The winners of the Profession - Journalist Prize were all journalists announced by "Ino -Agents"

The winners of the Profession - Journalist Prize were all media employees who were recognized by the Ministry of Justice of Foreign Agents. This is stated on the Feibuke Prize page.

A special prize of the jury of 2021 was awarded to all Russian journalists who were declared "foreign agents" - this is 37 people.

The “status of a foreign agent”, applied to individuals and associated with defeat in civil rights, we consider as a form of political persecution related to a professional journalist, and thus expressing solidarity with colleagues, paying tribute to the courage to defend the principles of independent journalism, ”the statement said.

Among the recipients of the award are journalists cooperating with the Radio Liberty projects - North Realiy and Idel. Realities: Lyudmila Savitskaya, Sergey Markelov, Tatyana Voltskaya, Elizaveta Maetnaya, Elena Solovieva, Regina Khisamova, Regina Gimalova, Andrey Grigoryeva and Alina Grigoryeva.

• In the nomination "History/Reporting", the journalists of Novaya Gazeta, Elena Kostyuchenko and Yuri Kozyrev, won for the publication " boarding school ", telling about how 177 thousand Russians live in closed neuropsychiatric institutions.
• In the nomination "Interview/Portrait" the journalist Medusa won (recognized as "Ino -agent") for a series of interviews on YouTube "Tell Gordeeva."
• The best documentary was the film of the authors of Novaya Gazeta " How Anna was killed , released on the 15th anniversary of the death of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
• The “Investigation” nomination went to the journalist of “important stories” (recognized by the “ino -agent”) Kata Arenina for the publication of how the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Vladimir region, where politician Alexei Navalny is now serving, have been accused of torture and murders for years, and they continue to move in the service
• In the nomination "Video", the journalist of the "rain" (recognized by the "ino -agent") Maria Borzunova won for the story of how Belarusians flee from the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.
• In the nomination "Multimedia+Podkast", the project " Camera No. 18 " on the pre -trial detention center on the street in Oskrestin in Minsk won.
• The nomination "Country" took the plot " Mill " of the Tomsk channel TV2 about the expedition to the places of exile of the Old Believers in the taiga.

The Profession - Journalist Prize in 2016 was established by businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky. It is awarded to independent journalists. In August 2021, Roskomnadzor blocked the premium.

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• The first law related to foreign agents appeared in Russia in 2012. The Ministry of Justice received the right to recognize non-profit organizations “foreign agents” if they receive funding from abroad and are engaged in “political activity”. The criteria for such activities in the law are not clearly defined, which is why organizations operating in the field of education, culture, healthcare, ecology and human rights and human rights fall into the registers.
• Since then, the laws have tightened several times, expanding their effect on the media, individuals and LLC. More than a hundred people and organizations are included in the register of media-foreign agents. In 2021, the list has grown three times. More than two hundred organizations are included in the list of NKO-foreign agents.
• Almost 260 thousand people demand the cancellation of the law on media-names of foreign agents. The authors of the petition believe that this law is "an act of state pressure on the media and public organizations." The petition and a report on the impossibility of amendments and the need to cancel the Law of the OVD-Info (included in the register of foreign agents) transferred the Federation Council to the State Duma.
• The Party "Fair Russia - for Truth" introduced a bill to the State Duma, which involves the assignment of the media status of a foreign agent only through the court. Deputies of the New People faction also introduced a similar bill to the State Duma. A similar requirement was nominated by journalists at a meeting of the Human Rights Council with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• Since the beginning of November, for the lack of labeling of foreign agents in social networks , four people-human rights activist Lev Ponomarev (included in the register of media-regents), the former editor of Project (recognized as an undesirable organization) of Roman Badanin (included in the media-foreign agent register), the publisher of the Mediazone, Pyotr Verzilov (publication and journalist. included in the register of the media-foreign agents) and the head of the Voice Movement (recognized by the ino-agent) Inna Karezin (recognized by the media-foreigner).

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