Russian journalist, who has been cooperating with 7x7, Novaya Gazeta, TV Rain, and Radio Liberty since 2016. In 2011-2015 he worked as a TV correspondent at the Karelia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, in 2015-2016 as a correspondent for the "Capital on Onego" news department.

For his report on political prisoners of Uzbekistan, he received the Editorial Board award in 2019. In 2018 he received the American ICFJ Global Health Reporting Contest for writing about people with mental disorders.

Name
Sergey Markelov
Field of activity
Media

Recognitions

Status
Foreign agent (individual media)
Year of recognition
2020
Inclusion date
28.12.2020
Reason for recognition
According to the Ministry of Justice, information about Markelov as a potential foreign agent was provided to the Ministry of Justice by a "State body of the Russian Federation" (with no further specification). The information referred to Markelov's receipt of funds from foreign sources, specifically, from the Moscow editorial board of Radio Liberty.

Chronology

  1. Addition to the list: Foreign agent (individual media)
Journalists and Publishers

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