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Andrey Karaulov gets inspired by engaging in debauchery
In retaliation against his ex-wife, who did not want to endure bullying, the TV presenter stole her child.
Svetlana Orlova
In the program “Moment of Truth,” Andrei Karaulov loves to castigate vices and fight for the triumph of law and justice, masterfully branding everyone and everything. But this is a screen image. And in life his actions are very far from the correct words that he speaks from the “box”. The first time the TV star was publicly exposed happened when he behaved unworthily when divorcing his second wife, Natalya Mironova. Fiercely dividing property, he sacrificed himself to the saints - he abandoned his one-year-old daughter. The story of the divorce from the third wife, Ksenia Kolpakova, is even dirtier than the previous one.
Ksenia left the TV presenter a year and a half ago, having lived with him for seven years. At first he did not take her action seriously. After all, she did not apply for alimony, did not demand division of property.
I grabbed my 3-year-old son and slammed the door, telling Andrey: “I’m disgusted, dirty, sick of being with you,” recalls Ksenia. - The husband was very hurt. Before, he himself decided who to be with and whom to kick out. “I’m famous, brilliant, I can do anything, but who are you? Yes, women flock to me for an autograph, I just have to beckon, and any of them is mine, and will consider it happiness just to stand next to me. You will pay for your stupidity, I will make your life unbearable, you will crawl to me and ask to come back! You will understand your mistake, but then we’ll talk differently,” he shouted at me. That's carried out the threat: stole his son. And Vasya has allergies and problems with speech. Andrey does not know what procedures the child needs, what he can eat and what he cannot. He was never interested in this - he had no time. Where is Vasya now, who is looking after him - I don’t know anything. Karaulov does not answer my calls. How can you separate a 4-year-old child from his mother, especially one who is mentally very vulnerable; doesn’t he really feel sorry for his own child? - the ex-wife of the TV star laments.
Why did you suddenly feel sick of living with Karaulov, because everything started out so beautifully? - I asked, trying to understand the origins of today's drama.
“This is how rednecks live”
Their marriage was made in heaven in the most literal sense: they met on an airplane. The young ITAR-TASS political commentator Ksenia Kolpakova accompanied Gennady Seleznev during his visit to South Korea as part of the official delegation. And a famous TV personality interviewed the then Speaker of the State Duma. He liked the pretty young journalist.
Andrey is charming, artistic, and it’s incredibly interesting to be in his company,” Ksenia pays tribute to her ex-husband.
We returned to Moscow on the eve of the May holidays. Ksenia immediately left with her mother to vacation in the Czech Republic. Karaulov unexpectedly came to Prague and said that he missed him very much. And then, when she flew away on business trips, often, regardless of the distance, he came just to have dinner together.
Yes, it all started beautifully,” says Karaulov’s ex-wife, sighing.
The newlyweds and their guests rushed to the Griboedovsky registry office in two seven-meter limousines. After registration we rode on a boat with gypsies. And the wedding took place at the Metropol.
Of course, I knew that he had two wives and hundreds of mistresses before me. I didn’t want to hear gossip about an ugly divorce from my predecessor. I was a fool, I firmly believed that he wouldn’t do that to me.
The first serious disagreement happened even before the birth of their son Vasya. Offended, Ksenia went to her parents and lived with them for six months. Then she realized that if she wanted to stand on her own two feet, she had to become independent. With the help of friends, I took out a soft loan and opened a cafe on Lyalin Lane.
They said that Andrei gave me a cafe, but he didn’t help in any way,” she assures.
After living alone for a while, Ksenia finally returned to her husband and decided to have a child, hoping that this would strengthen the family. But it turned out the other way around.
Andrey does not like to travel alone on business trips. Previously, I always accompanied him, but after the birth of my son I could no longer run after him, because I couldn’t abandon my baby. Karaulov then began to take women with him for company, without even hiding it from me,” says the former wife of the TV star. - My husband went crazy and began to brazenly, openly, cheat. He even brought ladies to our house, at least in my absence. He didn’t feel guilty, he said: “I’m a genius, and geniuses have their own characteristics. Monotonous sex depresses creativity, I need new experiences with different women. Read Cora Landau’s memoirs and learn from her how to love your husband.” The wife of a famous physicist tells in the book things that do not fit into my ideas about family life: she herself brought mistresses to her husband, set the table, made the bed, walked in the yard, waiting for everything to be over, and then cleaned up and continued to live as if nothing had happened. what never happened. So Andrei wanted me to become a dumb slave. According to him, loyalty and traditional family values are boring. He said: “This is how rednecks live.” Any of my objections caused rudeness; he could even curse me in front of his son.
But the child sees how his mother is treated. And I realized: if I don’t want to lose my son’s respect, I need to run away from Karaulov’s house as soon as possible.
Complex monster
Andrey asserts himself at the expense of those who depend on him, continues Ksenia.
According to her, he curses and humiliates employees, security guards, housekeepers, and everyone who cannot answer him on equal terms. Ksenia tried to find an explanation for this character trait of Karaulov and believes that many of her ex-husband’s complexes are from childhood. Andrei’s mother told her daughter-in-law how she raised him. She wanted to raise her son to be a musician. She tied 5-year-old Andryusha to a chair and gave him a violin. Then she dialed the office phone number and went to work, which was not far from home. In the office I picked up the phone and listened to the boy whine for an hour and a half to two hours. And then she came back and untied him.
This attitude could not help but humiliate me. Having become an adult, Andrei takes out his childhood grievances on the weak,” Ksenia concludes. - In his family it is not customary to show warm feelings. His mother recently had cancer surgery. I told my husband: “You are driving past the hospital to visit your mother. When she sees you, she will feel better.” But Andrey called my words empty lyrics, believing that he paid for the treatment and that was enough.
In September, Karaulov celebrated 49 years at Metropol. And after the banquet he called his ex-wife and boasted:
I gathered all the influential people in Moscow. None of them dared to ignore the invitation. Now I felt that I could do anything. It was a rehearsal for the 50th anniversary, and I will celebrate the anniversary in the Kremlin.
“He said this in all seriousness,” Ksenia is amazed. “He really thinks he can rule the world.”
Merciless Avenger
After the divorce, the TV presenter filed a lawsuit to determine the order of communication with his son. The court found that the father could see the child on Saturdays from 9 am to 9 pm. But Ksenia allowed him to communicate with his son not only on Saturdays, but at any time. She did not denigrate the father in the child’s eyes, she only explained that dad lives separately because he has a lot of work.
The ex-husband did not give a penny for his son. As soon as we officially divorced, my cafe, the only source of my income, was suddenly bombarded with inspections from the SES, tax, and fire inspectors. Karaulov, using his connections, tried to strangle my business and bring me to my knees. Friends helped me survive. Andrei spread gossip that I was a drug addict, an alcoholic. At that time I got married, became pregnant with twins and was in confinement. Due to the hassle, there was a threat of miscarriage. The babies were born prematurely. Their lives were in danger.
Having learned about Ksenia’s new marriage, the abandoned TV star began to poison her life with renewed vigor. At the same time, Karaulov insisted that the boy live with him four days a week, and filed a lawsuit to review the decision on the procedure for meetings with the child. This summer, Karaulov asked Ksenia for permission to spend a vacation with his son. And although the court decision does not provide for this, she agreed. In addition, the doctors recommended Vasya treatment in Yevpatoria. Ksenia invited her ex-husband to take her son to the sea. But since the TV presenter cannot provide care for the baby, she asked that a nanny or grandmother look after Vasya. At first Karaulov agreed, but then said that he did not need witnesses, because he would not go alone, but with his girlfriend.
I objected: “You choose: either a child or your personal life,” says Ksenia. - Andrey refused. Then I said that Vasya would go abroad with his grandmother, and asked for permission to take his son abroad. Andrey did not sign the paper. He didn’t even offer money for expensive treatment and started a new fuss.
Having clarified the procedure for taking children abroad, Ksenia learned that only her consent was sufficient. As soon as Vasya and his grandmother left for the resort, the TV presenter, a great master of the colloquial and epistolary genre, scribbled a statement to the prosecutor's office - allegedly his ex-wife kidnapped the child, hired a charter and took him away using forged documents.
At this time, Ksenia was in the hospital with two newborns. Investigators burst into her room and dragged her away for interrogation. When it turned out that she had done nothing illegal, the case was closed.
The prosecutor's office told me that there is every reason to open a criminal case against Karaulov for knowingly false denunciation. All that was required from me was a statement. But I had no time for that: one of the twins could not be saved. I don’t know how I had the strength to survive this terrible grief. And I didn’t want to take revenge, I hoped that Andrey would calm down,” says Ksenia.
Insidious kidnapping
Two weeks ago, Vasya, as usual, was walking with his nanny near the house on Liza Chaikina Street, where he lives with his mother and little brother. Two foreign cars drove up to the house. Karaulov sat in one of them, and the guards in the other. The bodyguards jumped out of the car and pushed the nanny away, while Karaulov grabbed his son and took him away. The unfortunate mother wrote a statement to the police, the prosecutor's office, and turned for help to the bailiffs and the chief ombudsman for children's rights. Nobody kicks her off, but the prosecutor's office does not open a criminal case, the bailiffs are in no hurry to enforce the court decision and return the child to the mother.
It’s bitter, but life shows that Karaulov is right when he says that he doesn’t care about anything. He continues to teach everyone from the screen and talk about law-abidingness. Meanwhile, he himself, without a twinge of conscience, violates the court’s decision. He crushed everyone with his authority and connections. Officials are afraid to contact him. He kidnapped a child, and although the law is on my side, it’s like I’m running into a blank wall and I can’t get my son back,” Ksenia despairs.
Unable to bear it, she cried in the prosecutor's office and asked what she should do. The authorities replied: “Have you watched the film “Voroshilov Shooter”?” But she really shouldn’t pick up a rifle, following the example of the hero Mikhail Ulyanov. She still doesn’t want to think that lynching is the only way out of this terrible situation. He believes that there will be justice for the all-powerful TV star.
Father and children
* As a student, Karaulov had an affair with a peer. She came to Moscow from Irkutsk. The girl took the courtship seriously and invited Andrei to visit to introduce her to her parents. After living with a friend for a while, Karaulov returned to Moscow. Soon the girl made her lover happy: they will have a child. But that was not the case: Andrei, fearing troubles on the Komsomol line, recognized his daughter Lidochka, but refused to marry. The young father never wanted to see the child. When the girl was 16 years old, her mother told her that she had an influential father in Moscow and advised her to go to him and ask for help. Karaulov was not very happy about his adult daughter falling on his head. But he didn’t want a scandal even more, because he was a public person. The unfortunate father bought Lida an apartment and arranged for her to study at the institute.
* In 1990, Karaulov married the daughter of playwright Mikhail Shatrov, Natalya Mironova. Two years later, the couple decided to expand their living space. The cunning combinations with real estate invented by Karaulov required a fictitious divorce. Natalya sold her 4-room apartment on Tverskaya, and Andrey Viktorovich sold her 1-room apartment in the Babushkinskaya metro area. With the proceeds, the TV man bought a 3-room apartment and persuaded his wife to register the apartment in his name.
In 1998, the couple had a daughter, Sonechka. To celebrate, they bought another apartment - a 2-room apartment, one floor below. At first they registered the apartment in Natalya’s name, but soon Karaulov convinced her to re-register this apartment in his name, supposedly for the convenience of paying utility bills. The trusting woman agreed. A year later, the TV presenter, formally free from marriage, got married to 24-year-old Ksenia. The ex-wife demanded the return of the two-room apartment and was planning to move to the United States. But Karaulov intimidated her by saying that he would not allow her daughter to be taken out unless she renounced her claims. As a result, he returned the apartment, but forced Natalya to admit that Sonya was not his daughter.
Andrei Karaulov's wife was set on fire
The judge ordered the return of the child kidnapped by the journalist to Ksenia, but he did not comply with the decision
Svetlana Orlova
For the third week, Andrei Karaulov, the host of the television program “Moment of Truth,” has been hiding his son Vasya in a country house. He stole it from his ex-wife Ksenia. The unfortunate mother managed to break through to the child. But the soulless guards, following the owner’s orders, snatched the crying baby from her hands like a doll. After Ksenia’s attempts to return her son, new misfortunes befell her.
His powerful father Andrei Karaulov took four-year-old Vasya from his mother 40 kilometers from Moscow, to the village of Novoglagolevo, Naro-Fominsk district. Here the TV journalist has his patrimony - three hectares of land, surrounded by a three-meter fence, and a luxurious house of 500 square meters. It is impossible to enter the estate unnoticed - there is a security post at the gate. The huge space, where once there were 15 farmsteads, and now the host of the “Moment of Truth” reigns, is constantly patrolled.
Ksenia came not alone to look for her son, but accompanied by representatives of the guardianship and trusteeship authorities.
The day before, the Savyolovsky Court of the capital held another hearing on Karaulov’s claim: he demands permission to see his son four times a week instead of the 12 hours on Saturdays allotted to him by the previous decision. Without waiting for the legal outcome of the case, Andrei Viktorovich stole the child from his ex-wife during a walk with the nanny, and did not appear at the trial at all. He sent a lawyer in his place. The lady said that the TV presenter had gone on a business trip abroad. Having heard this statement, the judge ordered to examine Karaulov's dacha and find out if there was a child there. The lawyer of the eminent TV personality did not deny that Vasya was with his father, and assured that no one was stopping Ksenia from seeing her son.
Little prisoner
The road to the gate of Karaulov's property is blocked by a barrier. A TV journalist has something to protect. The wealth of the luxurious mansion is talked about throughout the area. Karaulov is friends with many powerful people of this world. With its quaint interiors, the mansion is more reminiscent of a museum. A 200-kilogram cabinet inlaid with mother-of-pearl from top to bottom, filled with exhibits worthy of an exhibition, an antique grand piano, precious vases, and sets are kept here.
Karaulov is the owner of a rare collection of stuffed and live exotic animals. There is even an alligator among them. The mansion also houses editing studios.
As soon as representatives of the guardianship authorities and Ksenia tried to pass through the barrier, security rushed towards them. At first, the well-built guys blocked the way even for government officials. But, realizing that they could not ignore the law, they retreated. But they refused to let Karaulov’s ex-wife into the territory of the dacha, although Ksenia is its full owner. Part of the land plots on which Karaulov’s country estate is located is still her property to this day. But the guards, without delving into the legal subtleties, zealously carried out the owner’s order: don’t let them in! As soon as thin Ksenia tried to pass, she was immediately thrown aside.
Let me see the child, I have the right to see him! - the unhappy mother sobbed.
But the imperturbable jock pushed her out of the gate again and again. Ksenia was allowed through only after a threat to call riot police.
At this time, four-year-old Vasya was walking, accompanied by two women, not far from his house. Seeing his mother, he joyfully ran towards her, but was intercepted by the tenacious hands of the nannies. The baby cried and struggled, but strangers, indifferent aunts took him into the house.
Here the guardianship representatives and Ksenia had to overcome another security cordon. The TV journalist's security service called for reinforcements - a local police officer. And yet, the judge’s order had to be carried out - the unwanted guests were allowed to enter the house and the child was presented.
Vasya rushed to his mother and cried in her arms.
He asked me: “Mommy, I want to go home, take me away from here!” - says Ksenia. - The security guard literally tore Vasya away from me. My son was hysterical, crying, and I was crying too. It was a heartbreaking scene, but the guardianship officials did not have the authority to take the child, they could only make sure that he was in his father’s mansion.
Karaulov did not come to the meeting with government officials. Perhaps he really was absent.
Andrey works a lot and cannot raise his son on his own. Nannies look after the child. But Vasya is a very sick boy. He needs special care. The child is made to suffer. And all at the whim of a man who calls himself a loving father! - Ksenia cries.
After making sure that the TV journalist had indeed stolen his son from his ex-wife, the next day the judge ordered the bailiffs to return the child to the mother.
But the bailiffs have not yet been to her ex-husband’s house, says Ksenia. - Karaulov slows down the execution of the judge’s decisions. At his request, his high-ranking friends put pressure on government officials. It turns out that the presenter of “Moment of Truth” is above the law.
Flame of Discord
When the material was being prepared for publication, Ksenia called the editorial office and reported that on the night of December 18, her cafe “Buloshnaya” in Lyalin Lane caught fire. The fire started from the back door. The beginning of the fire was noticed by residents, among them the singer Lolita Milyavskaya living in the house. The firefighters were called on time and the flames were not allowed to flare up. The investigation is now being carried out by the Department of Internal Affairs of the Basmanny District of Moscow.
And on the eve of the arson, representatives of inspection organizations came to the cafe. They presented a shockingly absurd complaint, allegedly written by a visitor. It says that a live rat fell from the ceiling directly into the “poor guy’s” plate. The inspectors threatened to close Ksenia’s enterprise.
There are too many coincidences. They want to break me and intimidate me. Perhaps they hope that I will stop fighting for Vasenka’s return. But I will not give up: Vasya should not suffer. How can one not remember Karaulov’s threat to turn my life into hell,” says Ksenia, who is already accustomed to repelling attacks.
Known for his program “Moment of Truth,” Honored Journalist of Russia Andrei Karaulov has been trying to deal with the imperfections of our socio-political life live for many years. But it turns out that he deals with his own personal life with the greatest difficulty. Surely any of the former wives of Andrei Karaulov(and he has three of them!) will find several unpleasant words to describe his ex-spouse.
The name of the first wife of the famous journalist is not known, since their love story dates back to their student years, and for 57-year-old Andrei Karaulov this is a long-past story. True, from a short cohabitation with a fellow student, a daughter was born, who was named Lydia. Only the father, busy building his own career, did not particularly bother with raising or caring for his daughter. Their actual acquaintance occurred when the girl was already 16 years old. But the second marriage turned out to be longer. They lived with Andrei Karaulov’s second wife, Natalya Mironova, for almost 9 years. True, a couple of years after the wedding, trying to improve their living conditions, they divorced and lived in a civil marriage. Their daughter Sophia was born outside of marriage, and later the journalist completely abandoned her when he divided property with his ex-wife through the court.
In the photo - Andrey Karaulov with Natalya Mironova
In the photo - Ksenia Karaulova with her son Vasily
This whole story with a high-profile divorce did not scare off the next contender for the hand and heart of the journalist. The third legal wife of Andrei Karaulov was Ksenia Kolpakova, also a journalist by profession. There is a significant age difference between them - almost 20 years. The couple's wedding took place in September 1999. The story of their divorce, which took place eight years later, was discussed by the whole country, and even now echoes can still be heard. Because the spouses did not divide the property, but began to challenge each other for the right to “own” the only son Vasily who appeared in this marriage. Moreover, there was some crime - Andrei Karaulov simply stole a child from his ex-wife. However, literally a year later a publication appeared that the couple were back together.
In the photo - Andrey Karaulov with his daughter Lydia and son Vasily
It is difficult to judge whether this is true today, because since the divorce from Ksenia Karaulova, this part of the TV presenter’s personal life has been quite carefully hidden. Official sources say that he is in his third marriage (the first wife, who gave birth to Lydia, never became official), but neither the name, nor even the photo of Andrei Karaulov’s new wife could be found. It is noteworthy that on his 55th birthday two years ago he was photographed only accompanied by his eldest daughter and son.
In the program “Moment of Truth,” Andrei Karaulov loves to castigate vices and fight for the triumph of law and justice, masterfully branding everyone and everything. But this is a screen image. And in life his actions are very far from the correct words that he speaks from the “box”. The first time the TV star was publicly exposed happened when he behaved unworthily when divorcing his second wife, Natalya Mironova. Fiercely dividing his property, he sacrificed himself to the saints - he abandoned his one-year-old daughter. The story of the divorce from the third wife, Ksenia Kolpakova, is even dirtier than the previous one.
Ksenia left the TV presenter a year and a half ago, having lived with him for seven years. At first he did not take her action seriously. After all, she did not apply for alimony, did not demand division of property.
I grabbed my 3-year-old son and slammed the door, telling Andrey: “I’m disgusted, dirty, sick of being with you,” recalls Ksenia. - The husband was very hurt. Before, he himself decided who to be with and whom to kick out. “I’m famous, brilliant, I can do anything, but who are you? Yes, women flock to me for an autograph, I just have to beckon, and any of them is mine, and will consider it happiness just to stand next to me. You will pay for your stupidity, I will make your life unbearable, you will crawl to me and ask to come back! You will understand your mistake, but then we’ll talk differently,” he shouted at me. So he carried out the threat: he stole his son. And Vasya has allergies and problems with speech. Andrey does not know what procedures the child needs, what he can eat and what he cannot. He was never interested in this - he had no time. Where is Vasya now, who is looking after him - I don’t know anything. Karaulov does not answer my calls. How can you separate a 4-year-old child from his mother, especially one who is mentally very vulnerable; doesn’t he really feel sorry for his own child? - the ex-wife of the TV star laments.
Why did you suddenly feel sick of living with Karaulov, because everything started out so beautifully? - I asked, trying to understand the origins of today's drama.
“This is how rednecks live”
Their marriage was made in heaven in the most literal sense: they met on an airplane. The young ITAR-TASS political commentator Ksenia Kolpakova accompanied Gennady Seleznev during his visit to South Korea as part of the official delegation. And a famous TV personality interviewed the then Speaker of the State Duma. He liked the pretty young journalist.
Andrey is charming, artistic, and it’s incredibly interesting to be in his company,” Ksenia pays tribute to her ex-husband.
We returned to Moscow on the eve of the May holidays. Ksenia immediately left with her mother to vacation in the Czech Republic. Karaulov unexpectedly came to Prague and said that he missed him very much. And then, when she flew away on business trips, often, regardless of the distance, he came just to have dinner together.
Yes, it all started beautifully,” says Karaulov’s ex-wife, sighing.
The newlyweds and their guests rushed to the Griboedovsky registry office in two seven-meter limousines. After registration we rode on a boat with gypsies. And the wedding took place at the Metropol.
Of course, I knew that he had two wives and hundreds of mistresses before me. I didn’t want to hear gossip about an ugly divorce from my predecessor. I was a fool, I firmly believed that he wouldn’t do that to me.
The first serious disagreement happened even before the birth of their son Vasya. Offended, Ksenia went to her parents and lived with them for six months. Then she realized that if she wanted to stand on her own two feet, she had to become independent. With the help of friends, I took out a soft loan and opened a cafe on Lyalin Lane.
They said that Andrei gave me a cafe, but he didn’t help in any way,” she assures.
After living alone for a while, Ksenia finally returned to her husband and decided to have a child, hoping that this would strengthen the family. But it turned out the other way around.
Andrey does not like to travel alone on business trips. Previously, I always accompanied him, but after the birth of my son I could no longer run after him, because I couldn’t abandon my baby. Karaulov then began to take women with him for company, without even hiding it from me,” says the former wife of the TV star. - My husband went crazy and began to brazenly, openly, cheat. He even brought ladies to our house, at least in my absence. He didn’t feel guilty, he said: “I’m a genius, and geniuses have their own characteristics. Monotonous sex depresses creativity, I need new experiences with different women. Read Cora Landau’s memoirs and learn from her how to love your husband.” The wife of a famous physicist tells in the book things that do not fit into my ideas about family life: she herself brought mistresses to her husband, set the table, made the bed, walked in the yard, waiting for everything to be over, and then cleaned up and continued to live as if nothing had happened. what never happened. So Andrei wanted me to become a dumb slave. According to him, loyalty and traditional family values are boring. He said: “This is how rednecks live.” Any of my objections caused rudeness; he could even curse me in front of his son.
But the child sees how his mother is treated. And I realized: if I don’t want to lose my son’s respect, I need to run away from Karaulov’s house as soon as possible.
Complex monster
Andrey asserts himself at the expense of those who depend on him, continues Ksenia.
According to her, he curses and humiliates employees, security guards, housekeepers, and everyone who cannot answer him on equal terms. Ksenia tried to find an explanation for this character trait of Karaulov and believes that many of her ex-husband’s complexes are from childhood. Andrei’s mother told her daughter-in-law how she raised him. She wanted to raise her son to be a musician. She tied 5-year-old Andryusha to a chair and gave him a violin. Then she dialed the office phone number and went to work, which was not far from home. In the office I picked up the phone and listened to the boy whine for an hour and a half to two hours. And then she came back and untied him.
This attitude could not help but humiliate me. Having become an adult, Andrei takes out his childhood grievances on the weak,” Ksenia concludes. - In his family it is not customary to show warm feelings. His mother recently had cancer surgery. I told my husband: “You are driving past the hospital to visit your mother. When she sees you, she will feel better.” But Andrey called my words empty lyrics, believing that he paid for the treatment and that was enough.
In September, Karaulov celebrated 49 years at Metropol. And after the banquet he called his ex-wife and boasted:
I gathered all the influential people in Moscow. None of them dared to ignore the invitation. Now I felt that I could do anything. It was a rehearsal for the 50th anniversary, and I will celebrate the anniversary in the Kremlin.
“He said this in all seriousness,” Ksenia is amazed. “He really thinks he can rule the world.”
Merciless Avenger
After the divorce, the TV presenter filed a lawsuit to determine the order of communication with his son. The court found that the father could see the child on Saturdays from 9 am to 9 pm. But Ksenia allowed him to communicate with his son not only on Saturdays, but at any time. She did not denigrate the father in the child’s eyes, she only explained that dad lives separately because he has a lot of work.
The ex-husband did not give a penny for his son. As soon as we officially divorced, my cafe, the only source of my income, was suddenly bombarded with inspections from the SES, tax, and fire inspectors. Karaulov, using his connections, tried to strangle my business and bring me to my knees. Friends helped me survive. Andrei spread gossip that I was a drug addict, an alcoholic. At that time I got married, became pregnant with twins and was in confinement. Due to the hassle, there was a threat of miscarriage. The babies were born prematurely. Their lives were in danger.
Having learned about Ksenia’s new marriage, the abandoned TV star began to poison her life with renewed vigor. At the same time, Karaulov insisted that the boy live with him four days a week, and filed a lawsuit to review the decision on the procedure for meetings with the child. This summer, Karaulov asked Ksenia for permission to spend a vacation with his son. And although the court decision does not provide for this, she agreed. In addition, the doctors recommended Vasya treatment in Yevpatoria. Ksenia invited her ex-husband to take her son to the sea. But since the TV presenter cannot provide care for the baby, she asked that a nanny or grandmother look after Vasya. At first Karaulov agreed, but then said that he did not need witnesses, because he would not go alone, but with his girlfriend.
I objected: “You choose: either a child or your personal life,” says Ksenia. - Andrey refused. Then I said that Vasya would go abroad with his grandmother, and asked for permission to take his son abroad. Andrey did not sign the paper. He didn’t even offer money for expensive treatment and started a new fuss.
Having clarified the procedure for taking children abroad, Ksenia learned that only her consent was sufficient. As soon as Vasya and his grandmother left for the resort, the TV presenter, a great master of the colloquial and epistolary genre, scribbled a statement to the prosecutor's office - allegedly his ex-wife kidnapped the child, hired a charter and took him away using forged documents.
At this time, Ksenia was in the hospital with two newborns. Investigators burst into her room and dragged her away for interrogation. When it turned out that she had done nothing illegal, the case was closed.
The prosecutor's office told me that there is every reason to open a criminal case against Karaulov for knowingly false denunciation. All that was required from me was a statement. But I had no time for that: one of the twins could not be saved. I don’t know how I had the strength to survive this terrible grief. And I didn’t want to take revenge, I hoped that Andrey would calm down,” says Ksenia.
Insidious kidnapping
Two weeks ago, Vasya, as usual, was walking with his nanny near the house on Liza Chaikina Street, where he lives with his mother and little brother. Two foreign cars drove up to the house. Karaulov sat in one of them, and the guards in the other. The bodyguards jumped out of the car and pushed the nanny away, while Karaulov grabbed his son and took him away. The unfortunate mother wrote a statement to the police, the prosecutor's office, and turned for help to the bailiffs and the chief ombudsman for children's rights. Nobody kicks her off, but the prosecutor's office does not open a criminal case, the bailiffs are in no hurry to enforce the court decision and return the child to the mother.
It’s bitter, but life shows that Karaulov is right when he says that he doesn’t care about anything. He continues to teach everyone from the screen and talk about law-abidingness. Meanwhile, he himself, without a twinge of conscience, violates the court’s decision. He crushed everyone with his authority and connections. Officials are afraid to contact him. He kidnapped a child, and although the law is on my side, it’s like I’m running into a blank wall and I can’t get my son back,” Ksenia despairs.
Unable to bear it, she cried in the prosecutor's office and asked what she should do. The authorities replied: “Have you watched the film “Voroshilov Shooter”?” But she really shouldn’t pick up a rifle, following the example of the hero Mikhail Ulyanov. She still doesn’t want to think that lynching is the only way out of this terrible situation. He believes that there will be justice for the all-powerful TV star.
Father and children
* As a student, Karaulov had an affair with a peer. She came to Moscow from Irkutsk. The girl took the courtship seriously and invited Andrei to visit to introduce her to her parents. After living with a friend for a while, Karaulov returned to Moscow. Soon the girl made her lover happy: they will have a child. But that was not the case: Andrei, fearing troubles on the Komsomol line, recognized his daughter Lidochka, but refused to marry. The young father never wanted to see the child. When the girl was 16 years old, her mother told her that she had an influential father in Moscow and advised her to go to him and ask for help. Karaulov was not very happy about his adult daughter falling on his head. But he didn’t want a scandal even more, because he was a public person. The unfortunate father bought Lida an apartment and arranged for her to study at the institute.
* In 1990, Karaulov married the daughter of playwright Mikhail Shatrov, Natalya Mironova. Two years later, the couple decided to expand their living space. The cunning combinations with real estate invented by Karaulov required a fictitious divorce. Natalya sold her 4-room apartment on Tverskaya, and Andrey Viktorovich sold her 1-room apartment in the Babushkinskaya metro area. With the proceeds, the TV man bought a 3-room apartment and persuaded his wife to register the apartment in his name.
In 1998, the couple had a daughter, Sonechka. To celebrate, they bought another apartment - a 2-room apartment, one floor below. At first they registered the apartment in Natalya’s name, but soon Karaulov convinced her to re-register this apartment in his name, supposedly for the convenience of paying utility bills. The trusting woman agreed. A year later, the TV presenter, formally free from marriage, got married to 24-year-old Ksenia. The ex-wife demanded the return of the two-room apartment and was planning to move to the United States. But Karaulov intimidated her by saying that he would not allow her daughter to be taken out unless she renounced her claims. As a result, he returned the apartment, but forced Natalya to admit that Sonya was not his daughter.
Andrei Karaulov's wife was set on fire The judge ordered the return of the child Ksenia, who was kidnapped by the journalist, but he did not comply with the decision
For the third week, Andrei Karaulov, the host of the television program “Moment of Truth,” has been hiding his son Vasya in a country house. He stole it from his ex-wife Ksenia. The unfortunate mother managed to break through to the child. But the soulless guards, following the owner’s orders, snatched the crying baby from her hands like a doll. After Ksenia’s attempts to return her son, new misfortunes befell her.
His powerful father Andrei Karaulov took four-year-old Vasya from his mother 40 kilometers from Moscow, to the village of Novoglagolevo, Naro-Fominsk district. Here the TV journalist has his patrimony - three hectares of land, surrounded by a three-meter fence, and a luxurious house of 500 square meters. It is impossible to enter the estate unnoticed - there is a security post at the gate. The huge space, where once there were 15 farmsteads, and now the host of the “Moment of Truth” reigns, is constantly patrolled.
Ksenia came not alone to look for her son, but accompanied by representatives of the guardianship and trusteeship authorities.
The day before, the Savyolovsky Court of the capital held another hearing on Karaulov’s claim: he demands permission to see his son four times a week instead of the 12 hours on Saturdays allotted to him by the previous decision. Without waiting for the legal outcome of the case, Andrei Viktorovich stole the child from his ex-wife during a walk with the nanny, and did not appear at the trial at all. He sent a lawyer in his place. The lady said that the TV presenter had gone on a business trip abroad. Having heard this statement, the judge ordered to examine Karaulov's dacha and find out if there was a child there. The lawyer of the eminent TV personality did not deny that Vasya was with his father, and assured that no one was stopping Ksenia from seeing her son.
Little prisoner
The road to the gate of Karaulov's property is blocked by a barrier. A TV journalist has something to protect. The wealth of the luxurious mansion is talked about throughout the area. Karaulov is friends with many powerful people of this world. With its quaint interiors, the mansion is more reminiscent of a museum. A 200-kilogram cabinet inlaid with mother-of-pearl from top to bottom, filled with exhibits worthy of an exhibition, an antique grand piano, precious vases, and sets are kept here.
Karaulov is the owner of a rare collection of stuffed and live exotic animals. There is even an alligator among them. The mansion also houses editing studios.
As soon as representatives of the guardianship authorities and Ksenia tried to pass through the barrier, security rushed towards them. At first, the well-built guys blocked the way even for government officials. But, realizing that they could not ignore the law, they retreated. But they refused to let Karaulov’s ex-wife into the territory of the dacha, although Ksenia is its full owner. Part of the land plots on which Karaulov’s country estate is located is still her property to this day. But the guards, without delving into the legal subtleties, zealously carried out the owner’s order: don’t let them in! As soon as thin Ksenia tried to pass, she was immediately thrown aside.
Let me see the child, I have the right to see him! - the unhappy mother sobbed.
But the imperturbable jock pushed her out of the gate again and again. Ksenia was allowed through only after a threat to call riot police.
At this time, four-year-old Vasya was walking, accompanied by two women, not far from his house. Seeing his mother, he joyfully ran towards her, but was intercepted by the tenacious hands of the nannies. The baby cried and struggled, but strangers, indifferent aunts took him into the house.
Here the guardianship representatives and Ksenia had to overcome another security cordon. The TV journalist's security service called for reinforcements - a local police officer. And yet, the judge’s order had to be carried out - the unwanted guests were allowed to enter the house and the child was presented.
Vasya rushed to his mother and cried in her arms.
He asked me: “Mommy, I want to go home, take me away from here!” - says Ksenia. - The security guard literally tore Vasya away from me. My son was hysterical, crying, and I was crying too. It was a heartbreaking scene, but the guardianship officials did not have the authority to take the child, they could only make sure that he was in his father’s mansion.
Karaulov did not come to the meeting with government officials. Perhaps he really was absent.
Andrey works a lot and cannot raise his son on his own. Nannies look after the child. But Vasya is a very sick boy. He needs special care. The child is made to suffer. And all at the whim of a man who calls himself a loving father! - Ksenia cries.
After making sure that the TV journalist had indeed stolen his son from his ex-wife, the next day the judge ordered the bailiffs to return the child to the mother.
But the bailiffs have not yet been to her ex-husband’s house, says Ksenia. - Karaulov slows down the execution of the judge’s decisions. At his request, his high-ranking friends put pressure on government officials. It turns out that the presenter of “Moment of Truth” is above the law.
Flame of Discord
When the material was being prepared for publication, Ksenia called the editorial office and reported that on the night of December 18, her cafe “Buloshnaya” in Lyalin Lane caught fire. The fire started from the back door. The beginning of the fire was noticed by residents, among them the singer Lolita Milyavskaya living in the house. The firefighters were called on time and the flames were not allowed to flare up. The investigation is now being carried out by the Department of Internal Affairs of the Basmanny District of Moscow.
And on the eve of the arson, representatives of inspection organizations came to the cafe. They presented a shockingly absurd complaint, allegedly written by a visitor. It says that a live rat fell from the ceiling directly into the “poor guy’s” plate. The inspectors threatened to close Ksenia’s enterprise.
There are too many coincidences. They want to break me and intimidate me. Perhaps they hope that I will stop fighting for Vasenka’s return. But I will not give up: Vasya should not suffer. How can one not remember Karaulov’s threat to turn my life into hell,” says Ksenia, who is already accustomed to repelling attacks.
TV presenter and journalist of the TNT and TVC channels Andrey Viktorovich Karaulov, his biography on Wikipedia, personal life and photos on Instagram, his wife, children are of interest to many TV viewers, and this is not surprising, because he gained wide popularity thanks to the program “Moment of Truth”, as its author and presenter.
Andrey Karaulov - biography
Andrey was born in 1958 in the city of Kaliningrad (now Korolev) near Moscow. After graduating from school, the young man tried to enter the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University, but was unsuccessful. Then he took the documents to GITIS and entered the Faculty of Theater Studies without any problems.
After graduation, Andrei was drafted into the army, and when he returned to civilian life, he nevertheless plunged into journalism. At first he got a job as an editor at the Theater Life magazine, but after working there for 2 years, he was invited to Ogonyok magazine, where he became the head of the humor department. Here he worked for 3 years, after which he moved to the almanac “Our Heritage”, and already in 1990 he headed the department of the historical magazine “Motherland”.
In 1992, Karaulov got on television and began creating the “Moment of Truth” project, which lasted until 2017, where he was both the author and presenter.
During its existence, the program was broadcast on various channels, and since 2011 it appeared on Channel Five. For five years, every Monday Andrei Karaulov went on air, raising pressing and sometimes very dangerous issues, and at the beginning of 2017, Channel Five stopped producing the “Moment of Truth” program. And although Karaulov says that he himself did not want to renew the contract, there is an opinion that they decided not to air the program for political reasons, since some stories dedicated to Vladimir Putin aroused the disapproval of the country's leadership, although Karaulov was always loyal to him.
In parallel with the “Moment of Truth” program, from 1998 to 2006, the journalist appeared on several channels - his author’s program “Russian Century” was broadcast on the NTV channel in interview format, on the TVC channel – the “National Treasure” program, and on the TNT channel he hosted the programs “Russian People” and “Stolen Air”.
Andrey Karaulov - personal life
As you know, the TV presenter has a very stormy personal life. Andrei was married three times.
The first time this happened was during my student years. Andrei married his classmate only because she was expecting a child from him. And after the couple had a daughter, Lydia, they soon separated.
Andrei’s second wife was Natalya Mironova, who is the daughter of the famous playwright Mikhail Shatrov.
When Karaulov was already over forty, he fell in love. His chosen one was student Ksenia Kolpakova. Gradually, the whirlwind romance grew into a serious relationship, and Andrei filed for a divorce from his second wife, and quite a scandalous one at that.
In 1999, Andrei Karaulov and Ksenia Kolpakova got married, and in 2003 they had a son, who was named Vasily. Oddly enough, this marriage also failed. In 2006, Ksenia, having taken the child, left her husband, and in the same year an official divorce was filed.
Who is Andrey Karaulov - there is hardly a person who does not know the answer to this question. This is a well-known TV presenter, one can safely say - scandalous, but principled, raising topics that are relevant to ordinary viewers in his programs. He is popular, but speaks little about his biography and personal life, preferring to highlight in his interviews and programs what worries the majority of citizens of the Russian Federation and beyond.
Biography of TV presenter Andrei Karaulov
Future TV presenter Andrei Karaulov was born in the city of Korolev (at that time Kaliningrad) in the Moscow region on September 10, 1958. He was interested in journalism from high school, but he was unable to enter the corresponding faculty of Moscow State University after graduating from secondary education. An attempt to become a student at GITIS was more successful, and in 1981 he received a diploma in theater studies, and then successfully defended his PhD thesis in art history. Next were
- service in the ranks of the Soviet Army,
- editorship in “Theatrical Life” and “Ogonyok”,
- work in the almanac “Heritage” and the magazine “Rodina”,
- original work in the program “Moment of Truth”.
The program “Moment of Truth” is the most significant work of TV presenter Andrei Karaulov. At the same time, he took part in the work on the programs “Russian Century” and “Russian People”, “Stolen Air”, published several books - “Around the Kremlin”, “Theater, 1980s”, and shot the film “Unknown Putin”.
In 2017, Andrei Karaulov’s program was taken off the air without explanation or comment. But this did not put an end to his career - he takes an active part in both television and public life, continues to write and make documentaries.
Personal life of TV presenter Andrei Karaulov
His personal life is no less eventful than his professional one. Andrey Karaulov was married 4 times. The first marriage took place only because the girl was pregnant, and almost immediately after the birth of her daughter Lydia, the couple separated.
The second wife of Andrei Karaulov is Natalya Mironova, the daughter of the famous Russian playwright Mikhail Shatrov. The marriage produced a daughter, Sofia, but Andrei Karaulov practically did not raise her either. The family broke up with a loud scandal because of his latest hobby, and the ex-wife limited the father’s communication with the child.
Andrei Karaulov’s third wife was a certain Ksenia Kolpakova, a rather young girl, whom he had to look after for a long time and beautifully - expensive gifts, vacation trips abroad, opening a coffee shop in the center of the capital especially for his young chosen one. But this relationship also ended quickly.
After breaking up, Andrei Karaulov accused his fourth wife, Yulia Mareeva, of theft and of organizing an attempt on his life. This divorce became the most scandalous in the personal life of TV presenter Andrei Karaulov. Investigations and litigation continue to this day, but there is still no direct evidence of the girl’s guilt, and the press’s interest in the scandal is gradually fading away. Who will be Andrei Karaulov’s fifth wife is a question he is asked more often during interviews than questions about his latest divorce and career.
