Olga Yevgenyevna Romanova (russian: Ольга Евгеньевна Романова) (born on March 28, 1966, in

Lyubertsy Lyubertsy ( rus, Люберцы, p=ˈlʲʉbʲɪrtsɨ) is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Demographics Population: History It was first mentioned in 1621 and was granted town status in 192 ...

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) is a Russian journalist and a director of the civil rights organization Russia Behind Bars.

Biography

Olga Abramovich was born on March 28, 1966, in

, Russia. In 1988 Romanova graduated from the Moscow College of Finance, the Finance Department. 1988-1991 she was working as a journalist at the news agency "IMA Press". 1991 - 1994 Romanova worked as a Moscow correspondent for the Institutional Investor Magazine. 1994 - 1997 - Economy commentator in the newspaper " oday ( Сегодня). 1997 - 1999 - co-author and a host of analytic TV program "In Reality" (На самом деле) on the TV-Center Channel ( ТВ Центр). Editor of the program "Big Money" (Большие деньги) on the NTV (

НТВ NTV (Cyrillic: НТВ) is a Russian free-to-air television channel that was launched as a subsidiary of Vladimir Gusinsky's company . Since 14 April 2001 Gazprom Media controls the network. NTV has no official meaning according to Igor Malashe ...

) Channel. 1999 - 2002 - author of a weekly column in the newspaper "Vedomosti" (Ведомости), author and co-owner of a weekly magazine "FAS" (ФАС). 1999 - 2005 - host of the analytic TV program "24 with Olga Romanova" on

Ren-TV REN TV (russian: РЕН ТВ) is a Russian free-to-air television network, was founded on 1 January 1997 by Irena Lesnevskaya and her son, Dmitry Lesnevsky, who had been running REN TV as a production house for other national Russian televisi ...

. Since 2005 - host of "Echonomics" (Эхономика), "Big Watch" (Большой Дозор), and "Special Opinion" ( Особое Мнение) on

Echo of Moscow Echo of Moscow (russian: links=no, Эхо Москвы, translit=Ekho Moskvy) was a 24/7 commercial Russian radio station based in Moscow. It broadcast in many Russian cities, some of the former Soviet republics (through partnerships with local r ...

. 2007 - 2008 - editor of the Economics department of The New Times. 2007 - 2008 - chief editor of the BusinessWeek magazine. Since 2007 - Professor at the Faculty of Media Communications, Department of Journalism at the National Research university - Higher School of Economics. 2008 - following the arrest and imprisonment of her husband, Aleksey Kozlov, Romanova published his jail diary in her blog. In 2010 Romanova turned it into a book "Butirka" (Бутырка). The same year Romanova founded a non-profit group
"Russia Behind Bars"
(Rus Sidyashaya) that documents the mistreatment of prisoners in Russia. 2009 - 2010 chief editor, contributor to Slon.ru. In 2017 Romanova fled to Germany after claiming she was falsely accused of embezzling state funds.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romanova, Olga 1966 births Living people People from Lyubertsy REN TV Echo of Moscow radio presenters 2011–2013 Russian protests Russian dissidents Women human rights activists Russian human rights activists Academic staff of the Higher School of Economics Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation alumni Free Media Awards winners