An interview given by Alexey to Xenia Sobchak. Xenia is a Russian public figure, TV anchor, journalist, socialite and actress. She is the younger daughter of the first democratically elected mayor of Saint Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, who was one of Vladimir Putin's mentors, and the Russian senator Lyudmila Narusova. Sobchak's father, Anatoly, had been both Vladimir Putin's and Dmitry Medvedev's law professor at Leningrad State University. He built a close relationship with Putin, in particular, and in 1991 Anatoly helped launch Putin's career in politics when he was the mayor of Saint Petersburg. Putin then helped Anatoly flee Russia when he was wanted on corruption charges.[19] According to the Moscow News, "Putin's reported affection for the Sobchak family is widely believed to give Ksenia Sobchak a protected status. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Privateer Station on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1582435 PS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/privateerstation PS on iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-privateer-station-war-in-uk-101486106/ PS on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5iEdf0Jyw1Y3kN04k8rPib PS on ApplePodcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/privateer-station-war-in-ukraine/id1648603352 PS on Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNTY0NzQzOS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk PS on PadcastAddict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/4079993 PS on PodChaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/privateer-station-war-in-ukrai-4860097 PS on Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/show/4546617 If you like what we do and would like to support our work, consider joining this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT3qCbfcPbnph7QS3CPBTMQ/join or Support us on Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/privateer-station-war-in-ukraine--5647439/support