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Svetlana Sorokina

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Svetlana Sorokina is a well-known journalist from Russia. A journalist is a person who gathers and tells news stories. She has spent much of her life sharing information with the public. Her work has been on television, on the radio, and in schools. She is also a member of the Higher School of Economics. This means she works as a teacher there.

Svetlana has worked in many different ways to reach people. She started on Leningrad television in the late 1980s. There, she led a program called 600 seconds. Later, she worked for several other big stations. These included NTV, TV-6, and Channel One Russia. She also worked for the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Since 2005, she has co-hosted a weekly radio show. This show is on the Echo of Moscow station.

Her career has lasted through many important years. She was born on 15 January 1957, in a place called Pushkin. In 1993, she received the Order "For Personal Courage." This is a special honor. She also won the TEFI award three times. These wins happened in 1996, 2000, and 2005. TEFI is a major prize for people who work in television.

Svetlana has also helped people through official groups. From 2009 to 2011, she was a member of a council. This was the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. This group helps look after the rights of people. In 2015, she hosted a talk show. The show was called "Sorokina" on the TV Rain channel. It ran from April until December of that year.

Outside of her news work, Svetlana has a personal life. Her maiden name is Sarykova. She kept the surname from her first marriage. Her second husband was named Vladimir Grechishkin. He worked as a television operator. In July 2003, she became a foster mother. She took in a daughter named Tonya. This shows how she cares for others in her own life.

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