Alexey Kovalev (journalist)

Alexey[lower-alpha 1] Andreevich Kovalev[lower-alpha 2] (Russian: Алексей Андреевич Ковалёв) is a Russian journalist, translator, media manager and commentator.[1][2] He is the head of investigative desk at Meduza, former editor-in-chief of Russian Coda Media and former editor-in-chief of inoSMI.[3]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Andreevich and the family name is Kovalev.
Alexey Kovalev
Алексей Ковалёв Edit this on Wikidata
Born26 April 1981 Edit this on Wikidata (age 42)
Moscow (Soviet Union) Edit this on Wikidata
Educationmaster's degree Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationJournalist, translator, media manager, pundit Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
Awards
  • Redkollegia (Who and how is sawing millions on the deception of Muscovites, 2017)
  • Redkollegia (It’s good to be the president, 2021)
  • Redkollegia (‘I can do whatever I want to you’, 2022) Edit this on Wikidata

Early life and career

Alexey Kovalev was born in Moscow in a family of art historians. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University and later from the Faculty of Journalism of City, University of London.[4]

In London, he was writing articles for Wired and The Guardian and has been a correspondent for the Snob magazine since March 2011.[5]

Kovalev moved to Moscow and from 1 March 2012 to 9 December 2013 was the editor-in-chief of the inoSMI website,[6] which publishes translations of foreign media articles.[5][7] inoSMI is part of RIA Novosti, a Russian state-controlled news agency, and formally Kovalev was the head of the department at RIA Novosti. He was fired as a result of the formal liquidation of RIA Novosti and news agency's transfer under the control of Rossiya Segodnya, a Russian state-controlled media group.[7]

In September 2014, Kovalev launched The Noodle Remover project (Russian: Лапшеснималочная), which fought against fake news.[8] Also, until 1 March 2019, he was the editor-in-chief of the Russian version of the Coda Media website.[9]

Since March 2019, he has been the head of the investigative desk of the Meduza website. By this time, The Noodle Remover became inactive.[10]

Kovalev has also written for The Moscow Times and The New York Times.[2][3]

Awards

Redkollegia:

  • in June 2017 for the article "Who and how is sawing millions on the deception of Muscovites" (Russian: Кто и как распиливает миллионы на обмане москвичей);[11][12]
  • in January 2021, together with Lilia Yapparova, Denis Dmitriev and Mikhail Maglov, for the article "It's good to be the president";[13][14][15]
  • in April 2022, together with Anastasia Chumakova, Damir Nigmatullin, and Liliya Yapparova, for the article "I can do whatever I want to you".[16][17]

References
  1. Sometimes transcribed to English as Alexei, Aleksei or Aleksey
  2. Sometimes transcribed to English as Kovalyov
  1. Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (16 August 2016). "The NSA Data Leakers Might Be Faking Their Awful English To Deceive Us". Vice.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. "Alexey Kovalev". Belgrade Security Forum. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. Suárez, Eduardo (10 March 2022). "As Putin cracks down on the free press, independent news site Meduza aims to be Russians' "only window to the world"". Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  4. Волошик, Владимир (14 December 2015). "Алексей Ковалёв: «Если россиянин начнёт задумываться, что происходит, ему будет проще утопиться»" [Alexey Kovalev: "If a Russian starts to think about what is happening, it will be easier for him to drown himself"]. birdinflight.com (in Russian). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  5. "ИноСМИ нашел нового главреда в Лондоне" [InoSMI has found a new editor-in-chief in London]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 9 February 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  6. Koval, Ilya (22 January 2023). "How Russian fake news paints 'the Germans'". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  7. Серветтаз, Елена (16 February 2016). "История третья — Алексей Ковалев: «Громов устраивал скандалы из-за Навального»" [The third story - Alexey Kovalev: "Gromov made scandals because of Navalny"]. Radio France Internationale (in Russian). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  8. "«Все сходится. Где же здесь неправда?»" ["Everything fits. Where is the lie here?"]. Republic.ru (in Russian). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  9. "Алексей Ковалев покинул пост главного редактора Coda" [Alexey Kovalev left the post of editor-in-chief of Coda]. jrnlst.ru (in Russian). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  10. "Расследованиями в «Медузе» займется создатель «Лапшеснималочной»" [Investigations at Meduza will be handled by the creator of The Noodle Remover]. lenizdat.ru. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  11. "Кто и как распиливает миллионы на обмане москвичей" [Who and how is sawing millions on the deception of Muscovites]. Redkollegia (in Russian). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  12. "Алексей Ковалев" [Alexey Kovalev]. vmestemedia.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  13. Yapparova, Lilia; Dmitriev, Denis; Kovalev, Alexey; Maglov, Mikhail (29 January 2021). Igumenov, Valery; Kovalev, Alexey (eds.). "It's good to be the president". Meduza. Abridged translation by Sam Breazeale and Kevin Rothrock. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  14. "Если человек — президент, ему все можно" [It's good to be the president]. Redkollegia (in Russian). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  15. "Навальный, Певчих и Албуров получили журналистскую премию «Редколлегия» за фильм про «дворец Путина»" [Navalny, Pevchikh and Alburov received the Redkollegia journalism award for a film about "Putin's Palace"]. TV Rain (in Russian). 26 February 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  16. Anastasia, Chumakova; Nigmatullin, Damir; Yapparova, Liliya; Kovalev, Alexey (18 April 2022). "'I can do whatever I want to you'". Meduza. Translated by Sam Breazeale. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  17. "«Думаешь, я этого хочу? Я больной. Я ненормальный». Российские солдаты насиловали женщин и убивали мужчин в мирном селе под Киевом". Redkollegia (in Russian). 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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