Propagandists are spreading a photo of a woman in Ukrainian national dress on social networks, claiming that she is supposedly the grandmother of Russian TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak. The publications state that the woman was born in the village of Drozdni between Lutsk and Kovel, adding her life story. However, this is not true.

This is what StopFake writes about. The project's specialists found out that the photo actually shows the grandmother of Ukrainian journalist Anton Naumliuk of the “Graty” (Bars) publication, who spoke in detail about her biography. The photo was first distributed in 2017 for the family archive.

Information about the Sobchak family is available in open sources. Her paternal grandmother, Nadiia Andriivna, was Polish and lived in Tashkent. On the maternal side, Valentyna Volodymyrivna Narusova, originally from Leningrad, lived in Briansk. Although her family's Ukrainian roots are sometimes mentioned, no confirmation of a connection with the woman in the photo has been found.