Stars Millions for marathons: who is Elena Blinovskaya – what is known and what was wrong

Elena was born in the village of Oparino, Kirov region, in 1981 in the family of an accountant and a driver. He has a younger brother Alexander. As a child, she and her family moved to Yaroslavl. There, the father of the family founded his own veterinary company, where Elena also started working as an accountant. Before that, she graduated from Yaroslavl State University. Demidov and received a degree in economics.

In 2007, Elena married the budding businessman Alexey Blinovsky, who helped her open her first business, a wedding salon in Yaroslavl. The couple has four children: three sons and a daughter. Blinovská’s husband is actively engaged in business and in various fields. According to some reports, he is associated with 16 companies. These include a jewelry company, a mining company, a restaurant, a fabric and accessories company, and many more.

Before Blinovskaya became the “queen of marathons”, she had time to try another crown – at a beauty contest. In 2016, the victory at Mrs. Russia – International 2016 was shared by contestants from the Rostov region.

The real fame of Blinovskaya was brought by the so-called marathons of desires, which Elena started working on already in 2015. Fascinated by the topic of personal growth training, Blinovskaya first organized marathons for her friends, but because she felt that this topic was in demand, she began to expand her audience.

As part of the course, Blinovskaya taught how to correctly create a wish to make it come true. The cost of participation was on average from 3 to 10 thousand rubles, but a VIP package could cost a million.

In 2018, Blinovskaya registered the phrase “Marathon desire” as a trademark. And in 2020, a film of the same name with Aglaya Tarasova was released, dedicated to the Blinovskaya course, in which the blogger herself starred.

Blinovskaya always answered direct questions about her condition, but did not hide her wealth. The blogger arranged noisy and expensive vacations that always attracted attention. The celebration of Elena’s 40th birthday in Altai resonated the most. The blogger invited top celebrities to entertain herself and her guests. The party was hosted by Ksenia Sobchak and Ivan Urgant, Philip Kirkorov, Svetlana Loboda, the Beasts group and other stars performed on stage. According to media reports, more than 120 million rubles were spent on the organization of the holiday.

Once on her birthday, she posted her card number on social media so that her fans could congratulate her. In two hours, subscribers sent her 2.5 million rubles.

Forbes magazine estimated Blinovska’s income at 330 million rubles in 2020. In 2022, the income of the blogger in the media was already estimated at 4 billion rubles.

On April 27, 2023, it was revealed that Blinovská was detained while trying to cross the border between Russia and Belarus. Elena was accused of not paying taxes in the amount of more than 918 million, as well as money laundering. Criminal proceedings were initiated against Blinovská. Her husband is still a witness in the case and the house has already been searched. Shortly before that, the participants of her training also began to complain massively to the General Prosecutor’s Office and accused Blinovská of fraud.

During a search of a country estate near Blinovskaja, luxury cars were found, including a Lamborghini Urus, a Range Rover, a Maybach. Most of the property is registered in the name of Elena’s husband. It also includes a 58-meter apartment in Moscow for 60 million and a plot of land with an area of ​​50 hectares in Simferopol.

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