Tatyana Rostislavovna Mitkova (russian: Татья́на Ростисла́вовна Митко́ва) (born September 13, 1957 in

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) is a Russian television journalist for

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. She became famous in 1991 for refusing to read the official

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version of the military response to the uprising in Lithuania. In 2001,

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described her as one of Russia's "best-known news presenters". In 1991, she received one of the first International Press Freedom Awards from the

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. In January 2001, she was summoned by prosecutors to discuss an alleged $70,000 loan from NTV. The summons came in the midst of an attempted takeover of the station by Gazprom, and Mitkova described it as "psychological pressure and a direct threat to journalists." At the end of the month, a Moscow court gave Gazprom control of NTV's owner Media-Most, which was by then described by ''

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'' as "Russia's sole independent national television station" and by ''

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'' as "the last nationwide voice critical of President Vladimir V. Putin". Despite a lockout of some journalists who refused to "pledge loyalty" to the new management, Mitkova was persuaded to stay with the station by new owner

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Татьяна Ростиславовна Миткова
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitkova, Tatyana 1957 births Living people Writers from Moscow Moscow State University alumni Russian television journalists