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The politician shared stories about a difficult period in her life. Irina Khakamada did not give up the fight for the presidential post, despite her child’s illness. The ability to combine career and family gave Masha strength.

08.02.2018 20:25

Irina Khakamada gave birth to a daughter, Masha, in her marriage to her fourth husband, Vladimir Sirotinsky. She learned that the girl was diagnosed with Down syndrome during her pregnancy. The politician and public figure was afraid to talk about the characteristics of her child, because she was afraid that the public would be cruel to the baby. However, after a while, she decided to take the girl to various events in order to introduce her to the public.

“I realized that Masha loves the stage, she dances well and plays in the theater. Wildly sociable, speaks well, beautiful. Why hide it? Let the girl go crazy, she’s a woman,” Khakamada explained.

Irina said that her family had to overcome a rather difficult period in their life. In 2004, she ran for president. At the same time, it became known that Masha was diagnosed with cancer. Khakamada could not leave her political career. She was glad that her husband fully supported her desire to be fulfilled in her work.

“My husband said: “If you don’t do what you like, then there won’t be crazy energy, we won’t get it out.” Better go to the presidential campaign, we will help,” Irina recalled in the “Let Them Talk” program.

It was not easy for the woman - she came to the hospital at night and minded her own business during the day. Khakamada admitted that at the end of the campaign, her daughter went into remission.

Irina believes that children with Down syndrome should definitely communicate with their peers and study in regular schools. She understood that Masha could not avoid ridicule. After the girl gave a decisive rebuff to the offenders, no one dared to insult her.

Almost three years ago, Khakamada’s daughter fell in love with a young man, athlete Vlad. They met in the theater and immediately realized that they were destined for each other. Now Masha and Vlad dream of a wedding. Their parents are happy about such a warm relationship, but believe that the children are not yet ready for family life. The young man’s mother, Marina, intends to teach her son how to manage everyday life and manage the budget. Khakamada believes that for now it is enough that Masha and Vlad travel together, spend time, and have common hobbies and friends.

Irina Khakamada was born into an international family. Her father had Japanese roots and was involved in politics, but in 1939 he was forced to emigrate to Russia. Mother is Russian by nationality, with Armenian roots. The woman was often sick, so she could not fully raise her daughter.

The head of the family practically did not know the language, which is why he could not explain or simply talk to his daughter on topics that interested her.

Childhood in complexes

As a result, Khakamada grew up as an unsociable, complex child. Peers and classmates constantly laughed at Irina’s non-standard appearance. Until the age of 14, Khakamada had difficulty enduring all the bullying, but one day she decided that it was time to change her life, to become strong and independent.

Having received her matriculation certificate, Irina entered the Peoples' Friendship University, choosing the Faculty of Economics. The girl defended her dissertation at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. In 1983, Khakamada defended her PhD thesis in political economy.

Crucial moment

Certified specialist Irina Khakamada began her political career with a small son in her arms, as a single mother. With such a track record, the girl could not get a job for a long time. As a result, Hamakada accepted the position of guard. Soon she began baking waffles and selling them at the market.

In 1980, Khakamada took the position of junior researcher at the Research Institute of the RSFSR. Then she transferred to a technical college, where in five years she rose to the position of head of the department.

In 1989, Irina took up entrepreneurship, heading the “Systems + Programs” cooperative. At the same time, the candidate of economic sciences headed the information and analytical center, and was also a leading expert at the commodity exchange.

In 1992, Irina organized the political Party of Economic Freedom, which became the starting point in her career. A year later, the ambitious girl was elected to the State Duma committee, and in 1994 she created the deputy group “Liberal Democratic Union”.

In 1997, Irina Khakamada headed the committee for development and support of small businesses. In 2004, Irina nominated her candidacy for the post of President of the Russian Federation., but, in the end, took the post of chairman of the “Our Choice” party.

Gradually, Khakamada’s political career faded into the background and she retrained as a writer. In 2006, Irina released the book “SEX in Big Politics”, and a year later presented the creation “Love. Outside the game" on love and political themes.

Books by Irina Khakamada

• Irina Khakamada. Common Cause (1995).
• Maiden Name (1999).
• Features of a national politician (2002).
• Sex in big politics. Self-made woman tutorial (2006).
• Love is out of the game. The Story of a Political Suicide (2007)
• The Tao of Life: A Master Class from a Convinced Individualist (2012).
• In anticipation of yourself: From image to style (2014).
• SUCCESS (Success) in the big city.

Talents of a fragile brunette

Irina Khakamada never ceases to amaze not only her loved ones, but also strangers. In 2006, a woman in the company of her longtime friend Lena Makashova released a line of clothing called “HakaMa”.

In 2008, Khakamada appeared as a television host of an author's program. She also manages to conduct master classes, trainings, and seminars, sharing the secrets of doing business.

In 1991, Irina made her film debut, it was a cameo in the project “Genius”. The authors of the film did not include her name in the credits. In 1999, Khakamada starred in one of the episodes of the crime detective series “D.D.D.” Detective Dubrovsky's file." She reincarnated as Posadsky’s daughter after surgery, Lena.

In 2011, Khakamada added two cinematic works to her creative treasury: “A Short Course in a Happy Life” and “My Boyfriend is an Angel.” Then there was a cameo role in Alexander Gordon’s film “Blizzard”. In the film adaptation of the story of the same name by L.N. Tolstoy Irina played an emotional, selfish woman.

Interesting notes:

At the end of May 2018, the premiere of the full-length film “Draft” will take place, where Irina played practically herself – a principled politician. This is a fantastic story about a simple, budding computer designer, Kirill, who finds himself in intergalactic space.

At the same time, the authors of the film are filming the 12-episode series “Draft” of the same name., where familiar characters will appear. During the production of the film, Irina was lucky enough to work with such young actors as: Nikita Volkov, Olga Borovskaya,.

Love adventures

Irina got married at the age of 18 not out of love, but to demonstrate her independence to the parents around her. Her chosen one was successful businessman Sergei Zlobin, with whom she lived for about six years. The marriage produced a son, Daniel.

Then there was a short alliance with the ex-president of the Rinako company, Dmitry Sukhienko. With her current husband, Vladimir Sirotinsky, Khakamada felt like a real woman. Khakamada’s husband always supports his emotional wife and tries to give her good advice.

In 1997, Irina became a mother for the second time, and her long-awaited daughter Masha was born. Unfortunately, the girl has a genetic disease - Down syndrome. At the age of six, the baby was diagnosed with blood leukemia, but timely intervention saved her life.

Now Maria’s health is not in danger, which the happy parents are incredibly happy about.

In a conversation with Irina Khakamada about raising children, about good mutual understanding with them, you get the feeling that in front of you is not the vice-speaker of the State Duma, not a bright politician, but a talented child psychologist, and besides, just a happy woman, basking in her motherhood.

In a conversation with Irina Khakamada about raising children, about good mutual understanding with them, you get the feeling that in front of you is not the vice-speaker of the State Duma, not a bright politician, but a talented woman, and besides, just a happy woman, basking in her motherhood. And then the question about the lack of communication between a business lady and her little daughter disappears by itself. I have never yet met another woman like this, capable of immersing herself, even for half an hour, in the world of her child and thereby being able to compensate for her many hours of absence.
? With the birth of each child, a woman undergoes a reassessment of her values. There is a distance of 20 years between the birth of Danila and Masha! What discoveries are associated with the birth of a son, and which with the birth of a daughter?
— When Danya was born, the mother in me was revealed. I was 23 years old, and I was so businesslike and active that my husband did not believe in my maternal abilities. He believed that I gave birth only for decency and would not take care of the child. And I was amazed to see how meticulously I began to fulfill my duties. And for me the main discovery was that a child is not only a joy, but also a huge responsibility. Then we had neither a nanny nor money, I carried the baby with my grandmother and at the same time wrote my dissertation. I held Danya in one hand, in the other there was a spoon with which I stirred the porridge, and in front of my nose there was a textbook, because I needed to prepare for candidate exams. In the rain, with an umbrella, I ran, hugging Danya, to the store to buy cheap meat, which in those years was instantly sold out, and to make puree from it, because there was no baby food then either.
And the discoveries associated with Masha’s birth were exactly the opposite. Our life had already improved; we knew what we were getting into. And so now a child is one joy and a complete pleasure.

? Was there a moment when your son got out of your control, when he began to have views different from yours?
“He and I never had any conflicts.” At the same time, no one adjusted to anyone. Dani always had her own opinion. We sometimes argued, but I never ordered, but tried to convince. And if she saw that she couldn’t convince, she stepped aside - do as you want!

? Were there really no problems of adolescence?
- Only one: he didn’t want to read, but I said that he needed to read. It was not me who helped, but the girl, his first love. He must have had such an emotional shock that he started reading from morning to evening. So not everything is done by mothers. And finally I realized that he had grown into a man after hearing his recent statement that he was getting married.

?Have you already met your future daughter-in-law?
- Yes, she is 4 years older than him, and she already has a 6-year-old child. This is a serious test for my son, but I told him: “The sooner you go through all the difficulties and take on maximum responsibility, the faster you will become a man and the fewer mistakes you will make.” This marriage will give him the opportunity to become a man in a very short time. The infantilism of the current representatives of the stronger half of humanity leads to the fact that they begin to commit serious actions only after 40-45 years. And Danya, I think, will grow up quickly.

?You also have an adopted son?
- Yes, he is three years older than Dani. They grew up together for 12 years as siblings. He came into our family when he was 4 years old. There were conflicts and difficult situations. And mutual understanding came only when he matured, around the age of 15. I enrolled him in a French special school and gave him serious books. Then he himself entered Moscow State University. Now he knows languages ​​brilliantly and works very well in the banking sector. At one time, his grandparents reproached me that I, as a stepmother, was creating difficult conditions for him, that he should be pitied. I deliberately harshly created conditions for the two of them in which competition arose between them. Because society has no regrets. It recognizes only force.

?So you raised both boys the same way?
- Yes, and that’s why my Danila received a little less. I couldn't kiss my child and not caress another one at the same time. But it’s harder to caress the other... Therefore, I sometimes preferred to be aloof from both and act more like a wise adviser than as a tender mother. And my son clearly missed my affection. Moreover, she was more strict with him and made even more claims against him than against her adopted son.

?The worldview of your children, their active attitude towards the world is important to you?
“He’s first among the best or last among equals—it doesn’t matter.” The most important thing is to be able to protect the weak. Even when the boys were cowardly, I did everything so that they were forced to overcome their fear and help the weak. I taught the little one to fight back regardless of the size of the enemy. And I forced the older one, who, on the contrary, was large, to get into conflict and protect the little one. That is, I cultivated in them a sense of justice. Everything else is their problem. Also, I can’t stand the snobbery of parents towards their children. Many people believe that since their children are small, they are “half-human” and do not understand anything. I am convinced that a baby is a formed personality that must be taken into account. And we must try for as long as possible not to evaluate anything, not to judge what is “good” and what is “bad.”

?But it could also be like this: the mother, having spent a long time calling the raging child to order, spanks him on the bottom. He answers her in the same way and is absolutely sure that he is right: “I fought back!” How can you help your child understand that there are certain taboos?
- It happened to me with Masha. She once took offense at me and hit me on the head with her hand, then again. And I hit her in response too. Her eyes became half her face, she pouted her lips and wanted to burst into tears. Then I told her: “Look, you’re in pain, that’s why you’re offended. And when you hit me, it hurt me too. Let's not hit each other, and everything will be fine." Immediately I turned the conversation to another topic, and my daughter started laughing. And if after such an incident the phrase follows: “How dare you, I’m your parent, I can do whatever you want, but you can’t” - this is a road to nowhere. Depending on the circumstances, you should not be offended, but try to explain the situation in which the child’s action turned out to be less fair than yours.

?You simply have a gift for teaching! You must have read a lot of books on raising children?
— I haven’t read books on pedagogy. I didn’t have time: I wrote my dissertation on the first one, and I’m constantly working on the second one. You have to figure everything out on your own. All my life I have been analyzing my relationships with people and reading a lot of fiction. And this is immediately transferred to relationships with children. A person who reads fiction can never insult his own child!

Yes, but it’s important not to go to the other extreme...
- Don't let a child sit on your neck? Never! I sometimes see wealthy families where the mother, who sits at home, is no longer a child for the child, she is a servant who must constantly carry out his instructions. And dad, who comes late at night and supports the family, is, on the one hand, a source of new toys, and on the other hand, a great authority to whom you can complain about mom. That's horrible! This is the education of a future monster, a self-centered person who will never respect his wife or women in general and who himself will turn into a despot.
I know for sure that if one of my children insults me, I will definitely come up with an answer so that they feel how painful it is. But the answer should not be as straight as a stick, because then there will be even greater offense on his part! The adult's answer should not be offensive to the child, it should be understandable.

? With such terrible busyness, do you manage to notice how your daughter is growing?
- Yes. I can determine her condition better than a doctor and understand, for example, that she is getting sick, even in the absence of external signs: by the expression of her eyes, by her movements. I clearly monitor what she does better, what she does worse, and how she speaks, and how she develops.

? What is Masha’s relationship with her father?
“When we are not at home for a long time, she most often asks about him: “Where is dad?” But when we are all at home together, and dad is fussing with her, dancing, throwing her, Masha looks around every second in search of me. She trusts me completely, she is safe with me, and dad for her is still an unexpected, unpredictable creature.

?You wrote in your book about the dissimilarity of your parents, about how very different their approaches to education were. What is more in you: the toughness and closeness of your father or the emotional openness and good nature of your mother?
— I got a harmonious combination of both. I am a very tough, strong person in an extraordinary situation when one of my children and relatives needs help. But if such force is not needed, it immediately turns into softness and compliance. I am ready to give indefinitely, because home is sacred to me. This is relaxation. This means that the most important thing is that everything is peaceful at home and everyone is happy.

One of the most popular politicians of the 90s, Irina Khakamada left politics for some time, they began to forget about her a little, and now again interest in her life and current fate stirred up the public. This interest is connected with the difficult life situation that befell a famous and talented woman, as well as with the extremely dignified way in which Irina Mutsuovna dealt with it.

Irina Khakamada openly spoke about her emotions and experiences of those difficult years, the support of her loved one in the program “Let Them Talk” on February 8, 2018, where her daughter Masha, who overcame a terrible illness, also took part. For those interested in more detailed information related to the lives of these two remarkable women, we offer this article containing brief verified data.

People had high hopes for her in the 90s; her active political career was surprising and encouraging at the same time. It seemed that this “iron lady” with a very lively mentality, excellent education and overflowing energy would definitely invest her powerful potential in the renewal of the country.

At that time, many admired and envied the fate of this bright woman, but few knew that her personal life was very difficult, her third marriage was breaking up, but there was still no happiness.

Irina Matsuovna does not give up, the new relationship inspires confidence that everything will still work out, and so it did.

With the successful businessman everything was the way she wanted, Irina Khakamada again felt like a happy woman. The feelings were overwhelming, it was quite natural that from such great love I wanted to have a child. And my son Daniil was already 42 years old and quite old.

In 1997, Masha was born as a gift of fate and a reward, and this is exactly how her parents accepted the birth.

Got it done

The perceived information that the long-awaited daughter would be unwell unsettled her at first, but Irina Khakamada’s strong character, her husband’s support and faith in the best helped her cope with her emotions. Over time, the understanding came that the baby would simply be different from other children, her extra chromosome was simply a mistake of nature.

Irina Matsuovna read a lot about the disease and realized that not everything is so terrible, the main thing is that she has this sweet baby and a beloved, reliable person who is also not afraid of difficulties.

Until a certain time, the girl was not shown to the public; society was not ready at that time to adequately respond to such information. The girl grew up and delighted her parents with her obvious successes, and she was also pretty.

Irina's daughter was born with Down syndrome

New challenge

In 2004, when life seemed to be just beginning to get better, real grief came: the girl was diagnosed with leukemia, a very difficult type of cancer to treat. But the disease was detected at an early stage, which significantly increased the chances of recovery.

The situation was further complicated by the fact that Irina Khakamada was running for the post of President of the Russian Federation that year. Irina was not allowed to leave work and politics by the powerful support of her husband; he insisted that they would cope anyway, and found the necessary encouraging words.

Irina Matsuovna has not forgotten these important words of support to this day; she recently shared them with the whole country in the “Live Broadcast” program, which she came to with her adult daughter.

And indeed, although it was incredibly difficult, Irina Khakamada worked during the day and came to the hospital to see her daughter at night; by the end of the elections, Masha was already in stable remission. And Irina Khakamada received 3.84% of the votes, which corresponded to 4th place in the presidential election.

Life goes on

The terrible disease has receded, although Masha remains under observation to this day, with the fact that her daughter is a special person, Irina Matsuovna also learned to live, this all became a real victory of fortitude over circumstances.

Irina Khakomada constantly works with her daughter, takes her to all kinds of clubs, especially great pleasure, and brings creativity to the girl.

Dancing, drawing, reading books, speaking exercises not only bring pleasure, but also help in the development of personality.

Since 2008, when Irina Matsuovna first came out with her daughter to the premiere of the film, they always relax together, visit theaters, cinemas, and other events. The attitude of society towards people who were somewhat different from the rest, but so kind and bright, also changed; they began to be called “Sunny People”.

“The Iron Lady” Irina Khakamada

However, in order to prevent Masha’s painful reaction to possible outbreaks of inappropriate behavior of some “normal” people, Irina Matsuovna constantly explains to her daughter how to react correctly to this and even fight back. Masha uses these tips very well and looks like a completely happy, smiling girl.

Masha's success

Intensive training with Masha, Irina Matsuovna’s desire to make her daughter’s life as comfortable as possible, full of positive events and emotions, brought results.

Masha Sirotinskaya looks like a completely socially adapted person, knows how to behave beautifully in society, and is open to communication. In addition, an opportunity recently presented itself, and Masha showed character, stood up for herself and punished the offender.

The girl has a rather interesting life; among other things, she often travels with her parents. At the moment, Masha is also studying at college to become a ceramist, a specialist in ceramics, so the girl, who is now only 20 years old, will soon have an interesting profession.

Masha has already tried herself as an actress, participating in the play “Cinderella,” and also as a model, walking the catwalk at the “Russian Fashion Week” shows.

Personal life

Masha Sirotinskaya has absolutely no reason to complain about life, and such bright people don’t know how to do this, they don’t get offended, don’t know how to be sad and don’t show aggression, everything suits them. But we, looking at what life is like for this beautiful girl, see that life did not deprive her of any joys and even provided her with the opportunity to experience love.

Masha met Vlad Sitdikov at the theater; according to him, he immediately realized that he could not live without this girl. They met and have been communicating well for 4 years now, they have a lot in common, it’s much more interesting for them to live together and make further plans for the future. Vlad also has Down syndrome, but was able to find his place in life and even achieved sports results. Vlad Sitdikov is the world champion in bench press among juniors.

Just recently, a young man asked Masha to marry him; neither Vlad’s parents nor Masha’s parents expected such a turn of events, but he made everyone very happy.

The children spend a lot of time together, travel and even managed to star in a video. At the beginning of 2017, namely on March 21, International Day of People with Down Syndrome, a video with their participation was released, called “Love Syndrome”.

This film tells how people with an unusual set of chromosomes can live full, interesting lives, study, be creative, and even achieve athletic results. It is very important for such special people to acquire social skills. According to the authoritative statement of specialists, psychologists, teachers and doctors, such children are quite teachable, but they need a special approach.

Khakamada came to the Let Them Talk studio not alone, but with her daughter Masha. Masha is 20 years old and has Down's disease. This was the theme of the program.

Khakamada left politics a long time ago and fled from it. Now he travels around the country, giving lectures on how to win and not give up. It is in demand, however. But here she decided to open up completely.

Masha is 20 years old, she is very beautiful. She has her mother’s eye shape, just as oriental and mysterious. She has a slender figure and dances Indian dance wonderfully. She is well-read and smart. She travels a lot. But she has Down's disease.

Irina does not hide this. Why hide, who to fear? Yes, we have a wild country in this sense. We are used to the fact that there are “white” people and there are “black” people. We are a country of winners, and if you are sick, and God forbid, mentally, if you are disabled due to cerebral palsy, for example, you have no place in high society. This was our upbringing, wasn’t it?

Khakamada is different, completely different. She has never been “like everyone else,” but only as she wants, she can and will be. She talks about her family life with her daughter: “Yes, for the first ten years I wanted to hang myself.” But she did it. And now she “brought out” her daughter.

Still from video

In fact, the Downs are very kind people, kinder than everyone else. I know this for sure, I have experience. They are naive, pure and trusting... Masha came not alone, but with her boyfriend. His name is Vladik, he is also Down. He holds Masha’s hand all the time, he is a gentleman, a man. He reads a lot, and on the wall in his bedroom hangs a large photograph of Vysotsky. Vladik and Masha look at each other and cannot stop looking at each other. This is what we saw in “Let Them Talk.”

For presenter Dmitry Borisov, the main thing here was to do no harm. Don’t inadvertently offend people, don’t be vulgar, but be delicate, don’t ask stupid questions. We can say that Borisov managed it. And the studio guests suddenly also understood the importance of what was happening and did not go too far. It seemed that there was no presenter or guests here, but only she, Irina Khakamada, only her daughter Masha and her boyfriend Vladik.

And at the end Sergei Belogolovtsev came with his son Zhenya, who has cerebral palsy. Zhenya knows Masha and even made Vladik a little jealous of her. But only a little. Zhenya is very smart, listening to him is a pleasure.

These are the kids, this is the program where the presenter was absolutely unnecessary. But he didn’t argue, he understood it and faded into the background. A program where we saw beautiful, kind and wonderful people. And maybe they themselves became at least a little better. Even if not for long.

Elections under hypnosis

No, I understood everything about the program “Stars under Hypnosis” and don’t watch it anymore. But on this basis fantasies are born that prevent me from living. Therefore, I must throw them out on you, right now.

If you remember, in the first episode of this sequel in my column a week ago, I recalled how I myself attended a hypnosis session. The hypnotist arranged a “Morning Mail” for everyone, where ordinary people from the people, at his will, became either Pugacheva, or Rotaru, or Yuri Antonov and sang in his voice exactly what he ordered.

So, the second and last episode. Dedicated to the election debates. The hypnotist calls people onto the stage: “So, now we are filming the film “Seven Old Men and One Girl.” You, girl, will be a liberal.” - “Is it possible to scold Putin?” - “You can.” But only for you! Yes, and don’t forget to say “Their Crimea”... And you, good sir, please put on a white tailcoat. And white gloves. Look offended and remain silent, it will suit you.... And you, comrade, will be like a new guy. Comb your mustache, this is your main argument. You will be our whipping boy. You have a lot of shares and you forgot about them. Yes, and praise Stalin more, it’s fashionable now... You will attack our mustachioed boy, scold him in vain. And scream, scream more, well, as best you can... So, now with you. You were forgotten, but for some reason you were registered. You are just needed just in case, maybe you will come in handy... What are you doing here? Do you want it too? Then remember, your last name is Ombudsman, you are a Norwegian with a Russian passport. You defend the rich in favor of the poor... So, you will be a real communist, a faithful Leninist, not like the one with the mustache and the shares.”

Well, that seems to be it. So, camera, motor, let's start! Yes, but who will be president? You're still asking! Well, of course, a hypnotist, there are no other options. This is such a movie.

There are three days left before the start of the televised debate...