Biography Born in 1991 in Volgograd. According to her, she has been living in Moscow since the age of 5. Now Lesya is only 24 years old.

Ryabtseva studied at Faculty of Journalism, Russian State University for the Humanities(on her Facebook page, she indicated that she graduated from the university in 2013).

Once I tried my hand at the publication's website "Big city", then, three years ago, got an internship at "Echo". By her own admission, she "tore the internship out with her teeth." Then she became a producer at a radio station and worked in this position for two years.

And then, in her words:

"Venediktov headed the public headquarters for monitoring the election of the mayor of Moscow. I came and said that I want some kind of job. Venediktov said: "Here is the headquarters, do it." I became Venediktov's assistant at this headquarters. The bottom line is that he should not think about anything superfluous, I took the whole burden of organizing work with the media within the headquarters, took over the work with candidates and organizing Venediktov's schedule within the headquarters. After this story, Venediktov offered me to become the second assistant. The first was Katya Kobzeva. She stayed on "Echo", but at that time she was leaving for an internship in the USA for a month. Accordingly, someone had to cover her for this time. We thought this was a great opportunity for me to take a month-long trial period, after which, to be honest, my brain exploded a little, and I went into a creative block, because I didn’t really understand if this was what I wanted to do. Katya returned, I worked for some time and left Ekho Moskvy for a while in search of myself. In April of this year, I returned to the same position and am going to be an assistant editor-in-chief for a very long time and work for Ekho Moskvy".

Lesya Ryabtseva is the "queen of scandals" of Russian journalism, who quickly burst into the country's media space, hitting the assistant to the editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station. The attitude towards the journalist both in society and among colleagues is ambiguous - some consider the young talent a professional journalist, while others, on the contrary, call Ryabtseva an upstart and boorish woman who won the public's interest only thanks to personal connections and the ability to adapt to any situation.

Ryabtseva Olesya Alexandrovna was born on July 28, 1991 in Volgograd in a family of businessmen. From childhood, she lived in comfort and love - parents could afford to provide everything a child needed, from books and toys to travel and fashionable clothes.

At the age of five, Olesya and her family moved to Moscow. There, Lesya went to the first grade of a private school, but due to hooligan behavior and tense relations with teachers, she was transferred to a public educational institution. According to the journalist, in her youth, Lesya was very different from her peers, because she was not “interested in lollipops and short skirts, but was fond of reading books and was a successful student.”

Ryabtseva graduated from high school with an almost round honors student: in Lesya's certificate there were only two “fours” - in algebra and geometry. At the end of school, the girl wanted to enter MEPhI, since the girl was especially fascinated by mathematical logarithms and hyperbolas, but after that she changed her mind and decided to get a philological general humanitarian education. Thus, Ryabtseva became a student of the journalism department of the Russian State University for the Humanities. True, Lesya did not manage to get a diploma as a journalist - her thesis became a boring task for her, which Ryabtseva never completed.

Journalism

The journalistic career of Lesya Ryabtseva began in her student years on the website of the Big City publication dedicated to the life of Moscow. At the end of her second year at the university, the future journalist got an internship with Alexei Venediktov, editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy. It was he who became the person who saw the necessary vein of a professional journalist in the trainee, so he immediately made the girl his assistant and put her on the pedestal of liberal journalism, providing her with resources and a platform to run her own blog.

Lesya Ryabtseva's blog "Edge of the Ear", in the vastness of which she shares with readers her impressions of working meetings with the country's political elite and all kinds of parties that she attends with Venediktov, is rather scandalous. All the heroes of this column vied with each other to complain to the editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy about the unacceptable statements of the young journalist.

Lesya's sharp tongue, her straightforwardness and harsh attitude towards colleagues have become the main "trick" of the journalist. Because of her blogging style, in 2015, its founder and first editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, Sergei Korzun, resigned from the publication, who took Ryabtseva’s insult personally. Also, the radio station lost the well-known host of the program “Sensitively” Mitya Aleshkovsky, whom Lesya simply did not let on the air. This drew attention to the scandalous young journalist, whom Venediktov defended to the last, but she did not appreciate such patronage and decided to leave Ekho Moskvy, as she had already "outgrown this publication."

"Queen of Scandals"

On December 5, 2015, Lesya Ryabtseva announced that she was leaving Ekho Moskvy, but leaving behind several projects that she would conduct on her own, without the Venediktov team. She stated that she wanted to develop her own media and invited former colleagues to cooperate. The scandalous departure of the journalist from the radio station ended with the fact that she took part in the New Russian Sensations project of the NTV channel, in which she spoke about her role on Ekho Moskvy, announced the reason for her departure, and also expressed her opinion about the Russian opposition and colleagues in her own way.

Lesya Ryabtseva - "the queen of scandals." That's what it was called in the program. The girl expressed her opinion about, and even about the president of the country. Moreover, she spoke about oppositionists and former colleagues in a straightforward offensive form, and called the current leadership of Russia true workaholics, whom she respects and supports.

On December 14, the editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy publicly apologized to his employees for his protégé's sharp remarks about them. As it turned out, he knew about the preparation and filming of this program, and even contributed to the participation of the scandalous journalist in this project.

Lesya's biography is replete with speculation, gossip and scandals. From the moment Ryabtseva came to Ekho Moskvy and her rapid career growth, the general public began to loudly express the reasons for such luck. The office romance of Lesya Ryabtseva and Alexei Venediktov was not discussed only by the lazy. But both the editor-in-chief of the radio station and the journalist herself, with her inherent frankness, have repeatedly stated that they are connected exclusively by working relations.

Also, the journalist thundered on the air of the "Special Opinion" program. Then she said that the population of Russia is 8 million people, which caused a storm of ridicule from users of social networks and venerable bloggers. Everyone was surprised how a humanist could make such an impressive mistake. Ryabtseva emerged from this scandalous story with her head held high, without admitting her mistake.

In October 2015, the former assistant to the editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy again blew up the country's media space. Lesya Ryabtseva's "naked" photo shoot shocked her with her frankness and caused an uproar in the blogosphere, which did not embarrass the journalist at all. The photo of Ryabtseva was made and posted on the Web by the famous metropolitan photographer Anton Martynov. Many regarded this behavior as self-promotion, and the girl’s well-wishers decided that in this way she decided to show the public that behind the tough blonde in glasses and “in a skirt,” as she began to be called after the sensational exposure of the opposition, there was an elegant girl with a beautiful figure.

Personal life

The personal life of Lesya Ryabtseva from the moment she joined Ekho Moskvy has always been the subject of public discussion. But at the same time, the girl managed to hide her personal space from prying eyes and never light up in public places with her boyfriend.

According to the journalist, Lesya is extremely happy in her personal life with her young man, who accepts the “queen of scandals” for who she is. Ryabtseva does not disclose the name of the groom, but there is a version that Lesya subsequently confirmed that her lover is a public figure and writer Eduard Bagirov. Also in an interview, the girl said that she had never had a serious relationship, only temporary love. How these two contradictory statements are combined, Lesya does not comment.

Lesya Ryabtseva is a vegetarian. The girl does not drink, does not smoke, and fundamentally does not gamble. Lesya also professes the direction of Hinduism - Gaudiya Vaishnavism, the girl even has a spiritual teacher, a preacher from the States.

In everyday life, Lesya Ryabtseva still remains a media person. The girl maintains popular accounts in " Twitter and Instagram. Lesya Ryabtseva publishes ambiguous photos: she makes faces, shows unshaven armpits, takes funny selfies and posts five photos of the same location. In posts and tweets, the journalist allows himself sharp and categorical statements about Russian feminism, American conspiracies, pornography, art and other eternal or momentary topics, which corresponds to Lesya's status as the main brawler.

Lesya Ryabtseva now

On March 31, 2016, the announcement of a new radio program appeared, the topic of which was announced to be a discussion of culture, and the radio host was Lesya Ryabtseva. On April 14, 2016, the promised program “Aurant” went on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station. The talk show was held in the format of a meeting with guests, one way or another connected with current cultural events. Yury Grymov, Sergey Shargunov, Dmitry Enteo, Maxim Kononenko and others visited the Auror's studio.

In the summer of 2016, Lesya Ryabtseva appeared on the political stage. On August 16, the TV presenter received the position of head of the campaign headquarters of a candidate for deputy to the State Duma from the Party of Growth and editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine Ksenia Sokolova, and Sokolov personally appointed Lesya head of the headquarters.

In 2017, Lesya Ryabtseva became a participant in the show "The Bachelor", and according to the fans of the show, Lesya is the brightest star of the project.

Lesya admitted to fellow journalists that she combines business with pleasure: as a press representative, Ryabtseva learns from her own experience how reality shows work, and as a fragile girl, whom the radio host calls herself, struggles with complexes and leaves her comfort zone. At the same time, the girl is open to the gifts of fate and new relationships.

The actor of the series "Interns" became a bachelor in the fifth season, in which Lesya appeared. At the very first meeting with Ilya Ryabtseva, she declared that she hated actors, but this categorical phrase did not alienate the bachelor, but rather fueled Glinnikov's interest in the girl. Lesya Ryabtseva also quarreled with other female contestants more than once. When asked about the reasons for such actions, the journalist replied that she hates commercialism, bragging and pomposity, and therefore cannot remain silent in such cases. In an interview on the TV show, Lesya also called the competitors cultureless, and also admitted that she did not consider them her equals.

During filming, Lesya Ryabtseva badly injured her leg and ended up in the hospital. Ilya Glinnikov helped the girl in the first minutes after the injury, and then visited the hospital, which brought the participants closer.

The journalist reached the final of the show, but lost and.

Projects

• 2011-2015 - "Echo of Moscow"
• 2015 - "New Russian sensations"
• 2016 - Auror
• 2017 - "The Bachelor"

Until recently, people far from media life, having heard about Lesya's scandalous broadcasts, looked at her as if through a microscope, and wondered who Alexei Venediktov warmed on his chest. After Ryabtseva's scandalous columns on the Echo website, journalist Sergei Korzun, who was the editor-in-chief in the early years of the radio station's existence, resigned. And the writer Boris Akunin said that he forbids Ekho Moskvy from publishing his posts on the site because of Lesya Ryabtseva's column. Several others followed suit. Then there was the broadcast of Ryabtseva with Shenderovich, where the presenter stated that 8 million people live in Russia.

How much? - Shenderovich asked, not believing his ears.

8 million though I could be wrong. I am a humanist and I have a problem with numbers.

Then there was the scandalous departure of Ryabtseva from the radio station. But before finally slamming the door, she acted as the heroine of the film, which was shown on NTV.

“... Ryabtsev’s lack of education more than compensates for his militant vindictiveness: “If a person allows himself to be attacked in my direction, I have the right to answer.” The "attack", according to the program, was allowed by many, but Lesya also has no one forgotten, nothing is forgotten. She speaks of her former colleagues with a feeling of the deepest disgust. A master class from Lesya evokes a similar reaction, ”wrote then, in 2015, Novaya Gazeta columnist Slava Taroshchina about the film“ Queen of Scandal ”.

And now three years have passed. The story associated with Ryabtseva was practically forgotten. Those who left once, offended by her behavior, returned safely to the Echo. It is difficult to trace the fate of the infamous journalist today, since she practically does not create informational reasons. True, in the last month, several of her posts have appeared on Echo.

I meet her, accompanied by my students, on the first floor of the Faculty of Publishing and Journalism of the Moscow Poly, in the recent past of the Moscow University of Printing Arts named after Ivan Fedorov. The initiative to invite her came from the guys. In correspondence with student Olga, Lesya doubted that the "teachers" would allow her to speak at the university. The students were waiting for my decision, it did not come immediately. And Lesya herself postponed our meeting several times.

She is in a long coat, very young. At first glance, she looks the same age as my students. Everyone who traditionally goes to such events, or heard something about the scandals at Echo, or dreams of working there, gathered to meet her. There are no random people here, as the meeting is scheduled outside the schedule.

Lesya starts almost from the threshold.

I'll tell you what I'm doing now. I don't work in media, but I work with media. I have my own agency and I help people and companies connect with people through new media or through social networks. I tell them what you can say, what you can’t, how to produce yourself, how to make yourself a speaker. Basically it's called PR, but what I do is different from what PR people do because I understand how journalism works. Because unlike many journalists who have achieved nothing in the profession, I have achieved a lot.

When I came to the radio station as a trainee, I immediately realized that I was a complete zero. At that time, a socio-political journalist did not exist for me at all. For a long time I didn’t have a workplace on the Echo, I sat on a stool with my laptop, which constantly heated my knees and was discharged. But I tried every minute to show my strengths. Yes, I am a complete zero, I am a fig journalist, I have only two journalism courses under my belt, but I am super-disciplined in terms of completing tasks. If it was necessary to do something, I took it and did it for free: I want, I will, I can. I trained in the production department. My duties included calling and reminding guests that they had air. It took me six months to understand how the editorial office works, to understand myself and overcome the fear of talking to an unknown person. I was afraid to call people, for example, Evgenia Albats. I told myself that I definitely wouldn’t call her, so as not to be nervous. I knew that she would definitely yell at me for calling her at the wrong time.

These six months were spent to “pump” myself just as a person, and not as a journalist. Although I think that one follows from the other. A journalist is a human communicator, connecting, creating, transmitting. And if you, as a person, do not have communication skills, then you will not be a journalist either. Need to learn. And after six months, something began to work out for me. And after a year and a half, I got bored. I then came to Venediktov with a request to give me something else in order to learn something else and find myself. And then this story happened with Lesya Ryabtseva.

- History ? - one of the students asks. At first, there is a feeling that Lesya is asking this question to herself.

At that time, I was rushing about, I didn’t know what I wanted to do: stay in public or go into management. My condition coincided with what was happening on the "Echo", it was under threat of closure. Then Venediktov set me the task of constantly creating informational occasions so that scandalous news from Echo would be brought to Putin’s table, so that he would have it at his hearing. The second task is to make the radio station more popular.

various scandals had to constantly flare up around me in order to maximize the audience of "Echo"

Before that, only fellow journalists, my peers, and an Internet party knew me. In order to get people to pay attention to me, Venediktov and I came up with my new image together. We drew it based on the heroes of pop culture, based on the scandalous series. I had to be constantly in the role of an upstart, various scandals had to constantly flare up around me in order to maximize the audience of Echo. To be honest, I didn't want to do it. I didn't want to become a public person. I had terrible doubts about this for six months. After several scandals, my image began to emerge, interest arose in me. This could be used. And I took advantage.

- Scandal for the sake of scandal? - I heard a question from the audience.

Of course not. I then had great opportunities and resources to do what fully met my needs. Not every person has such an opportunity to do what he wants. I had this opportunity because I became close to Venediktov. If I did broadcast, then only those that I wanted, which I was interested in hosting. I launched my own programs that met my personal interests. If I dealt with films, then I edited what I wanted.

My relationship with him as editor-in-chief is unique. We are still in touch. I invite him to some of my events and projects. And then he gave me complete freedom. Today I understand that there should not be such a relationship with the editor-in-chief. We were always in close contact with him. Thanks to Venik, I talked with Lavrov, saw Putin, talked with Khodorkovsky. During one visit nose to nose, I ran into Obama in the hallway. I still kick myself for not even taking a picture. It's just that no one was expecting him at that moment.

- You wrote and talked about the fact that you had constant skirmishes with colleagues, guests of the radio station. Why?

I was still nobody when Sobchak said something about the girl Lesya Ryabtseva. For me it was strange: where is Sobchak and where am I? I was not in Moscow, I was visiting my grandmother when Korzun left Echo. I didn't do anything to this man. I saw him three times in total on Echo. I don't know and still don't understand. Inside the radio station, they stopped communicating with me. They didn't even greet me. Journalists from other media started petitions to get me fired. Famous speakers refused to cooperate with the radio station while I was on it. But in everything and always I was supported by Venediktov. And I was ready to endure spitting in the back, because I was sure that I was doing an important thing.

On Echo, I launched the only charity program about social programs in Russia at that time and made it popular. I communicated with ministries, lobbied for laws, initiated meetings of a working group to change the opinion of an official about journalism. Venediktov put me on the production of his personal program about foreign rulers.

In search of information, I used not only the Internet, but also social networks. I created a group, corresponded with activists. Then, on its basis, we created our own network of foreign correspondents. We had a journalist in every country we could call and ask a question. This group included journalists from major news agencies, local residents, activists, and bloggers. I wrote a code of conduct for a journalist on social networks, brought young and capable journalists to the radio station. Where I just didn’t visit then: the UN, NATO, with Khodorkovsky, when he was released, I did a three-hour interview.

Venediktov understood that at the point that I would find, there would be, among other things, the future of Echo, because he was assembling a team for the future. He is not eternal, he needs a replacement.

I was the only person who could object to him. At that time I was 20 years old

A broom on Echo is everything: a logistician and a manager, a content journalist and an editor. We talked a lot about the future of the radio station. Colleagues were jealous because he gave me a lot of time and attention. We had not only professional relations, we were friends and talked a lot. When I came to work for him as an assistant, he was in some kind of vacuum. He was flattered, he was lied to, because they were afraid of losing their job. He could not speak with anyone on an equal footing, on purity. I was the only person who could object to him. At that time I was 20 years old.

- Thanks to what abilities did you get carte blanche? the students asked.

I'm cool. And my virtues are that I do not keep my mouth shut. I say everything in the forehead. I am very straightforward - this is the first. And secondly, I'm sincere. I am also very emotional and charismatic. And that's how I made myself classy.

Leslie speaks quickly and forcefully. She needs to speak up. Only once does she stumble slightly when someone in the audience begins to noisily comment on her words. She instantly reacts: “Well, you are there…”.

- Were you ashamed of something? - I ask a question.

I'm ashamed of my comment on Posner's answer. I asked him: "What is your biggest fear?" He said, "I'm afraid of going blind." To which I answered him: "Well, nothing, you will leave the TV set for the radio." That's what I was ashamed of. I apologized to him three times. Listen, everyone is ashamed of their own. It seems to me that goal-setting is important here - why are you doing this. I went for some terrible, shameful things, but if I understood that I needed to do it, I did it. It is a shame to kick someone who is weaker than you, it is a shame that you cannot help a child, a grandmother, it is a shame as a journalist to hide information about some kind of misfortune. And to argue and express your opinion should not be ashamed and provoke should not be ashamed. I was a provocateur, and I should not have been ashamed.

- Today you do not regret that you went to NTV? - the question sounds from the back rows.

No. Do you know why I made this show? Do not you know? What would you do in my place? It's always easy to judge others without getting to the bottom of it. When I told Venediktov that I was leaving, I immediately asked him not to make a show out of my departure. I promised to close all cases in two weeks in order to leave with my team calmly, without scandals. But the show happened. Behind my back, they started blackmailing the guys, threatening them, either you stay and get broadcasts, or leave with Lesya, but then the path to journalism is closed to you. What should a person who is 20 years old and who dreams of being in journalism do? Many stayed, but I don't think the guys betrayed me. I can't be offended by them. I can only be offended by Venediktov, I believed him unconditionally then, and supported him in everything.

That's when NTV came into being. I wanted to stand up for myself and protect myself. We had a ban on commenting on the work of colleagues on Echo. Unfortunately, for many of them, this rule did not work for me. Therefore, when I left Echo, my hands were untied. I then said to myself: “I am no longer on Echo, and I am no longer with Venik.” Because it's a shame, because it's painful and unpleasant. No, I don't regret it.

The students and I had a great desire to ask Lesya other uncomfortable questions. But we did not dare to do this, given its special position. Saying goodbye, we talked with her about the years of her studies at the Faculty of Journalism at the Russian State University for the Humanities. Lesya admitted that she studied there only two courses, after which she “scored” her studies, leaving for Echo.

After the meeting, we did not part with the students for a long time, we moved from the audience to the cafe. There were more questions to each other than answers. I looked at the guys and understood that Lesya's confession about her dizzying career, which ended in a scandalous film on NTV, confused them. Many of them learned about this side of the profession for the first time.

Listening to their reflections, I remembered a small provincial Ural newspaper - my first job in the media, which later determined my difficult path to journalism. But there are no easy ways for anyone in this profession. The main thing, probably, is that young people do not give up at the beginning of the journey, and emotional burnout does not occur. As for the rest, how will it turn out for anyone.

Lesya Ryabtseva is a well-known Russian journalist originally from Volgograd. Today she is 27 years old and not married. According to the zodiac sign Leo. Among colleagues and show business stars, Lesya is known as the "queen of scandals." People's opinions about this girl as a person differ: some say that she is kind, while others call her a real boorish woman.

Biography of Lesya Ryabtseva

Our heroine was born in the summer of 1991 in the city of Volgograd (Russia). Her parents ran their own business, so the girl from childhood got used to living in a big way. She was dad's favorite, and he often spoiled his daughter with expensive gifts, exquisite sweets. Lesya Ryabtseva also loved to show off expensive books and toys to her peers.

When the girl was 5 years old, her family moved to Moscow. It was in this city that little Lesya went to first grade. Parents preferred a private educational institution. However, due to their daughter's too active and sometimes hooligan behavior, they were forced to transfer her to a public school.

The further fate of the girl

According to her parents, at school Lesya Ryabtseva was not the same as her classmates. She did not like lollipops, bright dresses and playing with dolls. She loved to read books and was the smartest girl in the class.

There were only two fours in the school certificate, otherwise the girl studied perfectly. The parents were proud of their child. Lesya's plans were to enter MEPhI, but given her ability in mathematics, she changed her mind and entered a general humanitarian university at the Faculty of Philology. However, the girl never received a diploma. The thesis work seemed to Lesya Ryabtseva too tedious and uninteresting, and she failed her surrender.

Journalism

The girl's career as a journalist began when she was a student. She was one of the employees of a large website about Moscow life, Big City. After the second year, Lesya Alexandrovna Ryabtseva went on an internship with Alexei Venediktov. Every student dreamed of falling into his professional hands, but only our heroine was lucky. After that, there were rumors that her wealthy father, who paid a bribe for his daughter, took part in this. Lesya herself refutes this and insists that she was just lucky.

It was Venediktov who saw a talented journalist in the girl. From the first days, he gave Lesia the position of his assistant and the opportunity to maintain his own page on the Internet.

Ryabtseva's blog was called "Edge of the Ear". Here she shares with her readers her impressions of meetings with famous people, including the first politicians of the country. Such acquaintances in the life of a girl appeared thanks to her patron Venediktov. With him, she went to all events, attended secular parties and parties.

Because of Lesia, Ekho Moskvy lost one of the best presenters, whom she simply did not let go on the air. This act attracted a lot of attention to the girl, but Alexei defended her to the last. After some time, Ryabtseva left Venediktov, as she considered that she already deserved more.

scandal queen

After leaving the Venediktov team, Lesya was nicknamed the "queen of scandals." She took the rights to several projects that Alexey helped her open and considered this a fair decision. Ryabtseva said that she plans to open her own business and recruit former colleagues.

After the scandalous departure from Ekho Moskvy, Lesya appeared on one of the Russian TV channels, where she spoke in an unfriendly manner about how she had to work with Alexei and other employees. She expressed many claims towards Venediktov, which amazed the audience. After all, many thought that she liked this work.

After that, Ryabtseva repeatedly appeared in various programs, where she spoke about Ksenia Sobchak, Alexei Navalny and Putin in not the best words. Her courage was envied by many.

The next scandal associated with our heroine occurred after the release of the next issue of the Special Opinion program, where Lesya said that the population of the Russian Federation is only 8 million people. A lot of unpleasant comments and ridicule from the people did not bother the journalist. She left the studio without even blushing or admitting her mistake.

In 2015, Lesya became the star of another scandal. Her nude pictures spread all over the Internet, which caused a storm of negative emotions not only among ordinary readers, but also among her colleagues. This did not in the least confuse the journalist. Anton Martynov, who took these pictures, posted these photos on the net himself. Many took this as an attempt to prove to people that this iron lady is in fact an elegant and gentle girl.

Personal life of Lesya Ryabtseva

Ever since her appearance in well-known circles, the girl's private life has been the main goal of many journalists. However, Lesya never caught the eye of the press with her lover.

Some media have information that Ryabtseva has been dating the famous writer Eduard Bagirov for many years. In one of her interviews, Lesya herself seemed to confirm this fact. In addition, she posted a picture, which shows Edward alone in a cafe. Nothing more is known about this couple.

Lesya Ryabtseva is a vegetarian, she has no bad habits.

Smoking, alcohol and gambling are taboo for her. In addition, she is not Orthodox, as many people think. The girl professes Gaudiya Vaishnavism - one of the directions of Hinduism. Her teacher lives in the United States of America.

Olesya Alexandrovna Ryabtseva maintains an active page on Instagram, where she regularly publishes provocative photos: unshaven armpits, funny faces and pictures from early morning without makeup. Apparently, she cannot do without gossip and scandals around her.

0 June 4, 2015, 19:39

Lesya Ryabtseva, assistant to the editor-in-chief of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, is not the first time she has become the culprit of a scandal. This time, the young journalist wrote a column on her blog called "About how she was looking for a ridge and did not find it." It is about Mikhail Kasyanov, who refused to air on "Echo" - his girlfriend reproaches him with "spinelessness".

Lesya did not name the hero of her monologue, but it soon became known that it was Kasyanov who did not come on the air. Here is what the journalist writes about it:

One of these days one politician refused to air on "Echo". I was the reason. More precisely, not so. The reason was the unprofessionalism of this politician. Because before me, the politician refused to broadcast with some other journalists of "Echo".

The respected one didn’t bother to personally announce his refusal either this time or the previous ones - first he sent an assistant (poor girl), and then some under-oppositionist made a statement on his behalf on her Twitter.

I won't talk about the fact that the rejection came the same day, I won't whine about the fact that it was a live broadcast, I won't even say that the rejection came 3 hours before ... And in the end, this all led to some inconvenience. But who are we - journalists of a "small provincial radio station," as Venediktov likes to say. It's our job to clean up the cranks.

But I will say that the unprofessionalism of such politicians will not take our country far. What crowds of protesters can we talk about.

Further, Ryabtseva, not particularly embarrassed in terms, suggests that the same politician "recognizes the superiority of journalists over himself. Or his insignificance in front of them," and also concludes that if you "dream of calm airs and" warm water ", you definitely cannot stay in politics".

"Echo", politician, not for people like you,

Lesya completes her monologue.

I must say that the release of the column not only caused a lot of angry comments, but also turned into a major scandal. The writer Boris Akunin refused to cooperate with the radio station after the appearance of this text. He wrote on social media:

At one time, I gave permission to your site to take from my LiveJournal and Facebook page any materials that seem interesting to you. This permit is revoked as of today. I don't want you to see my texts anymore.

The reason is today's publication on your site, written by the assistant editor-in-chief of the radio station.

Akunin cites those quotes that especially touched him, and sums up:

Well, then, "Echo" and not for people like me. I understand everything about "a wide range of opinions", but this has nothing to do with opinions, it's just an abomination.

Farewell. Sorry, condolences, wish you a speedy recovery.

The user sunnyrain also tells us about Akunin's reaction.

Alexey Venediktov apologized to those who were offended by the column of his employee. In his blog on the Ekho Moskvy page, he addressed the public:

I would like to apologize to our readers and site visitors who might feel offended by the tone of statements in the blogs, and I ask colleagues to remember that sometimes the tone overlaps the essence of considerations.

He added that the radio station's policy of inviting guests remains unchanged and is entirely within the competence of the editor-in-chief. The journalist expresses his opinion, but the decision about the guests is made by the editor-in-chief.

Separately, I will add that I regret the refusal of authors important to us to cooperate with the Echo website and I hope that after my explanations and apologies, they will return to consideration of the issue of cooperation,

Written by Venediktov.

Recall that Lesya Ryabtseva has repeatedly turned out to be the heroine of scandalous stories. In January, due to a conflict with her, blogger Mitya Aleshkovsky was suspended from the air. In April, she stated live on the Special Opinion program that eight million people live in Russia, and also called the writer Viktor Shenderovich an "idle talker" and a "preacher." And at the end of May, one of the founders of Ekho Moskvy, Sergei Korzun, announced his retirement from the radio station. The reason was the publications of Lesya Ryabtseva, in which she called the representatives of the opposition "ruthless, at the same time spineless and lying to themselves rednecks."

It is not surprising that there were suggestions about the "special" nature of Ryabtseva's relationship with her boss, but Lesya herself believes that Alexei Venediktov himself deliberately provoked these gossip. In an interview with Ksenia Sokolova on Snob.ru, she stated:

It seems to me that it is beneficial for Venik to support rumors about our romance, he inflates them himself in order to attract attention. But in reality there is nothing like that.

According to Ryabtseva, she even forbids her boss to draw attention to her:

I forbade taking pictures of me and posting these photos on Instagram and Twitter. I believe that I have outgrown the level when I carried suitcases for him, like Putin did for Sobchak in his time. I said that I would not go to events as a secretary because I am not an escort girl!

To Sokolova’s question about why Venediktov values ​​Lesya’s opinion so much and listens to him, the girl replied:

Maybe I'm just being sincere? I never flirted with him, did not fawn, told the truth. When he realized that my advice was effective, he began to listen carefully. What I did was always effective - in terms of ratings. I raised projects from scratch, the numbers spoke for themselves. Venediktov saw that if I took the project, I would bring it to perfection...

His radio, broadcast - for him the most important thing in life. And one of his mistresses, if they are just mistresses, he would never let on the air, but I have airs!

In the same interview, Lesya Ryabtseva said that she got on Ekho Moskvy when she was sent to practice after her third year at the university (Journalism Faculty of the Russian State University for the Humanities). After two weeks of internship, she was offered the position of guest producer. A year and a half ago, Ryabtseva replaced Venediktov's former assistant, who left for an internship in the United States.

Source Echo of Moscow

Source Snob.ru

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