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Maria Zholobova
Maria Viktorovna Zholobova (born 1989) is a Russian investigative journalist. She is a journalist for the publication Important Stories. She is the co-founder and former journalist for the publication Proekt. She is the former presenter and writer of the program “Fake News” on the Dozhd TV channel. Education She received a master's degree from the Institute of Journalism and Literary Creativity in Moscow. Career She started working in the newspaper "Kommersant", where she was a news editor. In September 2013, Kommersant sent Zholobov to a lecture by Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the lecture, Peskov said that Putin does not pronounce the name of the Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny so as not to make Navalny popular. Zholobova published it on the Kommersant website and was fired, and her article was deleted, as it turned out that the lecture was not public. Later, she worked at Esquire and Slon (Republic). In 2014, she joined RBC. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Important Stories
iStories or Important Stories () is an independent Russian website specialising in investigative journalism. The website was founded in 2020 by Russian journalists Roman Anin and Olesya Shmagun. IStories published a number of high-profile investigations. The office of the website is located in Latvia. History IStories (the "I" stands for "important") was launched at the end of April 2020. Its founders are Russian journalists Roman Anin and Olesya Shmagun. Anin, Shmagun and several other journalists in their team had previously worked for Novaya Gazeta, a Russian newspaper. 4 out of 10 journalists at IStories were taking part in investigation of the Panama Papers. IStories was created in response to the growing pressure from the Russian government on the media. IStories published its first two investigations with the participation of Novaya Gazeta. It investigated the illegal supply of low quality ventilators and COVID-19 tests, the production of surgical masks during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |