Andrey Zakharov (journalist)
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Andrey Vyacheslavovich Zakharov ({{Langx|ru|Андрей Вячеславович Захаров}}; born in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian investigative journalist, special correspondent of BBC News Russian, and four-time winner of the Redkollegia journalism award.
Biography
Zakharov graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University in 2005 with a degree in history of arts.{{cite web |title=Андрей Захаров. Биография |url=https://redkollegia.org/archives/authors/andrej-zaharov |accessdate=February 19, 2023 |website=Redkollegia |date=January 2019 |language=ru}}
In 2010–2016 he worked as a correspondent at the {{ill|Fontanka News agency|ru|Фонтанка.ру}}. While working at Fontanka, Zakharov published an investigation into Yevgeny Prigozhin's troll factory.{{cite web
|url = https://www.severreal.org/a/priznannyy-smi-inoagentom-zhurnalist-bi-bi-si-andrey-zaharov-uehal-iz-rossii/31627984.html
|title = Журналист BBC Андрей Захаров, написавший о любовнице и дочери Путина, уехал из России
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|date = December 27, 2021
|publisher = severreal.org
|accessdate = February 19, 2023 }}
In 2016, Zakharov moved to Moscow. In 2016–2018, he worked as a special correspondent for the RBK magazine, where he published an investigation on the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.{{cite web
|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/18/the-russian-journalist-who-helped-uncover-election-meddling-is-confounded-by-the-mueller-indictments/
|title = The Russian journalist who helped uncover election interference is confounded by the Mueller indictments
|language =
|author = Adam Taylor
|date = February 18, 2018
|work = washingtonpost.com
|accessdate = February 19, 2023 }}
In 2018–2022, Zakharov was a special correspondent for BBC News Russian.
While working at Proekt in 2020–2021, Zakharov authored an article revealing Vladimir Putin's alleged affair with Svetlana Krivonogikh.{{cite web
|url = https://lenizdat.ru/articles/1158020/
|title = Журналисты "Проекта" рассказали о, возможно, еще одной дочери Путина
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|date = November 25, 2020
|publisher = lenizdat.ru
|accessdate = February 19, 2023 }}{{cite web
|url = https://www.gq.com/story/russia-cultural-brain-drain
|title = Leaving Russia: Rockstars, Writers, Actors, and Filmmakers on the Country's Cultural Brain Drain
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|author = VADIM SMYSLOV
|date = June 13, 2022
|publisher = gq.com
|accessdate = February 19, 2023 }}
In October 2021, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included Zakharov into the list of foreign agents.{{cite web
|url = https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/10/08/hours-after-russian-journalist-wins-nobel-peace-prize-russia-designates-nine-more-journalists-plus-bellingcat-as-foreign-agents
|title = Hours after Russian journalist wins Nobel Peace Prize, Russia designates nine more journalists (plus Bellingcat) as 'foreign agents'
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|date = October 8, 2021
|publisher = meduza.io
|accessdate = February 19, 2023 }} Shortly after, he left Russia and moved to the United Kingdom.{{cite web
|url = https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bbc-reporter-flees/31628359.html
|title = BBC Reporter Leaves Russia For British Self-Exile
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|date = December 27, 2021
|publisher = rferl.org
|accessdate = February 19, 2023 }}
Awards
Zakharov is a two-time winner (in 2014 and 2015) of the {{ill|Union's of Journalists of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region|ru|Союз журналистов Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области}} "Golden Pen" award.{{cite web
|url = https://spbsj.ru/golgen-pen-laureats/andriei-zakharov
|title = Андрей Захаров
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|publisher = spbsj.ru
|accessdate = February 19, 2023 }}
He is also a four-time winner (twice in 2017, in 2020, and 2022) of the Redkollegiya award.
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Category:Journalists from Saint Petersburg
Category:People listed in Russia as media foreign agents