Andrei Soldatov — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-founder and editor of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of Russian secret services' activities.
Serves as a Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis and a visiting fellow at King’s War Studies Department.
Co-authored books including "The New Nobility" (2010), "The Red Web" (2015), and "The Compatriots" (2019) with Irina Borogan.
Covers security services and terrorism issues since 1999, reporting on events such as the Moscow theater hostage crisis and the Beslan siege.
Regularly appears as a commentator on terrorism and intelligence issues for media outlets like BBC, Radio Free Europe, and Vedomosti.
Graduated from the journalism department of Moscow State Social University.

Biography

Andrei Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist in exile, recognized as an expert on Russian security services. He is the co-founder and editor of Agentura.ru, an online watchdog that monitors the activities of Russian secret services. Currently, he holds positions as a Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis and a visiting fellow at King’s War Studies Department.

Soldatov has covered security services and terrorism issues since 1999.