Alexey Kovalev (journalist)
Russian journalist and translator
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Alexey[a] Andreevich Kovalev[b] (Russian: Алексей Андреевич Ковалёв) is a Russian journalist, translator, media manager and commentator.[1][2] He is former the head of investigative desk at Meduza, former editor-in-chief of Russian Coda Media and former editor-in-chief of inoSMI.[3]
- Meduza (2019–2023)
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| Born | 26 April 1981 |
| Education | Philological Faculty of Moscow State University, City, University of London |
| Occupation | Journalist, translator, media manager, pundit |
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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] From 2023 is not an employee of the Meduza.
Kovalev has also written for The Moscow Times and The New York Times.[2][3]
Awards
- 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]