Widowed Margarita Simonyan told about her son's serious illness

RT editor—in-chief Margarita Simonyan has been coping for the last year not only with breast cancer, but also with the death of her beloved husband, director Tigran Keosayan. This did not end the heavy blows in the journalist's life, in the program "Malakhov" Simonyan also told about the difficult illness of Bagrat's son.

"I lived in the hospital for the first 40 days, until our son fell ill in the hardest and scariest way, and I had to return from the hospital to scratch out my son", Margarita shared.

Simonyan's son fell ill when Keosayan was already in a coma. The couple has three children — the eldest Mariana, then the son Bagrat and the youngest daughter Maro.

EADaily reminds that in September 2025, the journalist confirmed that she was undergoing cancer treatment. In February 2026, she completed chemotherapy courses. On September 8, Margarita Simonyan shared very joyful news about the course of the disease — the last tomography did not reveal any new foci.