The Kremlin pool (russian: Кремлевский пул), also President's pool is a group of
Russia
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journalist
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s accredited to regularly cover the activities of the
President of Russia
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and the top
Russian government
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.
Yelena Tregubova in her book ''The tales of a Kremlin digger'' spoke about the behind-the-scenes activities of the Kremlin pool of
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
and the early years of
Vladimir Putin
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, attracting an angry reaction from the Kremlin.
Notable journalists
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Andrey Kolesnikov (since 2001)
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Boris Grishchenko (late 1970s - 2004)
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Yelena Tregubova
Yelena Tregubova (russian: Елена Трегубова; born May 24, 1973) is a Russian journalist. Her book ''The Tales of a Kremlin Digger'' detailed her work in the Kremlin pool.
Biography
Tregubova studied journalism at Moscow State Univ ...
(1997-2001)
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Margarita Simonyan
Margarita Simonovna Simonyan (russian: link=no, Маргарита Симоновна Симоньян; born 6 April 1980) is a Russian journalist. She is the editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled media organisations RT (formerly R ...
(2002-2005)
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Natalya Melikova (since 2002)
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Dmitry Glukhovsky
Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky (russian: Дми́трий Алексе́евич Глухо́вский, born 12 June 1979) is a Russian author and journalist best known for the science fiction novel ''Metro 2033'' and its sequels. As a journal ...
(mid 2000s)
See also
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White House press corps
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References
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Russian journalism organizations