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The socialite daughter of a former Putin confidant, and rival to the Russian president in the upcoming March election, has been invited to a prayer breakfast in Washington attended by U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb 1. Ksenia Sobchak, a Muscovite media personality will also make appearances at possibly Georgetown University to give a speech and New York City.
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Sobchak has been criticized as a Kremlin ploy to show opposition, but not serious opposition. She has railed against the corrupt hold on power by the Kremlin establishment and fought against anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny over the correct way for the opposition to fight Putin’s long reign.
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Russian news outlet Interfax said Sobchak’s press secretary has not yet confirmed she will attend the prayer breakfast.
“I’m not a professional politician…But I’m not indifferent to what’s going on in my country,” Sobchak declared upon deciding to compete in the election.
