The Kremlin pool (), also President's pool () is a group of

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s accredited to regularly cover the activities of the

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and the top Russian government. Yelena Tregubova in her book ''The tales of a Kremlin digger'' spoke about the behind-the-scenes activities of the Kremlin pool of

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and the early years of

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, attracting an angry reaction from the Kremlin.

Notable journalists

* Andrey Kolesnikov (since 2001) * Boris Grishchenko (late 1970s - 2004) * Yelena Tregubova (1997-2001) * Margarita Simonyan (2002-2005) * Natalya Melikova (since 2002) * Dmitry Glukhovsky (mid 2000s)

References

{{reflist Russian journalism organizations

Notable journalists

See also

References