Andrei Zakharov

Andrey Zakharov is an independent investigative journalist. He previously worked at the BBC Russian Service, Fontanka, RBC, and the Project. He is a four-time winner of the monthly Redkollegia award for journalism. His investigations brought to the public view many of the state’s secrets, including the existence of Vladimir Putin’s illegitimate daughter who has been for years getting money from state corporations. He also wrote a lot about Yevgeny Prigozhin’s “troll farm” and its attempt to disrupt American presidential elections, and about the surveillance systems being created in Russia by the Moscow and federal governments. Zakharov was designated a “foreign agent” by the Russian government. His first book, Crypto. How Cypherpunks, Programmers and Rouges Bound Russia with Blockchain, was published in 2023 and has had great success in Russia.