Mikhail Rubin

Mikhail Rubin is a Russian journalist living in exile. He is deputy editor in chief of Proekt. There he has spearheaded numerous investigations into Russian President Vladimir Putin and corruption of Russian authorities. Mikhail’s investigative work earned him six laurels from the Zimin Foundation’s independent Redkollegiya award, which supports free and professional journalism in Russia.

He and colleagues were selected for the 2020 European Press Prize shortlist for their investigation of Yevgeny Prigozhin, at the time a member of Putin’s inner circle. Then in 2021, the Kremlin declared Proekt an “undesirable organization” and Mikhail and other staff members “foreign agents,’’ which banned them from working inside their country.

Currently, Mikhail is a JSK fellow at Stanford University.