Veronika Borisovna Belotserkovskaya (Russian: Вероника Борисовна Белоцерковская; born 25 June 1970) is a Russian journalist, media manager, blogger, TV presenter, publisher and entrepreneur, author of popular cookbooks. She has also been a publisher at Sobaka.ru and also owns a culinary school in southern France.
Veronika Belotserkovskaya | |
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| Born | (1970-06-25) 25 June 1970 (age 52) Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology |
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| Spouse(s) | Yan Antonyshev (divorced)Boris Belotserkovsky
(m. 2000; div. 2017) |
| Children | 3 |
She was born on 25 June 1970 in Odessa[1] in the family of an engineer and a teacher of the Russian language. She attended the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology and later the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors.
Prior 2003, Belotserkovskaya was involved in television advertising and was co-owner and general director of the Trend St. Petersburg. She owned the Moscow and Saint Petersburg versions of Time Out before selling them to "C-Media" in 2014.[2] A video version of the culinary recipes of Veronika Belotserkovskaya was released on the Domashny TV channel.[3][4] In 2014, Belotserkovskaya starred in the ironic video clip of the Leningrad song "Patriotka".[5]
On 16 March 2022, Belotserkovskaya became the first individual charged under the "fake news law" in absentia.[6][7] Belotserkovskaya herself learned about the criminal case “from Telegram channels”.[8]
Belotserkovskaya was first married to artist Yan Antonyshev and for several years with whom she has a son.[9] Her second husband was businessman Boris Belotserkovsky.[9] They had two sons before divorcing in 2017.[9] Belotserkovskaya currently lives in southern France.[10]