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Dok Tok (Док-ток) is a Russian daily evening talk television show on Channel One Russia. The hosts are Ksenia Sobchak (Ксения Анатольевна Собчак) and Alexander Gordon (Алeксандp Гаppиeвич Гордон). The program currently airs on Monday to Wednesday at 10:30 pm. Although brand new, the television show is already rife with extreme scandals and controversy.

In interviews promoting Dok-Tok, Ksenia Sobchak said the program would be "not about shouts and conflicts in the studio", in a clear attempt to distance the series from other Russian talk shows, such as Let Them Talk.<ref>Matthew Luxmoore. (February 12, 2020). How A Harrowing Family Story Became Russia's Talk-Show Sensation. Radio Free Europe. </ref> This maybe in reference to television shows such as Let's Get Married, which has had guests walk out and have asked guests about abortions, and the television show Let Them Talk, in which the rape victim was mocked by the presenters and audience.

Criminal defamation by Dok-Tok

There is a pending lawsuit for criminal defamation, harassment, moral defamation and a tort claim. Defendants in the case include, Ksenia Sobchak and Alexander Gordon, the three producers, Olga, Tanya, Fetma, the assistant to Sobchak, Lena, the director, Eldar Sharipov, the producer, Alena Alimova, and finally, the television show "Dok-Tok" and First Channel.

Other Criticisms

In early February 2020, the RTVI TV channel accused Channel One of plagiarism, since a show with a similar name “Doc Talk” has been released on RTVI since September 9, 2019.<ref>Susanna Alperina. The New Show with Sobchak is Accused of Plagiarism. Russian newspaper (Российская газета) (February 5, 2020).</ref> The first episode of February 10, 2020 on YouTube collected twice as many dislikes as likes.<ref>Ivan Medvedev. "The premiere failed. Viewers criticized the new show on Channel One, which was hosted by Ksenia Sobchak". BFM.ru (February 12, 2020)</ref>

In July 2020, Veterans of Russia appealed to Konstantin Ernst, General Director of Channel One, with a demand "to terminate Ksenia Sobchak's activities as a presenter on the channel". The reason was the presenter's calls to ignore the all-Russian vote on amendments to the Russian Constitution, return Crimea to Ukraine and support Ivan Safronov, accused of treason.<ref>Ksenia Sobchak is asked to be excluded from the hosts of Channel One. Party of Veterans of Russia (July 17, 2020). Retrieved September 14, 2020. Archived July 19, 2020.</ref><ref>Artyom Kozhedubov. Veterans demanded from Channel One to fire Sobchak for his political views. Moskovsky Komsomolets (July 17, 2020).</ref>

The programs devoted to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny received a high level of criticism , in particular, the discontent of journalists caused Alexander Gordon's mockery of the oppositionist's personality and distortion of information about the causes and consequences of the attempted assassination.<ref>Viktor Shenderovich . What a vulgar and meaningful nit has become a friend of my youth, Sasha Gordon! Russian Monitor (October 12, 2020). </ref> <ref>Slava Taroshchina. Before and after. Portrait of the hero of the day Molchanov against the background of Gordon with "Novichok". Novaya Gazeta (October 13, 2020).</ref> <ref>Yuri Bershidsky. "It could be no-shpa!" Seven fakes from Alexander Gordon's program about the Navalny case. The Insider.15 October 2020.</ref> <ref>Irina Petrovskaya, Ksenia Larina. The man from the TV. Echo of Moscow (October 17, 2020).</ref>

In November 2020, the lawyer of the historian Oleg Sokolov, Alexander Torgashev, filed a lawsuit against Channel One and the guest of the program on October 19, Ekaterina Przhigodzkaya, demanding to refute the information that Sokolov tortured and beat her in 2008, and also to remove the issue from the website channel and pay a thousand rubles in moral compensation.

In February 2021, the Petrogradskiy District Court of St. Petersburg refused to consider the information contained in the program unreliable and dismissed the claim.<ref>Defense of the historian Sokolov filed a lawsuit against Channel One. RIA Novosti. (November 16, 2020).</ref><ref>[https://www.dp.ru/a/2021/02/10/Sud_v_Peterburge_otkazals The court in St. Petersburg refused to delete the Doc-Tok issue about the historian Sokolov. Business Petersburg. (February 10, 2021).</ref>

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External links

• Official site
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Alexander Gordon

Alexander Garrievich Gordon (Template:Lang-ru, born February 20, 1964) is a Russian radio and television presenter, journalist, actor and director. He has worked on "NTV" channel and "Channel One". As of January 2023, Gordon is the host of First Channel's Dok-Tok.<ref>Dok Talk</ref>

Personal life

Gordon is Russian Jewish descent. He is a son of the poet and artist from Odessa, Harry Gordon and Antonina Striga. He has been married five times and has four children.<ref name="se">It's only the beginning? Personal life of Alexander Gordon - 5 marriages, 2 novels, 4 children, The Voice Magazine.</ref>

Honors and awards

• 2007 - TEFI for the "Talk Show" (program "Private screening").<ref name="kinoros">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2008 - TEFI for the categories "Talk Show" and "talk-show" (the program "private screening").<ref name="kinoros" />
• 2010 - TEFI for the "Talk show host" (the program "Gordon Quixote").<ref name="tefi2010">Победители «ТЭФИ-2010»</ref>
• 2011 - TEFI for the "Talk show host" (the program "private screening").

Filmography

Gordon has also been a film-maker, creating several full-length feature films. Two of his movies, The Shepherd of His Cows and Brothel Lights, were based on the works of his father.

Director

• 2002 - "The Shepherd of His Cows" (based on the book by Harry Gordon)
• 2009 - "Liberal Democratic Party. 20 years of face-to-Russia"
• 2010 - "Blizzard"<ref>«Я приветствую необразованность аудитории»Template:In lang</ref>
• 2011 - "Brothel Lights"

Trivia

His last name is pronounced with stress on the last syllable, i.e. rhyming with "tone", unlike the regular pronunciation of "Gordon" rhyming with "done".

External links

• «Бесы» лезут в телевизор — обзор критической прессы о театральном спектакле А. Гордона «Одержимые». Template:In lang
• Подопытные люди («Известия», 15 октября 2004) — о ток-шоу «Стресс». Template:In lang
• ИСПЫТАНИЕ ГОРДОНОМ («Профиль», 20 октября 2008) — о ток-шоу «Гордон Кихот». Template:In lang