Known for scandalous statements, Russian journalist Sergei Dorenko has vast experience in the media space. During his career, he collaborated with several TV channels, did not skimp on loud statements, for which he paid with his dismissal from ORT, was engaged in social and political activities as a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and received managerial experience in the directorate of the TV-6 channel.
Below, some achievements from the biography of Sergei Leonidovich Dorenko are presented in chronological order.
USSR
Sergei Dorenko was born on October 18, 1959 in Kerch. The head of the family was a military pilot, and Dorenko moved many times - during his childhood and youth, Sergei changed several schools throughout Russia. In the end, he received a higher philological education at the Peoples' Friendship University in 1982.
The diploma allowed him to translate from Spanish and Portuguese. Therefore, after university, Sergey worked as a translator in Angola for another two years. Then Sergei served a year of military service, and upon returning to his homeland, he got a job at the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
Dashingnineties
At the very beginning of the nineties, the whole country was already familiar with Sergey Dorenko: he collaborated with the largest TV channels, Pervy and RTR, working in the news.
In 1994, he already appeared daily on RTR, leading a political program. In the same year, he left the channel, not agreeing on working with the leadership in the person of Nikolai Svanidze. More loyal to the journalist, the then "young" television channel TV-6, on the contrary, in 1994 hired Dorenko as head of the information service.
1995 was marked by another scandalous dismissal, this time with ORT. The Versiya program with Sergei Dorenko was closed, as the journalist himself later stated, at the initiative of Boris Berezovsky.
The following year, the journalist returns to ORT, but releases the program "Vremya" with stories aimed at Berezovsky's political opponents. In the spring of 1998, he became a producer of ORT programs, and continues to host "Vremya" in the same place. But the release of the December program criticizing Prime Minister Primakov leads to the fact that Dorenko is removed from it.
In 1999, he held the position of deputy. general director of TV-6 for politics and information, and again appears with the author's program on ORT, this time attacking the then mayor of the Mother See, Yuri Luzhkov.
Our time
By the early 2000s, the journalist's reputation was ambiguous due to his tough, sometimes borderline aggressive stories. In September 2000, his transferon ORT regarding the tragic history of the submarine "Kursk" caused such a stir that Sergei Dorenko was first removed from the air, and then completely fired (as soon as Boris Berezovsky got rid of the shares of the channel).
Shortly after that, Dorenko realizes his social and political interests:
- joins the Communist Party, having been a party member from 2003 to 2012;
- in 2001-2003 announces a possible run for both the Moscow and the State Dumas,
- takes part in the nomination of Petro Symonenko for the post of President of Ukraine, Mikhail Khodorkovsky - for the State Duma;
- cooperates with opposition leaders, including Eduard Limonov;
- in 2005 releases a satirical novel "2008", exposing the vices of the current government and included in the list of winners of the "National Bestseller" for the next year;
- takes up radio broadcasting: since 2004, he has been working for Ekho Moskvy as the host of the morning broadcast program and is a member of the weekly "Special Opinion"; later takes the post of editor-in-chief at the Russian News Service radio station.
Not much is known about the journalist's personal life. Sergey Dorenko is the father of three children, divorced. His hobbies are computer and rock music, traveling and carpentry.
