Political Background and Activities
Sobchak's father, Anatoly, helped Vladimir Putin launch his career in politics when he was Mayor of St. Petersburg. Putin then helped Anatoly flee Russia when he was wanted on corruption charges. According to the Moscow News, "Putin's reported affection for the Sobchak family is widely believed to give Ksenia Sobchak a protected status, which may also explain her boldness", such as her encounter in October 2011 with Vasily Yakemenko, the controversial leader of the pro-Kremlin Nashi youth movement, when she reprimanded him for eating at an expensive restaurant in Moscow and published a video of the encounter on the internet. However, less than two months later her further actions have caused her relationship with Putin to look more questionable. After the parliament elections held on December 4, 2011, which are known for the large number of alleged fraud reports, Sobchak joined the protest rallies held in Russia as a response to the alleged electoral frauds. She also took part in the campaign against Putin's re-election, working as an observer during the president elections held on March 4, 2012. She was one of the Russian protest leaders targeted by the Investigative Committee of Russia on June 12, 2012 when her apartment in Moscow was entered and searched.
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