Oleksiy Bobrovnikov

Oleksiy Bobrovnikov is an award-winning journalist who used to write about a widespread smuggling and money laundering network in the unstable regions of eastern Ukraine. He has worked as a war correspondent in the Donbas region and as an investigative reporter covering the so-called “grey zone” – a haven for smugglers between the Russian-occupied territories and government-controlled Ukraine. He also covered the Euromaidan demonstrations in Ukraine and the “little green men” during the annexation of Crimea by Russia. Between 1999 and 2006, he worked as a business news journalist for various media, later focusing on investigative journalism and making history documentaries. In 2011-2012, he lived in the southern Caucasus region of Georgia, writing a book on ethnography and ancient traditions, published under the title “The Edges of Georgia” (Краями Грузії). He is also a Fellow of “writers-in-exile” (PEN Deutschland).