Nadezhda Kevorkova
Nadezhda Kevorkova | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nadezhda Vitalievna Kevorkova October 25, 1958 |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, writer |
| Years active | since 1988 |
| Spouse | Maksim Shevchenko |
| Children | son Vasily |
Nadezhda Vitalievna Kevorkova (Russian: Надежда Витальевна Кеворкова; born October 25, 1958, Moscow) is a Russian journalist and writer.
Biography
[edit]Nadezhda Kevorkova was born on October 25, 1958, in Moscow. She graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University. According to Kevorkova, she became a journalist in 1988 after meeting Alexander Ogorodnikov. The two worked to publish the anthology Bulletin of the Christian Public and the newspaper Bulletin of Christian Democracy. Since 1992, she has worked at the Orthodox gymnasium Radonezh.[1]
From 1997 to 2002, she was a regular columnist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta. In 1998, she was a special correspondent for Nezavisimaya Gazeta in the USA. She worked as a reporter in Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Sudan, Syria, Gaza and the North Caucasus.[1]
She was a columnist for Russia Today, and has been the author of articles in Novaya Gazeta, Gazeta, Ogonyok, and Russian Newsweek. She has written a number of articles on Christian Orthodoxy and religion in the modern world. She also wrote a number of articles for the Great Russian Encyclopedia.[1]
In 2010, she was nominated for the International Women of Courage Award.[2][3][4]
Kevorkova was previously married to journalist and politician Maksim Shevchenko (born 1966).[5][6]
Criminal persecution
[edit]On May 6, 2024, the Investigative Committee of Russia brought charges against Kevorkova for justifying terrorism. The criminal case is related to publications on the journalist's Telegram channel, including a post about the Taliban, which is recognized as a terrorist organizations and banned in Russia.[7] In addition, it was reported that members of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (banned in the Russian Federation) also invited Kevorkova to the Syrian city of Idlib in 2021 to cover their activities.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Надежда Кеворкова: Церковь не нуждается в журналистике!". Правмир.
- ^ ""Известия" сообщили об обыске у журналистки Надежды Кеворковой". Meduza.
- ^ "Nadezhda Kevorkova". Action on Armed Violence.
- ^ "Надежда Кеворкова не признала вину в оправдании терроризма". Коммерсантъ.
- ^ "Приплыли". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ^ "Жена Шевченко: неевреи ЦАХАЛа ненавидят палестинцев". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ^ a b "Следствие попросило арестовать Кеворкову по делу об оправдании терроризма". Izvestia.
External links
[edit]- 1958 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Russian journalists
- 20th-century Russian women journalists
- 21st-century Russian journalists
- 21st-century Russian women journalists
- 21st-century Russian women writers
- Anti-Zionists
- Journalists from Moscow
- Moscow State University alumni
- Novaya Gazeta
- RT (TV network) people
- Russian columnists
- Russian women columnists
- Soviet journalists