Zhanna Leonidovna Agalakova (russian: Жа́нна Леони́довна Агала́кова; born 6 December 1965, Kirov) is a Russian journalist, special correspondent, and television

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. In 2002 she was nominated for the TEFI Award and in 2006 was awarded the

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Career

In 1992 Agalakova became the

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news agency's gossip correspondent. From 1996 she broadcast on the

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channel. In October 1999 she joined

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, presenting the daytime and evening editions of ''Novosti'' ("News"), as well as the main evening news programme ''

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''. In May 2000 she announced the results of the Russian professional jury's voting at the

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held in

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. Between 2000 and 2002 she presented the television programme ''Vremena'' together with Vladimir Posner. In September 2005 Agalakova became Channel One Russia's own correspondent in

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and from January 2013 till August 2019 the station's special correspondent in

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. From August 2019 she worked again in

, and since March 2021 she has specialized in covering events in other European countries as well. Agalakova's last report on Channel One Russia came out on February 17, 2022. On March 3, 2022, she tendered her resignation from the channel, officially leaving it two weeks later, on March 17, 2022. Agalakova said she quit in protest over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and said she believes Russian television was being used to spread Kremlin

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. In an interview published by the BBC, Agalakova described Russian TV as 'brainwashing' its viewers.

Personal life

Agalakova dated an Italian physicist, Giorgio Savona, since 1991. They married in 2001. The couple has a daughter.

References

External links

Профиль Жанны Агалаковой (''Profile of Zhanna Agalakova'')
на сайте Первого канала (''on the website of Channel One'')
Биография Жанны Агалаковой (''Biography of Zhanna Agalakova'')
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agalakova, Zhanna 1965 births 21st-century Russian journalists Living people People from Kirov, Kirov Oblast Moscow State University alumni Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian women journalists Russian women television presenters