What is Sergey Dorenko?
[[File:Sergey Dorenko 2017.jpg|thumb|200px|Dorenko in 2017]] '''Sergey Leonidovich Dorenko''' ({{lang-ru|Серге́й Леони́дович Доре́нко}}; 18 October 1959 – 9 May 2019) was a [[Russia]]n journalist and news presenter. He hosted ''[[Vremya]]'', the main evening newscast in Russia, between 1996 and 1999. He began hosting his own show, a [[controversial]] weekly news commentary program in 1999. After his [[criticism]] of the government's response to the [[Kursk submarine disaster|''Kursk'' submarine disaster]], his show was cancelled in 2000. He also served as deputy director of [[Channel One Russia|ORT]]. He was born in [[Kerch]], [[Crimea]]. On 9 May 2019, Dorenko crashed his [[motorcycle]] in [[Moscow]] after having had a [[heart attack]]. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was 59.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rt.com/russia/458894-dorenko-accident-died-moscow/|title=Prominent Russian journalist Sergey Dorenko dies in Moscow after motorbike accident|publisher=RT|date=9 May 2019|access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.dorenko.tv}} {{in lang|ru}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorenko, Sergey}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Russian journalists]] [[Category:Russian writers]] [[Category:People from Crimea]]