Official position/function in relation to the conflict

Insider is another important Russian independent investigative media, critical of the Russian authorities. Founded in 2013 by an opposition leader, journalist, and activist Roman Dobrokhotov. For its investigations and independent position, the outlet was awarded the World Forum for Democracy Prize of the Council of Europe (2017), as well as the European Press Prize (2019) jointly with Bellingcat.

Interests/goals in the conflict region

The Insider actively exposes fakes of the Kremlin media, thus realizing its mission of objectively and comprehensively reporting to the audience and helping the audience distinguish the truth from falsification.

Actions regarding the conflict region

The Insider is known for its high-profile journalistic investigations: about secret special operations of the FSB abroad (the murder of Litvinenko, Perepelichny, Khangoshvili, poisoning of Skripals, etc.), about the participation of Wagner PMC in the battles in Donbas, the activities of Yevgeny Prigozhin. Also, the outlet together with Bellingcat established the involvement of the Skripal poisoners in the UK in 2018 in the secret services and published investigations of corruption and criminal connections of Russian officials.

Insider is actively involved in exposing the falsifications of propagandist media. It publishes such materials in a special section “Anti-fake” on its website.