[1] Born to a Chinese father and a Russian mother, Ludmila emigrated with her family to Venezuela in search of freedom.
She graduated from the Central University of Venezuela and later obtained a postgraduate degree in cinema and mass communication at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, France.
[1] She began her journalistic career at the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional, covering political and economic topics.
[1][2][3] Vinogradoff has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years and part of her career has included investigating corruption in Venezuela.
She has also been international correspondent in Caracas for the Spanish newspaper El País and the Colombian magazine Semana.