Ksenia Sobchak, Putin’s protected influencer flees from him and takes refuge in Lithuania

the journalist Ksenia Sobchak he has fled Russia and taken refuge in Lithuania. The daughter of the former mayor of St. Petersburg, Anatoli Sobchakmentor of the current Russian president who fell from grace and died of poison in 2000, is the owner of numerous communication channels critical of the Kremlin and had just produced a documentary on torture in Russian prisons.

The Russian journalist is 40 years old and has an extensive resume; she has been the cover of Playboyreality show host, actress, writer, contestant Big Brother and owner of numerous communication channels, including Telegram with 1.4 million followers, in which she disseminates information critical of the Government of Vladimir Putin.

Despite her forceful career, Sobchak is really known for having been for many years the “spoiled girl” of the Kremlin, or also the “Paris Hilton of Moscow”, according to the title of the press in his country.

The Russian informant has taken refuge in Lithuania, a country where she arrived through Belarus. An official from the Lithuanian state border service confirmed that Sobchak had arrived in the country with an Israeli passport, since last September, Lithuania prohibited entry to Russians traveling on tourist visas.

Press freedom raid

On September 12, Russian police checked one of Sobchak’s Telegram channels for “LGBT propaganda” after interviewing the Russian tennis player. Daria Kasatkinawho revealed this summer that she was a lesbian.

The presenter and influencer put the land in between after her fellow editor was arrested on Tuesday and taken to the Main Directorate of the Moscow Ministry of the Interior, after a process was opened against him for an alleged extortion of 11 million rubles from an oligarch. very close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to international agencies.

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Through her Telegram channel, the young dissident explained the reason for her flight: “It is obvious that it is a raid on my editorial office, the last free office in Russia, which had to be repressed. I hope it is not even so it is really a misunderstanding”.

Sobchak’s home was raided and inspected this Wednesday despite the fact that there was no procedural order against him. Russian authorities wanted her for an alleged extortion case involving his partner, Kirill Sujanov.