Maria Zakharova - biography, personal life, husband, children

Maria Zakharova is a famous political figure. The woman officially holds the post of representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Born on December 24, 1975 in the Russian capital into a family of international diplomats. By nationality - Jewish, by zodiac sign - Capricorn. A recognizable personality in Russian politics has high ratings. Maria spent her early childhood in Beijing, where the parents of the future politician went on duty. Maria studied well at school, studied the Chinese language in depth, and was interested in the culture and traditions of China. In her free time, the girl played with dolls and designed the interiors of doll houses. Since childhood, I was fond of the program “International Panorama” and always animatedly discussed political and economic news with my parents.

After graduating from school, Zakharova returned to Moscow, where she entered MGIMO on her first try, choosing the Faculty of International Economics. She completed her internship in her beloved China, and in 2003 she successfully defended her PhD in Historical Sciences. She started working at the Diplomatic Bulletin, then moved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and found a job in the Department of Information and Press. Since 2005, Maria worked in New York, at the UN, as press secretary of the Permanent Mission of Russia, but in 2008 she returned to her homeland. About the biography and filmography of Maria Aronova.

The next appointment followed in 2011. Zakharova was appointed to the position of deputy head of the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Represented Sergei Lavrov on social networks.

Position of Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

He has held the position of official representative since August 10, 2015, a top-class adviser, a member of the Council on Foreign Policy and Defense of the Russian Federation. Having replaced Alexander Lukashevich in office, Maria does not change his policies, acts in the chosen direction and has succeeded well in this endeavor.

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According to the income statement, Zakharova’s monthly earnings are 800,000 rubles, and her annual salary is close to 9 million. These are official data; other sources are not mentioned in the tax office.

“We will not sit with a knife in our pocket against a gas attack!”

In her fiery speech, Maria Zakharova voiced a proposal that could help understand the problem of fake news: some kind of global mechanism for protecting or verifying information should be developed.
— We had a conversation with the acting. Deputy Secretary General of the UN, and he supported this idea and, moreover, stated that even the organization is not protected from the flow of false information. But I can tell you with regret that for almost the entire 10 days that the meeting of the Information Committee of the UN General Assembly lasted, we observed opposition from the American delegation to include a proposal to develop developments at the UN site to counter fake news in the draft resolution. I would like to emphasize that this issue requires detailed study, and I think there is a need to create a special global mechanism or structure,” stated Maria Zakharova.

One of the foreign journalists present at the session decided to reproach the diplomat, calling her proposal to create a kind of “Ministry of Truth” a mistake. Most likely, the journalist expressed himself figuratively, “rounding” the proposal of the Foreign Ministry representative to “ministry,” but this allowed Ms. Zakharova to skillfully turn the correspondent’s question against him:

- Look, no one suggested this. This is the first time I have heard about the proposal to create a state mechanism - the Ministry of Truth. I will repeat again: all this should be based on the opinion of the professional community, and not government mechanisms.

Next came a question from a Russian journalist burning with indignation, who suggested that Maria Zakharova create fake news as a symmetrical response to the West: “We will not sit with a knife in our pocket against a gas attack!”

“The information war cannot be won because ordinary people become victims,” Zakharova answered categorically

— Of course, none of our own fake news or our own disinformation arsenal will be created - this is 100%, because this is a path to nowhere. An information war cannot be won because ordinary people become victims,” Zakharova answered categorically.

To be fair, it is worth noting that the Russian media sphere is not so “sterile” - just remember the relatively recent story of how the Russia 1 channel used a fake video as an example of gay propaganda among children in the United States. Then viewers were shown an edited video of a boy entering his bedroom, looking at the wall above his bed and screaming in surprise. The camera then pans to reveal that there are naked men painted on the wall.

— The erosion of morals generated overseas, the erosion of the institution of marriage — Europe meekly takes its cue from the United States. Is this really what a nursery should look like? - the voice-over text of the plot sounds.

Note that in the original video, which was actually a foreign advertisement, a sports car with big wheels was depicted on the wall in a child's bedroom.

Parents

Maria was born into a family of diplomats, the only child. Her parents worked in China for several years, so she spent her childhood abroad - in Beijing.

Maria's mother - Irina Zakharova

Works at the Moscow Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin senior researcher, candidate of art history. Mother is the co-author of an illustrated retelling of Chinese folk tales.

Father

Vladimir Yuryevich is an orientalist by profession, and from his youth he was seriously interested in the Chinese language and literature. He worked for several years at home and in China, and is now retired. Vladimir teaches at the Center for Oriental Studies, and at the Higher School of Economics holds the position of senior lecturer in the economics and political faculties.

Photo in a swimsuit. Maria Zakharova before and after plastic surgery

Photos of Maria Zakharova before and after plastic surgery often appear on the Internet. They claim that she had Botox injections and skin tightening after giving birth, but the diplomat herself denies all this.

Maria claims that she constantly plays sports and eats rationally, so outside intervention in her body is not required.

Recently, a photo of Maria Zakharova in a swimsuit flashed online, which was received ambiguously. This photo was not part of any racy photo shoot, but simply a fun swim with the children of the Artek Children's Resort. By the way, many social network users noted that Maria looks much younger than her age.

Personal life

Just like at work, Maria has stability here. The diplomat is married and has her only daughter, Maryana. The diplomat was not noticed in casual relationships or office romances.

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Maria Zakharova's husband - Andrei Makarov

I met my husband in the USA in 2005. The Russian businessman was on a business trip in New York. After brief meetings, the couple quietly got married. And 5 years later, a daughter, Maryana, was born into the family.

Wedding

The wedding took place in 2005 in New York. The lovers got married secretly and did not advertise this important life event. They lived in the USA for 3 years, and in 2008 they returned from America to Moscow together.

Zakharova’s wedding photos appeared in the press, which she was very indignant about. It turns out that it was a photographer friend who put the pictures up for everyone to admire at the wedding. He motivated his action with the desire to show that Mary is also a woman and knows how to experience earthly joys.

[edit] Cocaine gop diplomacy

And the authorities are hiding Navalny about coke at the embassy. The Dozhd TV channel has to say: Ridiculous excuses

Masha delivered some crazy lulz to the hamsters, justifying the presence of a large consignment (almost 400 kg or 12 suitcases) of cocaine at the school at the Russian embassy in Argentina in December 2021, worth 50 euros. The Argentine authorities have long had a suspicion that something shady is going on at the Russian Embassy in Argentina. As a result, they put the embassy and its school under surveillance, and telephone conversations of Russian embassy officials were wiretapped, as a result of which it became clear that the scattered KGB was involved in drug trafficking through diplomatic channels, supplying coke from Argentina to this country by IL-96-300 aircraft with tail number RA-96023 of the special flight detachment “Russia” and that there were a hell of a lot more such deliveries before. In fact, it was a full-fledged coke supply channel, and even with diplomatic cover. After this, the Argentine authorities presented the Russian ambassador with a choice: either to give the opportunity to trace the full supply channel of the cocaine cargo, replacing it with flour and equipping the suitcases with GPS trackers in exchange for reports in the Argentine press that the operation was carried out jointly with employees of the Russian embassy and Russian special services, accusing drug trafficking of “a technical employee of the embassy who completed a business trip under a fixed-term employment contract,” which at least somehow should have saved the reputation of cocaine diplomats, or Argentina presents all the facts in this case as they are and blames Russia for everything, and then an international scandal will not be avoided. Knowing the diplomatic techniques of scattered diplomats, the Argentine authorities did not share all the information at once, but gave it in doses. So, after the Russian Foreign Ministry announced its official version of events, the Argentinean authorities published telephone conversations of high-ranking diplomatic drug couriers, from which it clearly follows that the official version of the Russian Foreign Ministry, as always, is a lie, bullshit and provocation. Facepalm! The official chronology of events can be traced here, but the covers were completely blown away by a certain troll Maxim Mironov, whose children just studied at this school, publishing on his LiveJournal page all the arguments why the official version of events of the Russian Foreign Ministry in the cocaine case is nothing more than BOB.

Thoughtful anonymous lurkoeb, after all this fucked up, be puzzled by the question - how many of these drug transshipment points are organized in other scattered embassies, about which nothing is yet known, and is it not time to rename the Ministry of Foreign Affairs into the Ministry of Drug Trafficking with numerous branches in Russian embassies of different countries? A truly thoughtful anonymous person will ask the question of who is the largest consumer of cocaine in the world, and why cocaine is popular among bohemians around the world. And at the same time, marvel at the fact that drug trafficking, it turns out, can also be related to the information war.

Children

Maria has an only daughter, Maryana, born on June 30, 2010. The diplomat and her husband have no other children yet.

Zakharova’s daughter, Maryana, is a US citizen

Her mother raised the girl and even took her to work several times. Today Maryana is 9 years old. She studies at a private Moscow school and speaks three languages ​​fluently - Russian, Chinese, and English. The girl has been interested in the traditions and culture of the East since early childhood; she inherited this interest from her mother and grandmother.

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Information regularly appeared in the press that Maryana had dual citizenship. Zakharova does not comment on this information on the topic of her daughter. According to official information, she gave birth in the capital, the girl has one citizenship - Russian.

Dacha of Maria Zakharova

For the last 10 years, the minister has been dreaming of her own dacha in a calm, secluded place. The house is located in the Leningrad direction, small in size, but cozy. There is not enough space for the whole family, including Maria’s parents.

Therefore, the TV show “Dachny Answer” and its organizers decided to equip the local area - to construct a terrace. The result was a large pavilion adjacent to the house, with huge and bright windows. The terrace was created in the Chinese style, which is so revered in the Zakharov family. Maria was pleased with the work done, and even commented on her impressions in the press.

Awards

State:

• 2020 - Order of Honor - for great contribution to the implementation of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation and many years of conscientious diplomatic service
• 2017 – Order of Friendship
• 2013 – Certificate of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation

Departmental:

2017 – Medal “Marshal Vasily Chuikov” (EMERCOM of Russia)

Public:

• 2018 – Winner of the PROBA Award in the Award for Lifetime Achievement nomination - for his invaluable contribution to the development of the industry
• 2017 – “Certificate of Confidence from the Journalist Community of Russia” from the Union of Journalists of Russia (February 9) – for openness in working with the media
• 2017 – Laureate of the National Award for the Development of Public Relations “Silver Archer” in the “Person” nomination
• “Charmous” Award in the “Woman of the Year” nomination
• 2016 – Award of the Moscow Union of Journalists “For openness to the press”
• 2016 – Laureate of the “Voice of the World” award (“White Cranes of Russia”)

Scandalous interview about Russian travel

Recently, Maria Zakharova got into a scandal. This happened because of her statement during one of the interviews. The woman said that tourism is only for the rich. Going to another country on vacation when you have little money is irresponsible, to say the least. As expected, such a statement caused a real storm of discontent on the Internet.

After Zakharova’s words received a public response, Maria Vladimirovna decided not to remain silent and explain what exactly she meant. First of all, the woman noted that the words, as often happens, were taken out of context. And the fact that travel is exclusively for rich people is fake.

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Zakharova further clarified that some manage to borrow money to go on vacation abroad. It shouldn't be this way.

Zakharova also noted that the Russian Foreign Ministry is doing everything possible to bring home as quickly as possible people who are currently “stuck” in other countries.

Why did the debate with Navalny break down?

At the end of April 2021, Maria Zakharova invited Alexei Navalny to hold a debate live. The reason is criticism of her from Navalny. The man agreed. The conversation was supposed to take place on the evening of May 1. However, the day before it became known that there would be no debate.

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On May 1, journalist Alexey Pivovarov, who was supposed to act as a moderator at the debate, announced that there would be no conversation. The reason is disagreement about the need for moderation. The parties failed to reach an agreement.

The confusing conflict was discussed on TV

Sergei Zakharov was buried on Thursday in his home village of Kuzminskoye in the Ryazan region, not far from the place where the poet Sergei Yesenin was born. Zakharova’s elderly mother lives in Kuzminskoye. Maria Ivanovna is over 80 years old, she is sick, and until the last moment she was not informed about the death of her son.

Zakharov often came to the Ryazan region, helped his loved ones, but constantly lived and worked in Moscow. Sergei was married twice; he had sons from both marriages. Sergei did not divorce his second wife, but they had not lived together for a long time. Zakharov’s life partner was Irina Sterkhova, with whom he lived for 22 years.

TV did not remain aloof from the resonant story, and the relatives of the deceased Zakharov were “divided up.”

Irina Sterkhova took part in the “Let Them Talk” program on Channel One. She said that she learned about the tragedy from the news and immediately went to the Sklifosovsky Research Institute, where Sergei, crippled in the accident, was taken. The woman stated that she intends to seek the most severe punishment for Efremov. “Let him sit,” Sterkhova said on a talk show.

Irina’s appearance as a widow on Channel One caused outrage from the son of the deceased, who published an angry post on Instagram. He wrote that on TV they showed a woman unknown to him, who was introduced as his wife. Zakharov's son stated that his father had one legal wife, his mother. Many social network users expressed outrage and accused the channel of fraud, and Irina of commercialism (several details for providing assistance were published on social networks).

The TV presenter explained that Sergei Zakharov did not officially divorce his second wife; he believes that this conflict is understandable in everyday life.

As MK found out based on its sources, Sergei and Irina did not have time to formalize the relationship, since Zakharov did not divorce his wife, for fear of injuring his youngest son. Perhaps in the future Sergei planned to legitimize his relationship with Irina, and perhaps middle-aged people were happy with everything anyway.

Zakharov’s son Vitaly and his wife, as well as the deceased’s nephew Andrei, ended up on a competing TV channel of Channel One: they were invited to the “Live Broadcast” program with Andrei Malakhov on “Russia-1”.

Note that Zakharov’s eldest son maintained relations not only with his father, but also with Irina. Journalists have not yet been able to find the first wife of the deceased.

From what we know, in the life of a simple, good person, according to the reviews of those close to him, Sergei Zakharov, there were four very important women for him: his mother Maria Ivanovna, his first wife, his official wife Margarita (both are the mothers of his sons), as well as Irina Sterkhova, with which he lived for more than two decades. Whatever Sergei’s family relationships are, for all these women what happened is a huge tragedy. And the culprit of this tragedy must be punished.

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Accusing the head of the CIA of lying

The representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, described with the word “lies” the statements of the head of the CIA Mike Pompeo about Russia’s constant attempts to interfere in the presidential elections in the United States. Maria Vladimirovna noted that American intelligence services and country officials “have never stated anything like this and such questions have never been raised before the Russian side.”

At one of the official speeches

We also note that in 2021, the US special prosecutor, who is investigating possible Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, announced the names of the first defendants in the case. They turned out to be Paul Manafort, the former head of Mr. Trump’s campaign headquarters, as well as his business partner. The defendants in the case are accused of 12 counts at once.

Wedding and family life

The wedding took place at the consulate in September 2005. The wedding was extremely modest, but, according to Zakharova, happy and cheerful. Only two people were invited. After signing, the newlyweds and their guests celebrated the event with champagne, had a photo shoot, and then went for a walk along the New York streets. After the wedding, Maria Zakharova remained working at the consulate until 2008, and her husband flew back to Russia because he could not quit his job.

When Maria Vladimirovna returned to her homeland, a happy and calm family life began. The spouses have found an approach to each other and do not allow conflicts. Despite being very busy, Zakharova finds time to pay attention to her family. The spouses have divided responsibility, each doing things so as not to interfere with the other.

Maria Zakharova calls her husband the main one. She was raised in a family where her father was the leader, and her mother skillfully adjusted to his work schedule and business trips. Despite the workload and overtime, the couple still finds time for family travel. So, Zakharova recently visited Serbia with her husband and was delighted with the trip.