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Award Board

Lola Tagaeva

Russian political journalist, editor, and media manager, as well as an organizer of gender literacy festivals. From 2009 to 2011, she worked as a political correspondent for Novaya Gazeta. In 2013–2014, she was a columnist for Slon.ru. From 2014 to 2015, she worked in the politics department at RBC. She later served as a correspondent and senior editor in the newsroom of the TV channel Dozhd. In April 2022, she launched the media outlet Verstka, where she also served as editor-in-chief until August 2023.

Andrei Goryanov

Executive Producer at BBC Eye and General Producer of the BBC Russian Service. Former editor-in-chief of the major Russian media outlet Slon.ru and co-host of the program “Money” on the TV channel Dozhd. Previously served as editor-in-chief of “Finans” magazine and the St. Petersburg edition of RBC Daily. Holds a master’s degree in sociology from the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences and the University of Manchester.