Article updated: 9/27/2012 5:02 PM

Russian TV host gets $2 million back from government

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Associated Press/Jan. 18, 2012 Russian socialite and TV host Kseniya Sobchak, daughter of the late St. Petersburg mayor, Anatoly Sobchak, speaks to journalists during her interview at a radio station in Moscow.

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A glamorous Russian TV host who has emerged as a face of anti-Kremlin protests has won an unlikely victory in her battle against the government by seeing the return of nearly $2 million seized by authorities.