After graduating from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University, she defended her dissertation on contemporary rhetoric and published several translations of books by authors such as Ray Bradbury and William Faulkner.
After working as a reporter and producer of various European television channels, as well as media consultant for jewelry company DeBeers, Aliona Doletskaya was appointed Director of Public Relations at the British Council in Russia.
In 1998, she was asked to lead the magazine Vogue Russia, at the time the first edition of this level in the country.
Aliona left Vogue in 2010 to work on the launch of Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine in 2011 both in Russia and in Germany.
In 2013, Aliona also hosted on Dozhd «Evening With Doletskaya» - a talk show aimed at challenging her male high-profile guests.