Farida Rustamova (full name: ''Farida Hafiz qizy Rustamova'', , born 1992, Moscow) is a Russian journalist of Azerbaijani descent.

Biography

Farida Rustamova was born in Moscow in 1992. In the university, from 2012 to 2014, she worked in Gazeta.ru. She worked and wrote for

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, BBC News Russian,

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, and

TV Rain TV Rain ( rus, Дождь, Dozhd, p=ˈdoʂtʲ, a=Ru-дождь (doʂtʲ).ogg; stylized as ДО///ДЬ) is an independent Russian-language television channel. Launched in Russia in 2010, it has been based in the Netherlands since 2022. It focuse ...

. From the beginning of the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, Rustamova works as an independent journalist in her own media named ''FariDaily'' and ''Explanatory note'' (in Russian: Пояснительная записка), they both publish texts in Russian and English. Maxim Tovkailo is the co-founder of these publications and a partner of Rustamova. In the past, he worked in such media as ''

Vedomosti ( rus, Ведомости, p=ˈvʲedəməsʲtʲɪ, ) is a Russian-language business daily newspaper published in Moscow. History was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Dow Jones, who publishes ''The Wall Street Journal''; Pearson, ...

'', ' and ''

''.

Professional work

Rustamova has published a number of 'groundbreaking investigative pieces' on Vladimir Putin and his inner circle, cited by the world-known

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. Her articles have appeared in

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, ,

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, The Blueprint, on the websites of the

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's Kennan Institute and

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and others.

Leonid Slutsky's accusation of sexual harassment

Awards

She is a two-time winner of the Redkollegia Award: * in May 2018 for 'The story of how MP Slutsky sexually harassed two Russian journalists' for BBC News Russian; * in March 2021 altogether with Svetlana Reiter and Alexander Ershov for the 'From gene bombs to classroom curriculum'
for

Notes

External links

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(in English). {{DEFAULTSORT:Rustamova, Farida BBC people 21st-century Russian women journalists 1992 births Redkollegia award winners Moscow State University alumni Living people Russian people of Azerbaijani descent 21st-century Russian journalists