Svetlana Prokopyeva | |
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Светлана Прокопьева | |
Born | 1 October 1979 Pskov, Russia |
Alma mater | Pskov State University |
Occupation | Journalist |
Awards | CPJ International Press Freedom Award |
Svetlana Prokopyeva (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Прокопьева; born 1 October 1979) is a Russian journalist. She was awarded a CPJ International Press Freedom Award in November 2020.[1][2]
Svetlana Prokopyeva worked for the local newspaper Pskovskaya Gubernia from 2002 to 2006.[3] She also worked for the newspaper Pskovskya Pravda and the Echo of Moscow radio station in Pskov.
Currently, she is a correspondent for the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (since 2014) and an editor of the Sever.Realii.[4]
In 2018 Prokopyeva wrote an article where argued that Russian state authorities are partly to blame for the Arkhangelsk FSB office bombing. After that she was charged with 'justifying terrorism'.[5][6] On 6 July 2020 she was found guilty and fined $7,000.[7]
Redkollegia media award.[8]
She was awarded a CPJ International Press Freedom Award in November 2020.[1][2]