Zhanna Nemtsova

Zhanna Nemtsova with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2016

Zhanna Nemtsova (born 24 March 1984) is a Russian journalist and activist. She is the daughter of Boris Nemtsov, a Russian opposition politician who was killed in 2015.[1] In 2016, she received the International Women of Courage Award.[2]

Work

After Nemtsova's father was killed, Nemtsova moved to Germany. In Germany, she started the Boris Nemtsov Foundation to work for democratic values in Russia.[3] In Germany Nemtsova worked for the German news service Deutsche Welle. She also wrote a book, Waking up Russia (in the original German, Russland wachrütteln) about Russian politics.[4] Nemtsova also wrote for The Guardian.[5]

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