Anna Yarovaya is a journalist and Karelia editor at 7x7. A contributor for Current Time TV, she has served as a coordinator for SCOOP Russia, a support and training programme for investigative journalists in northwest Russia, since 2014. She won the New Word category of the Civil Initiative Prize in 2016, and was awarded the Redkollegia Prize in 2018.
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Published in: oDRHow the mother of a son with autism opened Karelia’s only studio for children with “special needs”You can’t always find a place for your child in Russia’s education system. Sometimes, you need to make one yourself. RU
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Published in: oDRThere may be no one to vote for in Russia’s elections, but they will be well monitored!A tussle over election monitors in northwestern Russia reminds us of a simple truth: electoral authoritarianism...
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Published in: oDRThe first steps towards exonerating Russian Gulag historian Yuri DmitriyevThis Russian historian spent 13 months in pre-trial detention on fabricated child pornography charges. The latest...
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Published in: oDRProtest in Russia's paper townThis corner of Karelia is known for two things: its paper mill and its prison. But its residents are fed up with...
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Published in: oDR“Anyone can find themselves in prison, it doesn’t take much courage”After 13 months in pre-trial detention, Russian historian Yury Dmitriev talks about his prison experience, forgotten...
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Published in: oDRExtremists by any another name: how Karelian pensioners fought against a mining company – and wonLocal conflicts in Russia are often written off as paternalistic. But sometimes, people win. RU