painted doll” at all, as some ill-wishers think of her. Ksenia Sobchak is quite a mature, experienced and subtle political player who understands exactly what is required of her and what kind of role she has to play.

“The main thing is not victory, but participation” - perhaps I don’t have a true sports spirit, but I always considered this famous saying of the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a consolation for losers, those who participated, but were left with a nose. But for the candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation in the 2018 elections, Ksenia Sobchak, these words are a real guide to action. As I said above, no one expects victory from Ksenia Anatolyevna. But the Kremlin expects her to participate in the election campaign - participation not for the sake of formality, but genuine, furious, without discounts and sentimentality, participation in the style of "Sobchak in all his glory."

The presence in the Kremlin of such a desire may seem strange. Usually, in the presidential elections, Putin’s sparring partners are “exceptionally dangerous competitors” like the eternal Gennady Andreevich Zyuganov or the former bodyguard Zhirinovsky (there was such a presidential candidate Oleg Malyshkin in the 2004 elections, if anyone has forgotten). But those around Putin are well aware that in the 2018 elections such a habitual political move - or, to put it more precisely, such a habitual absence of a political move - will not work. It is important for the Kremlin that Putin does not just win the elections - “just winning” the elections is already guaranteed. It is important for the Kremlin that Putin win brightly and convincingly.

And for this, in the current political circumstances, in turn, two conditions are required. Condition A: Putin needs a bright and convincing opponent from that Russian political camp, which can be conditionally called liberal for lack of a better term. Condition B: the name of this “bright and convincing opponent” should not sound like “Navalny”. Of course, one should not conclude from this that if Navalny had been allowed to participate in the elections, he would have had real chances to overcome Putin. Candidate Navalny would undoubtedly win more votes than candidate Sobchak. But the final result of the elections would not have changed from this. Only the place of Alexei Navalny in Russian politics would change. From a person on probation, as he officially is now, Navalny would turn into a figure that made the Kremlin dance to its tune.

The essence of the current strategy of the authorities in relation to Alexei Navalny is very simple: they are trying to drive him back into the milieu of political outcasts. Navalny will be able to break out of this trap only if he gets the right to become an official presidential candidate. But the theoretical possibility of granting him such a right would mean a complete loss of face for the authorities. Navalny is on probation, and this, according to the letter of the law, deprives him of the right to run. Navalny sees his task as scaring the authorities to death and forcing them to make an exception for him. However, the authorities are not going to be afraid. She is going to neutralize Navalny's strategy by picking up Putin at the same time quite comfortable and quite convincing competitor from the liberal camp. A suitable candidate for the role of such a competitor is Ksenia Sobchak.

I am very far from the world of glamor and secular parties, and I am very glad about this. I can judge Ksenia Sobchak only from the outside - from the position of a person who has never in his life communicated with her personally. But here are the conclusions I have long since come to regarding her. Ksenia Sobchak has a lot of qualities that are not attractive in my eyes. For example, I was always struck by her incomprehensible readiness to get into someone else's personal life and scatter peremptory and even offensive judgments. But at the same time, Ksenia Sobchak is a brilliant polemicist, a person who really knows a lot about politics and history, a person who is not afraid to touch on topics that others would not even approach with a cannon shot. Ksenia Sobchak is anyone, but not a dummy.

This combination of negative and positive qualities - a "bouquet" of undoubted talent and "toxicity" in the eyes of a significant part of society - makes Sobchak a very convenient sparring partner for Putin. What benefit can Ksenia Anatolyevna herself derive from this role? The answer lies on the surface. Participation in the presidential elections will further increase the “capitalization” of Ksenia Sobchak as a socially significant figure and show business figure. Of course, in the eyes of Navalny and his supporters, she will turn (or has already turned) into a traitor - see the emotional speech of the London exile Yevgeny Chichvarkin with sending Ksenia Antolyevna to where ordinary polite people do not send. But I suspect that Ksenia Sobchak, who is not at all prone to reflection, will somehow survive this. Political show business requires sacrifice.

Ksenia Sobchak's decision to run for president of the Russian Federation in the 2018 elections became the TOP news of October!

Surrounded by well-known journalism and TV presenter, more than once there were thoughts that she could well compete for the main seat of the country. But Sobchak herself had previously categorically rejected this idea, seeing herself as an active opposition politician.

The childhood of the journalist and TV presenter passed in abundance. Her father, Anatoly Sobchak, was a successful lawyer and served as mayor of St. Petersburg from 1991 to 1996. Although, Ksenia herself was always against being perceived as the daughter of a famous pope and throughout her life she strove to independently achieve her goals.

For many years, Sobchak was more known as a creative media personality, prone to bold statements and some outrageousness. But, in addition to participating in various television projects, the journalist and TV presenter also boasts a significant amount of knowledge. She successfully graduated from high school and MGIMO, where she received a master's degree in political science (the topic of Sobchak's thesis is "Comparative Analysis of Presidency Institutions in France and Russia"), and also speaks three foreign languages: English, Spanish and French.

Today Ksenia is active in literary and civic activities. And soon, apparently, it will also enter the political arena of the country.

Why Sobchak decided to participate in the elections

The fact that Ksenia Sobchak may appear on the lists of contenders for the main seat of the country was actively discussed after a video appeared on the network in which the journalist actively urges everyone not to boycott the 2018 elections, but to come to the polling stations and express their opinion by voting against everyone.

Not belonging to any ruling political party, Sobchak is positioning his candidacy as a point "Against all."

The decision to run for the presidency of the Russian Federation was not spontaneous. Ksenia Anatolyevna herself spoke about this in an open letter posted on the Vedomosti website:

Turning to the people, Sobchak not only expressed her position, but also argued her decision, answering many possible questions at once and telling what and how, in her opinion, should be done in order to radically change the situation in the country.

Ksenia Anatolyevna also stated that she was running for president with a full understanding of her responsibility to the people, and was also ready to withdraw her candidacy in favor of Alexei Navalny without hesitation and would do her best to seek his participation in the 2018 elections.

The reaction of politicians to Sobchak's statement

During a press conference dedicated to the BRICS summit, Putin commented on the news that Ksenia Sobchak plans to enter the political arena in 2018 as a candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation. The current head of government stressed that the right to run for president is granted to every citizen of the Russian Federation by the current constitution. But he added that the list of candidates will definitely include other candidates no less interesting to the people.

Who was the incumbent president referring to? Does he see any of the potential contenders as a real challenger in the 2018 elections? This question remains unanswered for now. The only thing that is not in doubt is the participation of Vladimir Vladimirovich himself in the election race. At a meeting with employees held in the GAZ hall on December 6, 2017, he officially confirmed that he would run for another term, as he feels the support of the people.

In turn, Dmitry Peskov hastened to declare that the Kremlin was not involved in the nomination of this candidate.

Politicians are divided into three fronts:

1. actively supporting this decision;
2. harshly criticizing the actions of a journalist;
3. observers who do not express a definite position on this issue.

In general, the idea received quite a lot of positive feedback. What will happen next? Will Sobchak's headquarters succeed in drawing up a program and organizing a campaign? Will people support her in the elections as actively as they support her in social networks? Will show time.

Follow the news of our portal, and we will definitely tell you how events will develop.

2018 presidential election results

Already at the stage of announcing the preliminary results, it became clear that Ksenia Sobchak would not become President of the Russian Federation. Even if the current leader of the country had not decided to run for another term, she would not have become the new head of the country, since she took only the 4th place, collecting only 1.68% of the vote.

Ksenia herself is not upset, because the outcome of the elections could be said to have been decided at the moment when Vladimir Putin announced his readiness to continue fulfilling his duties for another term. The oppositionist was upset by such a low personal result in the election race, which clearly demonstrates the unpreparedness of the people for fundamental changes.

The final results were not far from the preliminary ones. Vladimir Putin won by a whopping margin of almost 65%.

Despite everything, Sobchak stated that she recognizes the result of the elections and does not plan to challenge their legitimacy. We invite you to listen to what the journalist (and now a politician) said after the announcement of the preliminary results of the elections:

As you have probably heard, Sobchak is running for president. Less than 5 minutes later, everything rustled and gurgled everywhere - some inquire about money, and specifically 1 billion rubles, because, according to Ksenia Sobchak's estimates, that is how much it may be needed to participate in the elections. Some even call Fridman and Prokhorov the main patrons of this action.

Someone remembers her last and that star in which she participated

Someone pulls out a skeleton in the form of photos from her anti-sex photo shoot from the closet.

Someone generally openly bombs like Chichvarkin)))))

Ksenia, on the other hand, says to all this that they say she is the real opposition, they say "against everyone" and " If other representatives of the liberal opposition, including - and first of all - Alexei Navalny, are registered to participate in the elections, I am ready to coordinate my efforts with them, up to the withdrawal of my candidacy».

To which she quite rightly answers: Ksenia loves hype for the sake of hype, popularity for the sake of monetization. The story of Sobchak's nomination as a presidential candidate is absolutely disgusting. A person wants to play politics in order to take more money for corporate parties later».

Is it just me alone that all this reminds me of a circus with horses and horses? What do you think about all this?

Now the news that (35) wants is being discussed by everyone. If you suddenly lived on another planet for the last couple of months, we have compiled a chronology of events for you. Well, to not seem completely dense.

August

The Vedomosti newspaper reported that the presidential administration approved the candidacy of a woman who could run for the presidency of Russia in 2018. And this is Ksenia Sobchak.

Fake channel

There were rumors about journalists and politicians in Xenia's headquarters. The channel "Mediasrachi 2.0" then said: "It's true about Sobchak - many active journalists and PR people are recruited into her headquarters." This was confirmed by the Russian BBC. And almost immediately, a channel called “Ksenia Sobchak” was created in Telegram, the following entry appeared in it: “I really decided to run as a candidate for the highest post in Russia, that is, for president. I traditionally accept questions about my program and everything else on Twitter: https://twitter.com/xenia_sobchak THANK YOU!”. "Media Rachi 2.0" promptly stated that this channel is a fake, although it refers to Sobchak's official Twitter account.

Rebuttal Sobchak

After the story with Telegram, Ksenia wrote on Instagram: “Dear friends! I DO NOT have a telegram channel, and all messages, except for those that you see on my official Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, are fake. Do not be fooled by the provocations of enemies. For a while, everything calmed down, and Ksenia paid all her attention to the new on the Friday!

"Glamour"

Ksenia Sobchak posed for the November cover of Glamour. To the question of the editor-in-chief of the publication Maria Fedorova: “Tell me now as a potential candidate for the highest post in the country: don’t you think that your past in show business will hurt you?” Sobchak: “It might hurt someone, but I think it will help me. It's just that I'm just such a person - like the Anthill cake. Many different layers, but in the end I'm one cake. I communicate with different people, everything is interesting to me, I want to know everything, participate in everything, learn every second - this is what my life consists of.

Chichvarkin and Vitorgan

“You are well aware that you are legitimizing Putin and bringing down Alexei Navalny. I will be forced to send you and your entire team ... if you do this, ”Yevgeny Chichvarkin said in a special video message a few days ago. Husband Sobchak (45) did not tolerate such an attitude and answered Chichvarkin. “Fuck you yourself,” Vitorgan said on Facebook.

official confirmation

The Vedomosti newspaper published an official TV presenter (by the way, there were quite a few in it), in which she confirms her participation in the elections. “I am responsible for any action in the public arena, and, realizing all the risks and incredible difficulties of such a task, I decided that my participation in the presidential election can really be a step towards the transformations that our country needs so much. Despite the attempts of officials to compromise me and use me for their own purposes, despite the attacks of some of my liberal friends, despite the speculations of couch political scientists, my nomination can and should be useful both for the opposition and for the whole society, ”Ksenia wrote and posted a video message on Instagram ( for some reason, against the backdrop of a kitchen or a restaurant). In addition, the election site sobchakprotivvseh.ru appeared.

In favor of Navalny