Yordan Tsalov - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

Investigative Journalist whose work on the assassination attempts on Russian opposition leaders Alexey Navalny and Boris Nemtsov contributed to two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Investigative Report and Outstanding Research: News, as well as the Nannen Prize for Investigative Journalism and the Documentari Inchieste Giornalismi - DIG Award for Best Investigative Medium. I started my career as a staff writer for the Bulgarian outlet TerminalNO, and subsequently became its managing editor. The media explored in depth topics related to US-Russia relations, EU Affairs, political corruption, and the Kremlin influence in the region. In 2019 I became analyst and contributor to Bellingcat, where I worked on several projects related to the clandestine activities of Russia. In 2022 I joined the BBC where I participate in the making of documentary investigations.

Content

Total articles 2

• Andrej Hunko and the Party Borotba: Propaganda from the Kremlin to the Bundestag

  By Yordan Tsalov| Bellingcat Verified This article was contributed by Yordan Tsalov as a series of analytical reports titled “Kremlin’s Favorites in Europe”, with the support of Journalismfund.eu. In 2016 Germany’s counter-intelligence BfV stated that Russia was behind a series of cyber attacks against the country’s institutions and politicians. Those included a major hacking of the German Bundestag in 2015, and another attack the following year against the ruling Christian Democratic Party.

  By Yordan Tsalov · Bellingcat

  Jul. 28, 2020

• Russian interference in North Macedonia: A View Before the Elections - bellingcat

  By Yordan Tsalov| Bellingcat Verified This article was contributed by Yordan Tsalov as a series of analytical reports titled “Kremlin’s Favorites in Europe”, with the support of Journalismfund.eu. Serious questions are raised by international observers about the reliability of the newest member of NATO and EU candidate, North Macedonia, while the country is heading towards its general election on July 15.

  By Yordan Tsalov · Bellingcat

  Jul. 04, 2020

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BBC

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