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Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova is a diplomat, director of the information and press department at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Has a PhD in history. In the foreign press she is called “sexy, smart and a terrible miracle weapon of Putin’s propaganda”; in Russia they admire her straightforwardness, an amazing combination of femininity and toughness, often calling Zakharova “the Russian analogue of Jen Psaki.”
Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova
Childhood and family
Maria spent her childhood in Beijing, where her diplomat parents arrived in the early 80s. Father, Vladimir Yurievich, orientalist, specialist in Chinese language and literature, worked as an adviser to the secretariat until 2014 Shanghai organization cooperation, after which he was a senior lecturer at the Faculty of World Economy and International Politics in High school Economics, also lectured at the School of Oriental Studies. His wife Irina, upon returning from China, became a researcher at the capital's Museum fine arts them. A.S. Pushkin. She is a candidate of art history and knows the culture, history, and traditions of China very well. Together with her husband, she published a book for children “We wish you happiness from year to year” - a collection of Chinese folk tales.
Maria Zakharova's parents are orientalists
I dreamed of doing the same hectic and serious work as my father, and writing as well as my mother. Perhaps that is why little Masha’s favorite program was the weekly program “International Panorama”, in which the main economic and political events abroad were discussed.
Maria Zakharova dances "Kalinka"
After graduating from school, Maria and her parents returned to Moscow, where she entered the Faculty of International Journalism at MGIMO (specialization in Oriental Studies and Journalism). In 1998, during her final year, Zakharova completed a postgraduate internship at the Russian Embassy in her almost native China. Five years later, in 2003, at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Maria successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on a topic so familiar and close to her about New Year celebrations in China, after which she received a Candidate of Historical Sciences degree.
Maria Zakharova in her youth
Diplomat career
Maria Zakharova’s first place of work was the editorial office of the Russian Foreign Ministry magazine “Diplomatic Messenger”. In the editorial office, Maria met Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko, her first leader and future Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Alexander Vladimirovich adhered to the same principles in his work as Maria’s beloved grandmother. He believed that quality and professional interaction between team members were important in work. Masha’s grandmother also taught the girl the idea that any work should be done perfectly, even if no one checks it. As an example, she cited embroidery, which even with reverse side should look neat. So the girl easily joined the team.
In 1998, Maria Zakharova began her career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Having shown herself excellently in the editorial office, Maria, by decision of the management, soon moved to the Department of Information and Press under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. Having gotten used to new job, in 2003, Zakharova headed the operational media monitoring department. Two years later, Maria went to New York as press secretary of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations.
In 2008, Maria returned to her home department, in Moscow, but three years later she was appointed deputy head of the Department of Press and Information and just two years later she headed it, replacing her former boss Alexander Lukashevich. The reason for the appointment was not only Maria’s professionalism, experience and knowledge, but also her popularity in the media sphere. The woman was a frequent guest on numerous talk shows and never missed an opportunity to express her position on social networks.
Maria Zakharova is loved for her aggressive, straightforward rhetoric
She was responsible for organizing the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, maintained the official accounts of the Ministry on social networks, and provided information support to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during trips abroad. Soon followed the appointment of Zakharova to the post of official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Since then, the diplomat has often appeared on television to explain the official position of the Ministry, but she has done it so informally and naturally that it has repeatedly caused heated debates and discussions.
Maria Zakharova in a swimsuit
For her high professionalism, Maria Zakharova was awarded the rank of diplomatic adviser of the highest class and admission to the Council for foreign policy and Russian defense.
Maria Zakharova about relations with the USA (program by Vladimir Solovyov)
Personal life of Maria Zakharova
Maria does not say anything about her personal life. It is only known that she is married, her husband’s name is Andrey. Together with her husband she is raising a daughter, Maryana (born 2010). In rare moments of rest, he likes to write poetry, which he sometimes shares with subscribers on social networks.
Maria Zakharova is married and has a daughter
In November 2016, on her eleventh wedding anniversary, Zakharova shared photos from the ceremony. The celebration took place in New York. “I worked there. The husband is domestic. Came, got married, left,” Maria reassured her subscribers.
Wedding photo of Maria Zakharova (2005)
Maria Zakharova now
Thanks to her active, witty, sometimes even harsh defense of the Foreign Ministry’s positions, Maria was included in the top ten media rating of Russian women for 2015-2016 in terms of frequency of mention in domestic means mass media.
Maria Zakharova is one of the most influential Russian women
Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova. Born December 24, 1975. Russian statesman, diplomat. Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary II class (2015). Director of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Russian Federation. Candidate of Historical Sciences.
Father - Vladimir Yurievich Zakharov. Orientalist, specialist in Chinese language and literature, diplomat. He worked for many years at the USSR and then Russian embassy in Beijing. Until 2014, he was an adviser to the secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Now he works as a senior lecturer at the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics at the Higher School of Economics, and also teaches at the School of Oriental Studies.
Mother - Irina Zakharova. Works as a senior researcher at the Moscow Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin, candidate of art history.
Recently, Maria Zakharova’s parents published a children’s book “We wish you happiness from year to year” - an illustrated retelling of Chinese folk tales of the 12-year calendar cycle associated with animals - symbols of the zodiac.
Maria spent her childhood in Beijing, where her parents worked.
“When I was little, I loved playing with dolls, like all girls, but I also loved making doll houses. Then the hobby changed, it became more serious - I started making miniature interiors,” she said. She became interested in miniatures when she leafed through a book about an elegant copy of the St. Petersburg apartment of Pushkin’s friend Pavel Nashchokin.
However, even then she was drawn to politics and diplomacy. And while other children loved cartoons or “Visiting a Fairy Tale,” Maria was attracted to the program “International Panorama.”
The love for China and Chinese culture was passed on from her parents to her.
In 1998, she graduated from the Faculty of International Journalism at MGIMO. And in 2003, already as an employee of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she defended her Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Transformation of understanding the symbolism of celebrating the traditional New Year in modern China. The last quarter of the twentieth century."
Since 1998 - an employee of the editorial office of the Diplomatic Bulletin magazine of the Russian Foreign Ministry, then in the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
From 2003 to 2005 - head of department in the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 2005 to 2008 - press secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in New York.
From 2008 to 2011 - head of department in the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 2011 to August 10, 2015 - Deputy Head of the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her responsibilities included organizing and conducting briefings of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, organizing the work of official accounts of the Russian Foreign Ministry on social networks and information support foreign visits of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
She gained fame by participating in television political talk shows on Russian state television channels and commenting on political issues on social networks. He is one of the most quoted Russian diplomats. She is often compared to Jen Psaki (former US State Department spokeswoman until March 31, 2015), noting that Russian diplomat looks an order of magnitude higher intellectually.
TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov once called Zakharova “anti-Psaki.”
On August 10, 2015, by order of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zakharova was appointed director of the Department of Information and Press. In this position, they replaced Alexander Lukashevich, in connection with his appointment to the post of permanent representative of Russia to the OSCE. She became the first woman in the history of the department to hold this post.
In this position, he conducts weekly briefings for journalists. With the arrival of Maria Zakharova as director of the Department of Information and Press, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke a different language - the usual officialdom now coexists with informal and often controversial statements on social networks and is one of the main newsmakers in Russia and abroad. Zakharova herself says that the Russian Foreign Ministry keeps up with the times and takes into account foreign experience.
Speaks English and Chinese. Diplomatic rank: Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 2nd class (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 653 of December 22, 2015). Member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy of Russia. Academic degree - Candidate of Historical Sciences.
Writes poetry. So, on November 24, 2015, she wrote a poem in memory of the Russian pilot and Marine, killed in Syria as a result of an incident with:
Let us remember, brothers, those
Who closed the world with himself,
About personal, your success
For us I forgot it forever.
Let us remember them with prayer,
So that those who would forgive
Who didn't take us with him,
Left on the ground.
Let's remember them a hundred times
And a glass and a tear,
And the bitterness of rewards
For their farewell fight.
Let's remember everything while standing,
Bent over the grass.
They went where
The light is hidden behind the darkness.
Let's stretch out our hands to those
whose eyes are full of tears,
Whose house was orphaned
From the horror of Trouble.
Let's remember them, please
Let us remember them in peace,
Those who died for the country,
For honor and for our own.
Selected Quotes Maria Zakharova:
"There are countries that are ahead of many other states in terms of their level of economic development, military potential, financial power. They got ahead, they became leaders in many industries. Of course, there is a desire to rewrite the rules of the game in one’s favor, and this is natural for any society. But the question is how the rest of society reacts to this. You can give up your positions and submit to the rule of the strong, or you can fight to defend your rights. And it seems to me that the moment of truth is coming right now. Either we really stand up for our rights, defend the right to independent life, or we don’t.”
"Washington's actions are the implementation of a policy of containment, but in in this case Containment is not only about Russia, it is about containment of Europe as well."
"Where has interference in internal affairs under a plausible pretext led to the existence of a sustainable, stable, prosperous state? Yes, nowhere! Natural political process- this is the only way for the state to become stable and prosperous. The example of the collapse of Ukraine is no less indicative."
"I was better opinion about European politics, believed that it was stronger. It is clear that the United States was putting pressure on them, but they are putting pressure on them - don’t bend."
“I believe that any propaganda and any disinformation spread is powerless in the face of a thinking person.”
“No matter what they say, in Crimea it was democracy, because for the first time in their lives people were allowed to speak out”
“Leaders who destroyed their own people burn in hell twice as brightly as those who destroyed someone else’s.”
"Life is so much more diverse and unreal than any science fiction films and militants, that those people who are not initiated cannot even imagine what it really is"
“For me, everything that was connected with the Second World War is sacred, not subject to any changes. This is what I stand on, what my family stands on. I believe that this is a great feat of the Soviet people and the Russian people.”
"We must be honest and truthful with our own history. And if I, as an official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, demand respect from countries regarding monuments Soviet soldiers, then I must first of all be honest with them and with myself, saying that there have been different moments in our history: there are things that we are proud of, and there are things that are mistakes, big and tragic mistakes."
"We are in peacetime We don’t always know how to get together. But when they woke up this bear, it didn’t seem like much anymore.”
Maria Zakharova: I hate it when people are bullied, and I always advocate objectivity
Maria Zakharova's height: 170 centimeters.
Personal life of Maria Zakharova:
Married. My wife's name is Andrey. However, Maria categorically refuses to provide details of her personal life, in particular, to talk about her husband.
It is known that the couple got married on November 7, 2005 in New York, when Maria worked there. “I worked in New York. My husband is domestic. He came, got married, left,” - .
In August 2010, she gave birth to a daughter, Marianna.
As Maria said, her daughter had already been to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “I took her to work a couple of times when there was absolutely no one to leave her with.”
Maria has retained her childhood hobby to this day.
The first exhibit in Zakharova’s collection was a microscopic straw hat with a flower. Maria bought it when she lived with her parents in Beijing. When Zakharova grew up and began to travel around the world on her own, she continued to chase rare and unusual objects of miniature size. She purchased her exhibits everywhere: in England - a porcelain bathtub, in Canada - a pincushion chair, and in Kaliningrad - an amber iron, etc. Later she ordered the making of a house, which cost her $200.
Maria always looks great and, despite the strictness of dress required for a diplomat, she manages to appear stylish, beautiful and feminine to the public.
“There is no stylist, I dress myself, I buy things myself. They don’t give money for this, unfortunately, they don’t sew anything. Except dress uniform- the same uniform that was presented to everyone on Diplomat’s Day, it’s really laid out, it’s being sewn,” she says.
IN everyday life, she, of course, allows liberties and experiments with the image.
The biography of the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation Zakharova Maria Vladimirovna is interesting even to people far from politics. They want to know literally everything about her: who her husbands are, her children, her nationality. Photo Russian analogue James Psaki, as Zakharova is often called, can be easily found on the Internet.
She is Russian weapons president, because she is the one who reveals most of machinations against their country. She is not only a diplomat and director in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Press, but is also a wonderful wife and mother. She manages to do everything and everywhere, although she admits that sometimes it is very difficult.
This is a woman who combines femininity and moderate severity; it is always pleasant to watch her. Educated and humane Zakharova Maria Vladimirovna, diplomat of the Russian Foreign Ministry, and her biography deserves special attention, as does her career ladder along which she moved very quickly.
On duty of father:
- diplomat;
- orientalist;
- specialist in Chinese language and literature;
- later (in 2014) senior lecturer in world economics and politics.
The Zakharov family moved to the Chinese city of Beijing, where our heroine spent her childhood. And Maria was born in Moscow on December 24, 1975, under the zodiac sign Capricorn. Soon after her birth followed her departure. They lived in China for 13 years.
Young Maria loved walking with her parents through Beijing park streets and monasteries. Then she happily shared her impressions with her grandmother, who remained in Russia.
The girl was a diligent student, it was quite easy for her Chinese. As a child, she, like all girls her age, loved to play with dolls and even glued houses for them. Over time, this hobby grew into a serious hobby. As Masha grew older, she began to create miniature interiors.
The girl dreamed of following in her father's footsteps; she liked to be the center of attention. The field of activity of Maria Vladislavovna, Maria’s mother, a former museum employee of fine arts, attracted her no less. While most children could not be torn away from the “Visiting a Fairy Tale” program, Maria was interested in the completely non-children’s television program “International Panorama”. She absorbed information about economic and political events abroad like a sponge.
The Zakharovs returned to their homeland when their daughter graduated from school. In Moscow, she entered MGIMO, choosing the specialization “Journalism and Oriental Studies.” In 1988, the girl, being in her final year, was sent to China, which became painfully dear to her. She completed her pre-graduation internship at the Russian Embassy.
After 5 years, Maria successfully defended her dissertation at the base Russian University friendship of peoples on the topic “celebrating the New Year in China.” For which she received an academic degree, becoming a candidate of historical sciences.
Career growth
The editorial office of the Diplomatic Messenger magazine is the first place of work for Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova. Thanks to professional qualities and ability to get along with people, she quickly joined the team.
Soon, by decision of the management, the girl was transferred to the Department of Information and Press under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Russian Federation. And already in 2003, Zakharova worked as the head of operational monitoring of the media.
She held this position for 2 years, after which she went to New York, where she was press secretary of the permanent government of the Russian Federation at the United Nations.
From Zakharova’s biography, it follows that her return to Moscow to her previous department occurred in 2008. And in 2011 she was appointed to the position of deputy head of the department and press.
She occupied this chair for 2 years, after which she became the head of the structural unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, taking over the post of Alexander Lukashevich, the former chief. The employment of a Russian woman did not prevent her from arranging her personal life.
Her happiness is in her husband and children, or rather in her daughter. Zakharova shares some photos on social networks.
- Organizing and conducting briefings by the official representative of the Ministry.
- Maintaining official accounts on social networks.
- Providing information support to Sergei Lavrov (Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation) during his trips abroad.
All this was the responsibility of Maria Zakharova.
Maria Zakharova before losing weight: l private life
As for her personal life, Maria Vladimirovna prefers not to talk about it. It is only known that she is married to businessman Andrei Mikhailovich, who supports her in everything. On November 7, 2005, they got married in New York. At that moment, Zakharova was in the United States for work. In 2010, the couple became happy parents.
Their daughter Maryana was born. In her free time from work, Maria Zakharova writes poetry, some of which she posts on her pages on social networks.
In addition, she is the author of the lyrics of the song “Bring Back Memory,” which the woman dedicated to the Russian military personnel killed in Syria. She's like anyone family woman, loves to spend weekends (which happen so rarely) with his family.
It happened that she had to take her daughter with her to work, since there was simply no one to leave the baby with. The civil servant admitted: she does not have stylists, she chooses her own clothes for everyday life and diplomatic meetings, and does it exclusively with her own money.
Maria's hobbies
A very strict and aristocratic woman, a diplomat, at home she is very soft and feminine. And she chose very symbolic hobbies for herself. Masha doesn’t often like to share even two words of her life, which happens far from everyone. But she says that she loves to write poetry. She doesn’t often have such an opportunity, because she has very little time to spend at home. But sometimes she writes poetry and shares them on social networks with her subscribers. And her poems reveal a very subtle nature in her, light and soft. Exactly what a real woman should be.
Another hobby of hers is songwriting. And the woman caused a great stir when her song was performed by singer Nargiz at the International Moscow Festival. The song was dedicated to the military soldiers who fought and died in Syria. And at the closing of the festival, another song by Zakharova was performed, which was already performed by Alexander Kogan. And how this woman also manages to write songs, poems, take care of her family and take care of her country remains a big mystery. But all politicians and diplomats in Russia and abroad bow to her. And such a woman is truly worthy of such respect.
Present time for Mary
Now the woman continues her diplomatic activities. She is still active. She still participates in various programs, where discussions with her personality are very popular and active. She never hesitates to express opinions, not only on her own behalf, but also on behalf of the Ministry. And the woman does it in a very relaxed and accessible way.
Maria Zakharova Vladimirovna, a diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who does not talk about her husband or child, rarely posts photos, and even keeps silent about the nationality of her family, has such a rich biography of activities for the benefit of her country. A woman is a wall for the President of Russia, and it is not surprising that she is so valued, and one can hope that she will serve for the good of her country for a long time to come.
The most recognizable faces of domestic diplomacy: Sergei Lavrov, the late Vitaly Churkin and the head of the information and press department Russian Ministry Foreign Affairs - Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova. The Western press has given her the title of the charming arrowhead of Putin's propaganda thanks to her extraordinary mind and sharp remarks.
Zakharov dynasty
For the daughter of the Soviet envoy, Maria Zakharova, who spent a significant part of her childhood abroad, ethics and rules of conduct as a person of the country are nothing new. She believes that PR campaigns of a diplomatic department cannot be successful if diplomatic mission employees do not become propagandists of the country's policies to the same extent as TV presenters.
The head of the diplomatic dynasty, Vladimir Yuryevich Zakharov, after graduating from the Faculty of Philology with a course in Chinese language and literature at Leningrad University in 1971, was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Soviet Union. He gave 26 years of his life to the diplomatic department.
On December 24, 1975, a daughter was born into the family of sinologists Irina and Vladimir Zakharov. She went to school in Beijing, where her father was sent to work. Parents lived in China for more than 20 years. Connected with the culture neighboring people.
Having completed their work abroad, the parents settled in Moscow. Vladimir Yuryevich became a professor, teaching at economics and language universities. The wife is engaged scientific work at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Upon returning to their homeland, linguists published a book of folk tales in Russian under the romantic title “We wish you happiness from year to year.”
Career growth
For Maria Vladimirovna, a career as a diplomatic worker is the fulfillment of a childhood dream. With the help of her parents, she immersed herself in the linguistic culture of the country, with which at that time good neighborly relations were just being re-established.
The most interesting TV show for family viewing was Zorin’s “International Panorama”. At 92 she brilliantly graduated from school and passed exams in her homeland at MGIMO for the Faculty of International Journalism. The internship before defending my thesis took place in Beijing. There was an unexpected return to unforgotten China.
In 1998, Maria, as a certified specialist, was included in the Diplomatic Bulletin magazine, published by the Russian Foreign Ministry. The quality and effectiveness of the girl’s work was appreciated by Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko, who directly supervised Zakharova’s work. He soon rose to the rank of deputy minister. 
After 5 years, Zakharova, having gained experience, moved to the same ministry with a promotion. Headed the operational media monitoring department of the Information and Press Department. The scope of responsibility included information support for the minister during business trips abroad and maintaining the ministry’s accounts on social networks.
And again she did not remain in the shadows. In 2003, an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation became a candidate of sciences, having defended her dissertation at the Moscow State University of Peoples' Friendship. Patrice Lumumba about the peculiarities of New Year's holiday rituals in the Celestial Empire in the light of a fresh understanding of the national historical symbolism of the holiday.
After another 2 years, she was appointed to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN as a press secretary. The legendary Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin, with whom I had to work side by side, directed Zakharova’s work. Maria Vladimirovna remembers working in New York with the ace of Russian diplomacy with warmth.
The experience of verbal battles at briefings with unexpected provocative questions from journalists from scandalous publications strengthened her character. Consistency, consistency and restraint, seasoned with a bit of humor, added sympathy and openness to the foreign policy body on the world stage. 
Family is a closed area
The biography of a public figure is interesting to the average person not only because of the number of career steps he has overcome. I would like to know about privacy women-mothers, wives. And this is perhaps of main interest. Nothing human is alien to Zakharova.
Column " marital status” is filled with the word “married.” The marriage took place in 2005 at the Russian Embassy in New York. The groom flew to the wedding ceremony from Moscow. Andrey, a businessman and patriot, decided that his beloved does not have the right to manage her time as freely as he can afford. According to Maria, “he came, registered the marriage, left.” The publicity of the position at the UN taught the young woman to separate family and work in the ministry.
She put maiden name, to limit the ability of the tabloid press to intrude into personal life. The prudent husband agreed with the arguments.
Protection is never perfect. There are loopholes for unscrupulous fried lovers. Posted on the Internet against the will of the owner wedding photos with open kisses of the bride and groom. The family has been withdrawn from the public sphere. 
The “children” column in the personal file is filled in with “daughter Maryana, born in 2010.” Sometimes, when there was no one to leave the child with, I had to go to work with the baby. This year the girl will start school. There will be more trouble.
Opinion of foreign colleagues
In the second half of 2015, when she became director of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and gained the status Official representative Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, world and all-Russian fame has come.
Here is what the English-language Wikipedia writes about it with links to printed sources:
- “Smart, sexy blonde... looks... subtle diplomatic provocation” (Stern);
- “Femininity and success are a continuation of attractiveness infused with toughness” (Sunday Times);
At one time, the Russian “sexual beast,” as Western media dubbed Zakharova, was compared to Jen Psaki. Not quite a fair comparison. Maria Zakharova keeps so much information in her head that she is not in danger of making mistakes, such as her American colleague experienced due to lack of awareness.
Fresh vibe
A high-ranking official of the new formation is not afraid to part with officialdom. She decisively adopted the free manner of informal communication of Western politicians, which immediately affected the rating and interest of citizens in foreign policy.
Did Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova change the Foreign Ministry? Undoubtedly, and in better side. The openness of the mouthpiece of the foreign policy department added confidence to the political leadership. The necessity or compulsion of political actions in the international arena has become clear and understandable. Participation in talk shows on the central channels of domestic television, the flow of which cannot be programmed, made Maria Vladimirovna one of the most recognizable women powers. The ease of the sharp-tongued lady and the persuasiveness of her arguments added more admirers.
Most Russians remember Zakharova for fulfilling her promise to journalists to dance “Kalinka” at the summit in Sochi. The impromptu was a great success. The action has become one of those that is pointless to repeat - it cannot be outshone. Even detractors on social networks were forced to note that it was a real bomb.
Video of “Kalinka” at the summit in Sochi:
Maria Vladimirovna appreciated the effectiveness social networks even in a previous position. She is an active Facebook user. He also shares controversial thoughts with readers.
The reaction of socially and politically active citizens comes first-hand, without the errors characteristic of monitoring. It can be stated that in the person of Maria Vladimirovna, for the first time we encountered a living connection between the ministry and the population.
Creativity is not limited to demonstration dancing in stiletto heels. Maria writes poetry. Readers on Facebook are familiar with the poetess’s work. A poetic duel with opposition journalist and poet Dmitry Bykov is indicative. I responded to irony with rhyming irony. The culture of dialogue was observed at top level, and the opponents are worthy of each other.
“Mogendovid” by Mariam Zakharova
or Attention is above all!
“Zakharova’s parents are diplomats.”
I immediately remembered Vladimir Volfovich with his unforgettable: “Mom is Russian, father is a lawyer.”
And here at once both are diplomats.
Judging by the comments to the article, the formation of a nation of dear Russians is progressing successfully.”
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Today I was sent a screenshot of a comment by a certain “Mikhail Chernovol” posted on the website of the newspaper “Zavtra”. Usually I don’t comment on this and don’t pay attention at all. But for a number of reasons, I will make an exception for these words: “... on this Masha’s chest on a gold chain there was not a symbol of Christianity, but “Mogendovid” - a six-pointed star, the Star of David.”
I remember in the second grade I brought a new word from school - “Jew.” Mom asked if I understood the meaning. I answered that I didn’t understand, and that’s what the guys said, but I remember that it sounded reminiscent of the word “livery.” Mom sat me, a seven-year-old child, on her lap and said: “This is such a nationality. The French are also a nationality, as are the Chinese and the Ukrainians. Here we are - Russians. They live in peace different people, and there are a lot of nationalities. They have different languages, different dances, different fairy tales. They can live in different countries or in one country." Everything was clear, and I was about to get off my knees. “But I want to tell you one very important thing. Unfortunately, you will still hear a lot of bad things about different nationalities. There are people who will say that one nationality is good and the other is bad. One people is better or worse than another. This is not true. Every nation has good and bad. Remember this. And no matter what you hear, know that there are no bad or good nationalities, there are bad or good people", said mom. Then she thought and added: “Since you learned this new word for you today, I want you to understand its meaning.” “I understand, mom, you explained it,” I hurried about my business. But mom said: “No, not completely. You are Russian. Both dad and I are Russian, and your grandfather is half Ukrainian. We speak and think in Russian and live like Russians. But you were born thanks to a doctor who was Jewish. And if it weren’t for him, it’s unknown how everything would have turned out for us, the Russians. Remember this forever. And never allow people of other nationalities to be humiliated in front of you.” And I remembered. Probably because they were very simple words, a very clear example. Or simply because my mother is like that. I remembered them forever.
When I was 20 years old, I ended up in Israel - it was a one-day excursion on a boat during a week-long vacation in Cyprus, where my mother and I were taken by her brother. These few hours in Jerusalem and Bethlehem changed my life. Fully. Religion appeared in it. Not faith. It was there before, in the form of an intuitive feeling, premonition and even understanding. But it was all somehow... pagan, or something. And it burned there. This charge is still enough. All memories are fresh and even tangible. While still in Bethlehem, I said that I would undergo all the rituals in Moscow. And my uncle, who helped us a lot financially at that time, bought me that very one in one of the local jewelry stores. gold chain, which is always on me. Returning to Moscow, I was baptized. Since then I have been Orthodox, in the sense that I try to be so. On the back of my small cross, which was bought in an Arab shop and which is always with me, it says “Jerusalem”.
Our religion prohibits hatred. She punishes her for it. But I have something in me that in English is called objective hate, and in Russian, forgetting about pathos, one can probably express it as the famous “noble rage.” I hate all types of nationalism (from racial discrimination to religious intolerance), I hate it when they humiliate or bully, no matter who. And I also hate stupidity and stupid malice, which are capable of seeing the Star of David not only in a flower or a snowflake, but even in the formula of benzene.
When I was thinking about who to ask to be my daughter’s godparents, I had two cherished desires. First. So that these people are kind and love to laugh. Second. So that, if possible, they represent different nationalities or live in different countries. So that my child from the very early childhood, as with my milk, I absorbed the richness and diversity of this world and smiled. So that borders, skin color, cultural differences would never be barriers for her. Consider this my personal contribution to the fight against nationalism.
I'm lucky. Our godfather is Georgian. Sparkling and cheerful, and very kind, despite the fact that due to national question, most likely, will never see his family’s beloved Sukhumi and Sukhum again. Our godmother, I don’t even know who’s nationality (judging by the bright beauty, it’s a mix of everything), lives in New York, and when we all get together, Maryana enthusiastically plays with her son, born in a marriage with a fiery Brazilian. And our nanny, who put her soul into Maryana, is Armenian. Cool mix. “Mikhail Chernovol” would have been torn apart;)) ( ttps://www.facebook.com/)
Typical reaction of the Russian Runet:
“Here, I think, it would also be very helpful for Masha to get acquainted not only with the nationality of the doctor’s mother, but also with the nationality of her parents’ grandparents, both mother and father, and other relatives. And I am sure that she would have been filled with even greater gratitude to the Jews for being born into this world, and you and I would have been much more clear about her Israeli religious insights, the flared up feelings and the fire that burned her soul since that young 20-year-old Ti years of age.
Masha’s extremist definition of nationalism becomes more understandable, as the eternal cosmopolitan feeling of a pathological liberal, in relation to its moral antipode, national feeling, as a feeling of belonging to one’s people and its culture and pride in everything good that this people has, pride in its history and his accomplishments. But judging by Masha’s statements, such feelings towards Russia and the Russian people are alien to her, she did not say a single word about her country of residence. Added to the cosmopolitan liberal spirit are her extremely negative reviews of Stalin and her habitual lie, repeated like a parrot, about the “multi-million victims of the Stalinist regime.” Here, as in other liberal mantras, liberals themselves resemble answering machines.”
Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel
proposed to expel all goyim from the country
P.S.
You can see the “mogendovid” here:
...and here:
For reference. Types of the “Star of David” made by Jewish jewelers:
http://jewgold.ru/catalog/list.php?SECTION_ID=18&SHOWALL_1=1
Star of David pendants (jewelry)
O. Maxim Kozlov: The Star of David is now -
it is an anti-Christian symbol of Judaism
An Orthodox priest believes that Christians should not wear a six-pointed star...
“The Star of David is currently used as a symbol of Judaism, the Jewish religion, and is largely used in non-Christian or anti-Christian contexts.”“, said Archpriest Maxim Kozlov, rector of the home church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, answering a question from a reader of the online newspaper “Tatiana’s Day” about whether “he has anything to do with Orthodox symbols six-pointed star, and why it is called the Star of David.”
The priest emphasized that the six-pointed star itself is not special symbol Judaism, but the meaning she has now internalized forces the Orthodox to abstain from its use.