Arctic Moroshka
Independent Journalism Award on the Russian Arctic and the North. Awarded twice a year for strong reporting and investigations on human rights, climate, ecology and the life of northern communities.
Award Board
Andrey Goryanov
Executive Producer of BBC Eye and General Producer of the BBC Russian Service. Former editor-in-chief of a major Russian media outlet Slon.ru and co-host of the program "Money" on the Dozhd TV channel. Previously, he was the editor—in-chief of Finance magazine and the RBC Daily newspaper in St. Petersburg. He holds a Master's degree in Sociology from the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences and the University of Manchester.
Lola Tagaeva*
Russian political journalist, editor, media manager, and organizer of gender literacy festivals. Founder of Verstka*, which she launched in April 2022, she was its chief editor until August 2023 and is still its publisher. From 2009 to 2011, Tagaeva was a correspondent for the politics section at Novaya Gazeta. In 2013–2014, she was an observer at Slon.ru and in 2014–2015, she worked for the politics section at RBC. Tagaeva also worked as a correspondent and managing editor of news at TV Rain.
Ilya Shumanov*
Anti-corruption expert and author of investigations on Russian kleptocracy.
Current Cycle Stages
Acceptance of applications
Submission of materials for the award
November 24 — January 31, 2026
The shortlist
Selection of finalists
March 9th, 2026
Voting by the jury
Evaluation of works by the jury members
March 2026
Winners
Announcement of results
April 6, 2026
Expert Jury
Independent experts, journalists and researchers who evaluate works and select winners
Anton Lementuev
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