Farida Rustamova

Farida Hafiz qizy Rustamova is a Russian journalist of Azerbaijani descent.

Biography

Rustamova was born in Moscow in 1992. From 2012 to 2014, while at university, she worked for Gazeta.ru.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Rustamova has worked as an independent journalist for her own Substack publication Faridaily and Poyasnitelnaya zapiska, together with Maxim Tovkailo, publishing texts in both Russian and English. She previously worked for Vedomosti, , RBK Group, BBC [News Russian], Meduza, and TV Rain.

Professional work

Rustamova has published a number of investigative pieces on President Vladimir Putin and his inner circle, which have been cited by world-known mass media.
Her articles have appeared in The [New York Times], The Daily Telegraph, El Confidencial, The [Moscow Times], The Blueprint, on the websites of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute and OpenDemocracy and others.

Awards

Rustamova is a two-time winner of the Redkollegia Award:

in May 2018 for 'The story of how MP Slutsky sexually harassed two Russian journalists' for BBC News Russian;
in March 2021 along with Svetlana Reiter and Alexander Ershov for the 'From gene bombs to classroom curriculum' for Meduza.