Irina Petrovna Borogan (russian: Ирина Петровна Бороган), born September 9, 1974 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

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, is a Russian investigative journalist.

Journalism

Irina Borogan started her journalistic career in 1996 as correspondent of

Segodnya ''Segodnya'' ( rus, Сегодня, p=sʲɪˈvodʲnʲə, t=Today, a=Ru-сегодня.ogg) was a Russian-language Ukrainian tabloid newspaper founded in 1997. While run from Kyiv, it was linked to Donbass political and business groups; its hold ...

newspaper. For

she covered 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Taiwan earthquake, situation in refugees camps in Ingushetia before the

Second Chechen War The Second Chechen War (russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́, ) took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from August 1999 ...

. In September 2000, then in

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, Irina Borogan covered law enforcement agencies and criminal activity. With

Andrei Soldatov Andrei Alekseyevich Soldatov (russian: Андрей Алексеевич Солдатов, born 4 October 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian investigative journalist and Russian security services expert. Together with fellow journalist Irina B ...

she was cofounder of the project

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. Since then Andrei Soldatov is editor and she is deputy editor of

. In 2002-2004 she was correspondent of weekly newspaper Versiya and covered

Moscow theater hostage crisis The Moscow theater hostage crisis (also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege) was the seizure of the crowded Dubrovka Theater by Chechen terrorists on 23 October 2002, which involved 850 hostages and ended with Russian security services killing o ...

. In 2004 she joined weekly

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, covered Beslan siege for

. From January 2006 until November 2008 she worked for Novaya Gazeta. Borogan covered for Novaya Gazeta 2006 Lebanon War from Lebanon and tensions in West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine). She regularly gives comments on terrorism for the

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and since 2010 she writes for Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs. In November 2002 Irina Borogan was interrogated twice by FSB officers because of forthcoming article on the storming of the Moscow theatre and freeing of the hostages there on 26 October.

Publishing

In December 2005, Irina Borogan published with

the book ''New patriot games. How secret services have been changing their skin 1991-2004''. In September 2010

and Irina Borogan's book '' The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB'' . In August 2011 The Russian version of the book sat on seventh place on the best seller list of Knizhnoe Obozrenie. In early September it was the second place on the best seller list. On September 20 the authors were informed by Elena Evgrafova, a chief editor of the Alpina Business Books/United Press, that on September 14, the General Director of the Chekhov Poligraphic Complex, German Kravchenko, received a letter from the Moscow department of the FSB in which the Head of the 2nd Directorate of the 6th Inter-regional Section A.I.Sergeev requests information as to the identities of those individuals who placed the order for the publication of the book The New Nobility. In October 2011 The French version of the New Nobility came out, published by François Bourin éditeur. In December 2011 The Estonian edition was published by the Tanapaev Publisher. In January 2012 the book came out in Chinese (Publisher CITIC).

Russia's Surveillance State Project

In October 2012

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and

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launched the joint project entitle
'Russia's Surveillance State'
with Andrei Soldatov as a head of the project and Irina Borogan as a deputy head. The aims of the project were to undertake research and investigation into surveillance practices in Russia, including the trade in and use of surveillance technologies, and to publicise research and investigative findings to improve national and international awareness of surveillance and secrecy practices in Russia. On October 6, 2013

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

reported the research made by

and Irina Borogan over surveillance measures introduced by the Russian authorities at the 2014 Winter Olympics, including extensive electronic eavesdropping and surveillance. The investigation was conducted in collaboration with

and

. The publication of the research prompted three European parliamentarians to raise concerns about surveillance at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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, a Dutch member of the European parliament, and two other MEPs have tabled written questions in attempt to open a debate over Russian snooping. .MEPs raise concerns over Sochi Winter Olympics surveillance plans, The Guardian, November 13, 2013
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Books

* Irina Borogan (with Andrei Soldatov): "New patriot games. How secret services have been changing their skin 1991-2004", December 2005. * Irina Borogan (with Andrei Soldatov): " The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB", PublicAffairs, September 2010. * Irina Borogan (with Andrei Soldatov): '' The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries'', PublicAffairs, September 2015. * Irina Borogan (with Andrei Soldatov):'' The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia’s Exiles, Emigres, and Agents Abroad'', PublicAffairs, October 2019

References

External links

Agentura.Ru website

Irina Borogan page at Agentura.Ru

Agentura.Ru English website

Novaya Gazeta website
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