[2] His father is Sergey Petrovich Rodionov who later was the Vice-President of JSCB "Imperial" and main owner and chairman of the board of directors Slavyansky Bank.
[2][3] From 1978 to 1983, he attended the Moscow Institute of Finance (now Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation) Kibalchicha str 1.
He pursued his studies in the Faculty of "International Economic Relations," earning a diploma with honors as an "Economist - Banking and foreign exchange operations".
[2] 1988–1991: From December 1991 to 1992, Rodionov was Chairman of the board of the bank MENATEP which later was owned by the Yukos Owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
[3][19][29][30] In March 1997, a criminal case was opened against her for causing $2.1 million property damage to the Vladimir Vinogradov (Russian: Владимир Виноградов),[g] headed Luxembourg company Diffusion Finance S.A.R.L.
[2][31][h] She is a model and, in 2001, established of the first Vivienne Westwood boutique in Russia located on Stoleshnikov Lane (Russian: Столешников переулок), which is one of the most expensive shopping districts in the world.