In 2018, Putin was re-elected president of Russia.
In his inaugural address, he once said this:
"Without Russia, what's the use of wanting the world?"
这个把俄罗斯当成自己命根子的硬汉最近日子不好过：对乌克兰久攻不下，还招致西方国家同仇敌忾的制裁，国内也是反对声四起。
Internal and external troubles, Putin the Great is not bad to blame.
而在国内的反对者中，一个靓丽的身影格外引人注目。
She is the daughter of a well-known Russian TV anchor, Putin's goddaughter, and Putin's mentor - Kseniya Sobchak.
Deputy Mayor of st. Petersburg
很多人知道，普京有个非常重要的政治引路人，也是他的大学老师——索布恰克。
In 1970, Putin was admitted to the law faculty of Leningrad University. In his junior year, he met his biggest "nobleman", Anatoly Sobchak, a professor of economics.
此时，索布恰克在法律系主讲经济学，还未开展他的政治宏图。
沉默寡言但脑筋聪明的普京得到了索布恰克的欣赏，他还高兴地给普京的毕业论文评分为“优”。
1989年，索布恰克弃书从政，当选苏联人民代表，并于次年竞选圣彼得堡市市长，成为该市首任民选市长。
At this time, Putin had just returned from a West German garrison, and had not yet recovered from the surprise of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
而索布恰克正急于延揽各路英才，组建政府班子，于是，曾经的学生普京迅速进入老师的法眼，受到重用。
Sobchak and Putin
Putin began as chairman of the St. Petersburg Foreign Liaison Committee, then as deputy mayor in charge of foreign economy, and together with another deputy mayor at the time, Yakovlev, became Sobchak's right-hand man.
Wherever Sobchak goes, he loves to take Putin with him, and some even call him Sobchak's "guardian angel."
In 1994, President Yeltsin visited St. Petersburg.
在索布恰克组织的一场郊外打猎活动中，普京是唯一一个迟到的政府官员，令暴脾气的叶利钦暗自不爽。
后来，一头野猪出人意料地闯入午休会场。 在所有人惊慌失措之际，只有普京冷静镇定，端起猎枪，“砰砰”两枪，解决了那头野猪。
普京的临危不乱、行动敏捷，给在场的叶利钦留下了深刻的印象。
In 1996, Sobchak lost the st. Petersburg mayoral election, and Deputy Mayor Yakovlev was elected mayor.
Loyal to his mentor, Putin ignored the victors' retention and followed Sobchak away from the St. Petersburg city government.
At that time, Putin said something like this: "It is better to be hanged for loyalty than to be betrayed." ”
这让叶利钦对普京顿生好感。 几年后，他将权力移交给普京，自己得以全身而退。
In 1997, Sobchak suffered retaliation and faced the threat of jail time.
At this time, Putin showed the loyalty of a student, a subordinate: he took great political risks and successfully helped Sobchak leave his homeland and take refuge in Paris.
Later, Putin's career was on the fast track and began to serve as Russia's prime minister.
With the support of his student Putin, Sobchak ended his official life in Paris and returned to Russia.
After returning home, Sobchak became an active supporter of Putin's campaign for Russian president.
Unexpectedly, in 2000, while Sobchak was running for Putin's presidential campaign, he died of a sudden heart attack.
Putin and Sobchak's widow and young daughter (right)
而普京不仅在葬礼上给予索布恰克极高的评价，在以后的重大周年纪念日，还经常去导师的墓地献花。
Under Putin's care, Sobchak's widow, Lyudmila Narusovaya, also became a member of the Russian Federation Committee.
可如今，时过境迁，柳德米拉和她的小女儿克谢妮娅·索布恰克却都成了普京的积极反对者。
Ideal for single women
Born in 1981, Ksenia is the second daughter of the Sobchaks.
索布恰克从小在学校里的表现就很拔尖，是那种很聪明的孩子。
Her original dream was to become a dazzling balletmaster. 父母为帮女儿圆梦，曾把她送到专业的芭蕾学校学习。
毕竟，父母都是学者，也都在政府机构担任公职，家里的餐桌上自然少不了政治话题，父母也经常鼓励她参与政治问题的辩论，表达自己的看法。
In this way, Sobchak gradually developed a strong interest in politics from an early age.
In 1998, Sobchak transferred to St. Petersburg University to study international relations. He later transferred to the best university, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, where he obtained a master's degree in politics.
Sobchak belongs to the talented kind, although not with the appearance of the country' natural beauty; but it is not surprising that her life journey has been smooth with the godfather Putin covered.
After graduating, she plunged into the entertainment industry and blossomed in movies and hosting.
In addition to acting in movies, she also hosted popular Russian reality shows, including "Dom-2", which made her famous and became the dream lover of many otaku.
Sobchak acts quite high-profile and is a big celebrity in Russia. 也许由于她的家庭背景，以及与普京的特殊关系，她想低调也低调不起来。
她的言行都是自由派，照片还上过《花花公子》封面，并以名媛自居，成为俄罗斯版的帕里斯·希尔顿。
2009年，她还被杂志列入俄罗斯最理想的单身女性名单。
Sobchak dared to act boldly.
2008年的一天，她在莫斯科准备乘坐俄罗斯国际航空公司的航班飞往纽约。 Before boarding the plane, she found the pilot drunk.
It is not surprising that pilots of fighting nations drink small drinks in Russia.
但索布恰克不是一般人，发扬了总统普京教女的派头，愣是不让飞机起飞，又打电话又投诉的，结果，事件最后以飞行员被换掉而告终。
经此一役，更多的俄罗斯人都知道了这样一个事实——索布恰克来头不小。
然而，就是这样一个俄罗斯上流阶层的社交名媛、宅男的梦中情人，却又开始反对起普京，而且还与普京竞争过俄罗斯总统选举。
"I don't want to change power, I just want to influence it"
随着索布恰克在俄罗斯的名气越来越大，她的自由化倾向也越来越明显。
她一直说，“我反对这个体系，反对官僚腐败，但我个人并不反对普京。 “
可后来，她开始跟著名的反普京活动家伊利亚·雅辛搞在一起，甚至开始约会。
On June 24, 2012, Putin authorities investigators raided Sobchak's apartment, exposing a photo of Ilya Yassin lying naked in bed.
同时也曝光了藏在索布恰克保险箱里的100多万欧元和近50万美元的现金。
Undoubtedly, this is a public humiliation of Sobchak and Yassin. As we all know, no one would dare to do so without Putin's consent.
Sobchak and Jasin
紧接着，索布恰克主持的节目《Dom-2》又被取消，她也被国家电视台封杀。
就这样，索布恰克一家和普京结下了梁子。
毕竟索布恰克在俄罗斯是个名气很大的网红，眼见自己的节目被停播，她开始当起了政治记者，并开始在自由派独立电视台推出了一档新的政治脱口秀节目。
索布恰克公开叫板，在第一集节目中就采访了著名的反对派人士，并打算在下一集中采访俄罗斯反对派人物、被誉为普京最强劲对手的反腐英雄——阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼。
In October 2017, Sobchak officially announced his candidacy for president in 2018. 在纳瓦尔尼被禁止参选后，索布恰克就成了挑战普京的主要反对派候选人之一，也是年龄最小的总统候选人。
Sobchak and Navalny
其实在2018年的俄罗斯大选中，普京当选已经基本没悬念，后来的得票数也证实了这一点——索布恰克的得票率仅1.7%。
而此时普京恩师的女儿出场，以普京反对派的形象参加大选，还一度被认为是她跟普京唱的一出双簧，借此帮助普京树立包容开放的国家形象。
It seems that the outside world is thinking too much.
在最近的俄乌战争中，索布恰克这对母女又充当了普京反对派的排头兵，成了国内公开谴责战争的主要政治人物。
There is an old Chinese saying that if you throw in the peach, you should repay it with a plum.
As Putin's mentor and political leader, the elder Sobchak led Putin to his career, although he had the grace of knowledge.
普京在恩师下台后，冒着失业的风险，追随恩师，而未接受恩师对手的挽留，展现了难得的忠诚；
When his mentor was imprisoned, Putin decisively reached out to save him;
After the death of the teacher, he visited the cemetery in St. Petersburg every year to commemorate the occasion, showing the loyalty of a student and a subordinate to his teacher and superiors.
Putin got down on one knee and presented flowers to the Sobchak Monument on VasilievSky
而如今，普京作为一国之首领，同样需要忠诚的时候，索布恰克这对母女的所作所为，实在让人难以置喙。
It can only be said that loyalty is a two-way street. The real strong never appear as victims.