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Andrey Vyacheslavovich Zakharov (; born in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian investigative journalist, special correspondent of BBC News Russian, and four-time winner of the Redkollegia journalism award.
Zakharov graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University in 2005 with a degree in history of arts.[1]
In 2010–2016 he worked as a correspondent at the . While working at Fontanka, Zakharov published an investigation into Yevgeny Prigozhin's troll factory.[2]
In 2016, Zakharov moved to Moscow. In 2016–2018, he worked as a special correspondent for the RBK magazine, where he published an investigation on the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.[3]
In 2018–2022, Zakharov was a special correspondent for BBC News Russian.[1]
While working at Proekt in 2020–2021, Zakharov authored an article revealing Vladimir Putin's alleged affair with Svetlana Krivonogikh.[4] [5]
In October 2021, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included Zakharov into the list of foreign agents.[6] Shortly after, he left Russia and moved to the United Kingdom.[7]
Zakharov is a two-time winner (in 2014 and 2015) of the "Golden Pen" award.[8]
He is also a four-time winner (twice in 2017, in 2020, and 2022) of the Redkollegiya award.[1]