A journalist, who wrote for “Important Stories,” “Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project” (OCCRP), The Foreign Policy Institute, and several other media. Previously, he worked with Novaya Gazeta and Russian Reporter. Author of a number of investigations on the participation of Russian officials and their family members in foreign offshore companies, their business, and expensive real estate. Pulitzer Prize Winner (2017) for his investigation of the Panama Papers, in collaboration with reporters from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIG). Winner of the 2021 European Press Prize Investigative Reporting Award.
Name
Velikovskiy Dmitriy Alexandrovich
Field of activity
Media
Status
“Foreign agent” (individual media)
Reason for recognition
"IStories" (where Dmitry works as a journalist) released investigations about Kirill Shamalov, the alleged son-in-law of Vladimir Putin, offshore transactions of “friends of the president” and the purchase of a stake in the Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli for Rosneft (after which Rosneft sued "IStories" and won the case).
Year of recognition
2021
Status description
Since 2019, this register includes those individuals who, in the opinion of the Russian government:
a) publicly disseminate messages and materials created by a media-foreign agent, or participate in the creation of such materials,
b) receive foreign funding (money or property).
A person may be declared “foreign agent” if he/she reposts materials from a foreign media outlet, writes materials for it, publishes joint materials (for example, journalistic investigations), provides some data, prepares...
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