1980 - Today
Margarita Simonovna Simonyan (Russian: Маргарита Симоновна Симоньян; born 6 April 1980) is a Russian media executive. She is the editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT, as well as the state-owned media group Rossiya Segodnya.She covered the Second Chechen War in the 2000s while working as a journalist. Subsequently, she worked at Krasnodar television, was VGTRK's own correspondent in Rostov-on-Don, and worked as a special correspondent for the Vesti TV news program. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margarita Simonyan has received more than 724,929 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Margarita Simonyan is the 110th most popular journalist (down from 105th in 2019), the 2,278th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,050th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Journalist.
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Among journalists, Margarita Simonyan ranks 110 out of 127. Before her are Anja Niedringhaus, Amy Goodman, Peter Jennings, Tucker Carlson, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, and Kenji Nagai. After her are Yvonne Ridley, Pavel Sheremet, Khadija Ismayilova, Samantha Power, Rosanna Marani, and Adrian Lamo.
1965 - 2014
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 104
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 105
1938 - 2005
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 106
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 107
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 108
1957 - 2007
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 109
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 110
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 111
1971 - 2016
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 112
1976 - Present
HPI: 37.98
Rank: 113
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 114
1946 - Present
HPI: 37.07
Rank: 115
1981 - 2018
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 116
Among people born in 1980, Margarita Simonyan ranks 253. Before her are David Haye, Satoshi Ohno, Patrick Friesacher, Mark Bresciano, Vibeke Skofterud, and Shaun Evans. After her are Javier Chevantón, Lee Jung-hyun, Han Chae-young, Monique Coleman, Kengo Nakamura, and Igor Vori.
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 247
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 248
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.91
Rank: 249
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 250
1980 - 2018
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 251
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 252
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 253
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 254
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 255
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 256
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.65
Rank: 257
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 258
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 259
Among people born in Russia, Margarita Simonyan ranks 2,278 out of 3,262. Before her are Timati (1983), Aleksei Miranchuk (1995), Sergei Treshchov (1958), Mikhail Porechenkov (1969), Vadim Repin (1971), and Eduard Ivanov (1938). After her are Maria Kirilenko (1987), Arkady Babchenko (1977), Artur Beterbiev (1985), Aleksandr Uvarov (1960), Oksana Akinshina (1987), and Pavel Pogrebnyak (1983).
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 2,272
1995 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 2,273
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 2,274
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 2,275
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 2,276
1938 - 2012
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 2,277
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 2,278
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.82
Rank: 2,279
1977 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 2,280
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 2,281
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 2,282
1987 - Present
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 2,283
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 2,284
Among journalists born in Russia, Margarita Simonyan ranks 5. Before her are Yuri Bezmenov (1939), Vladislav Listyev (1956), Dmitry Kiselyov (1954), and Vladimir Solovyov (1963). After her are Zhanna Nemtsova (1984).
1939 - 1993
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 1
1956 - 1995
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 2
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 3
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 4
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 5
1984 - Present
HPI: 31.77
Rank: 6