Eva Hartog is a

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journalist and contributor to ''

De Groene Amsterdammer ''De Groene Amsterdammer'' () is an independent Dutch weekly news magazine published in Amsterdam. It is one of the five independent opinion magazines in the Netherlands, alongside '' HP/De Tijd'', '' Vrij Nederland'', ''Elsevier'' and the Jewish ...

'' and ''

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''. She joined the English language

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

-based newspaper, ''

The Moscow Times ''The Moscow Times'' (''MT'') is an Amsterdam-based independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper. It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking to ...

'', in 2013 at the age of 25 going on to serve as the publication's

editor in chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held account ...

between 2017 and 2019.

Early life

Eva Hartog is the child of a

father, who translates books from

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into

, and a

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n mother. She grew up in

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. Hartog studied liberal arts and sciences at

University College Utrecht University College Utrecht (UCU) provides English-language Liberal Arts and Sciences undergraduate education. Founded in 1998, as the first university college in the Netherlands, it is part of Utrecht University. Around 750 students of 70 diff ...

and

political philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

at the

University of Leiden Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange as a Protestant institution, it holds the distinction of being the oldest university in the Neth ...

Career

In 2013 she moved to

to work as an English language journalist for ''The Moscow Times'', writing both for the expatriate community in the Russian capital and for internationally based readers. In 2017 she was appointed editor in chief of the newspaper. At around the same time, the newspaper cancelled its regular print edition in order to concentrate on its online presence. The occasional print edition continued to appear on an irregular basis. She resigned her post as editor in chief in 2019. Alongside her work for ''The Moscow Times'', Hartog has bylines in ''

'', ''

'' and ''

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''. She also appears on various media channels, including the Dutch television programme '' Buitenhof'' and ''

De Wereld Draait Door ''De Wereld Draait Door'' (; DWDD) was an early-evening talk show on Dutch television, broadcast every weekday at 7:00 p.m. on NPO 1. It was the Netherlands' longest-running, regularly scheduled TV entertainment show and had the second-highes ...

'' as a "Russia clarifier". She was expelled from Russia in August 2023.

References

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