Media workers

SHAROYKINA Elena Akinfovna (b. 1979 in Dnipropetrovsk) began her career on the Dnipropetrovsk regional television while still studying at the university. She hosted programs on political and social issues and worked as a parliamentary correspondent in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

SHARY Anatoly Anatolyevich (b. 1978) is a Ukrainian pro-Kremlin video blogger, businessman, and propagandist.

SHESTAKOV Igor Leonidovich (b. 1962 in Lviv) graduated from Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1987; in 2002, he graduated from the television department of the journalism faculty of Moscow State University.

SKABEEVA Olga Vladimirovna (b.1984) is a Russian propagandist and “60 Minutes” talk show host on the government-owned TV channel Rossiya-1. Born in the Volgograd region, she started her journalistic career at an early age.

SMOLIN Mikhail Borisovich (b. 1971 in Leningrad) graduated from the History Department of St. Petersburg State University in 1996. In 1997, he became editor of the publishing section of “Moscow” magazine.

SOLOVYOV Vladimir Rudolfovich (b.1963) is a Russian high-profile propagandist, TV and radio host. Born into a Moscow Jewish family in Moscow, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys in 1986 and completed graduate studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations in 1989.

STARIKOV Nikolay Viktorovich (b. 1970 in Leningrad) graduated from the Engineering and Economics Institute in St. Petersburg in 1992 with a major in Chemical Engineering. After graduation, he worked as a security guard, sales manager, and loader. In 1994, he joined Chance Publishing House as an Advertising Manager.

STESHIN Dmitry Anatolyevich (b. 1972) graduated from the North-West Academy of Public Administration. He began his career in the St. Petersburg Five Corners newspaper. Then he was the editor of Kaleidoscope magazine, where he has been published since 1994. His cooperation with Komsomolskaya Pravda began in May 2000.

STRIZHENOVA Ekaterina Vladimirovna (b. 1968 in Moscow) graduated from the directing department of the Moscow State Institute of Culture in the early 1990s.

SIMONYAN Margarita Simonovna (b.1980) is a high-rank Russian propagandist and media manager, Editor-in-Chief of the Russian international broadcaster. Born in Krasnodar, she graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Kuban State University and Vladimir