Ksenia Sobchak Dismisses 'Leaked Messages' Alleging Editorial Interference

Russian media executive Ksenia Sobchak dismisses ‘leaked messages’ that appear to show her dictating her outlet’s coverage: ‘Now it’s ethical to discuss invented screenshots?’

On July 8, the hacker group Black Mirror — which publishes data leaks from the accounts of people tied to the Russian state — and the anonymous VChK-OGPU project posted screenshots of several private conversations. One of the people in them, they said, was the journalist and media executive Ksenia Sobchak.