Journalist for Important Stories, member of the "Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project" (OCCRP). She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (2017) for her research in collaboration with journalists from the "International Consortium of Investigative Journalism" (ICIJ) on the Panama Papers. She worked in the news department of "Autoradio", in the department of politics "Gazeta", in the newspaper "Vzglyad", in "Marker", "The Village". In November 2020, Olesya Shmagun published an article about the corruption of medical officials in the Rostov region for "Important stories". Participated in the project "Kassandra" in collaboration with 400 other journalists in 2020.

Name
Olesya Shmagun
Field of activity
Media

Recognitions

Status
Foreign agent (individual media)
Year of recognition
2021
Inclusion date
20.08.2021
Reason for recognition
"The Vazhnye Istorii" (where Olesya works) published an investigation about Kirill Shamalov, Putin's alleged son-in-law, offshore deals with "friends of the president," and the purchase of a stake in the Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli for Rosneft (after that, Rosneft sued and won the case against "Vazhnye Istorii".)

Chronology

  1. Addition to the list: Foreign agent (individual media)
Journalists and Publishers

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