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    Polina Ivanova

    Moscow correspondent

    Polina Ivanova is a foreign correspondent for the FT covering Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asia. Her reporting is focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and on developments inside Russia, from the Kremlin’s crackdown to the effect of sanctions and attempts to evade them.

    Previously, she covered Russia and Ukraine for Reuters as a Special Correspondent on the investigative team. She joined the FT in 2021 and was shortlisted for the George Orwell Prize for Political Journalism in 2022.

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    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      ‘Stream’ and ‘Torch’: the Gazprom-backed militias fighting in Ukraine

      Russia’s state gas company has recruited, equipped and paid security guards to join the invasion

    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Militias used US armoured vehicles in attack over Russian border

      Ukraine denies involvement but one official admits ‘co-operation’ with the sabotage groups

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Pro-Ukraine fighters ‘liberate’ village in Russia’s Belgorod region

      Kyiv denies direct involvement but says Russian fighters are seeking to create ‘security zone’ near border

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      South Africa-US dispute escalates as Putin calls Ramaphosa

      Washington’s claim that Pretoria covertly sent arms to Russia sparks serious diplomatic incident

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: Putin’s motivations
      Putin defiant over Ukraine war at modest Victory Day parade

      Russian president claims war has been ‘unleashed against our motherland’ as annual festivities are scaled back

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia starts partial evacuation from southern Ukraine

      UN atomic agency concerned about safety as locals in town hosting nuclear power plant staff are moved out

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Russia
      Russia arrests two theatre workers on ‘justifying terrorism’ charges

      Case marks first time since Soviet era that a high-profile criminal case opens over contents of a theatre play

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Wagner chief blames Moscow for faltering war effort

      Yevgeny Prigozhin has threatened to pull out of Bakhmut unless Russia sends more weapons

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: military strategies
      Military briefing: the drone attack on the Kremlin

      Subterfuge, attempted assassination or a brazen operation to embarrass Moscow?

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      US rejects Kremlin claims it was behind drone attack

      Heightened tension comes as Kyiv prepares to launch counter-offensive against Russian forces

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      Russia
      Letters to Evan: my friend in a Moscow jail

      We chronicled Russia together, hopeful about its future. Now the Wall Street Journal reporter has been in prison for a month

    • Monday, 17 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Putin critic jailed for 25 years by Russia court for ‘treason’

      British citizen Vladimir Kara-Murza likens his case to show trials of Stalin era

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      Alexei Navalny
      Alexei Navalny ‘seriously ill’ in Russian jail

      Aides suggest opposition leader may be being poisoned in ‘slow and methodical murder’

    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
      Behind the Money podcast16 min listen
      Best Of: How Russia loots grain from Ukraine

      Polina Ivanova explains how she and her colleagues tracked the shipment of 2,675 metric tonnes of milling wheat from an occupied Ukrainian port to Turkey

    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia and Ukraine tighten conscription rules ahead of spring hostilities

      Moscow denies changes to legislation will ‘cause panic’ and another wave of emigration

    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Rise of the Russian informer

      Corporate America faces its sharpest drop in profits since the beginning of the Covid pandemic

    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      Russian politics
      Russia detains woman suspected of killing pro-war blogger in café explosion

      Vladlen Tatarsky died in blast at meet-and-greet event with followers in St Petersburg

    • Sunday, 2 April, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russian pro-war blogger killed in St Petersburg restaurant blast

      Vladlen Tatarsky had been meeting supporters and subscribers at venue in city centre

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: life for Russians
      ‘Total distrust’: rise of the Russian informers

      Teachers, neighbours and even family members are turning to Soviet-style denunciations in wartime Russia

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      Western groups leaving Russia face obligatory donation to Moscow

      Move raises pressure on companies that have not made a complete exit since Ukraine was invaded

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Kazakhstan
      Kazakhstan to step up monitoring of goods re-exported to Russia

      Goods crossing the border surged last year as sanctions stymied Moscow’s access to western markets

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Xi backs Putin on Ukraine but holds out on Russian gas pipeline

      Leaders of China and Russia hold centrepiece talks in Moscow

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Russia
      War crimes court issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

      International Criminal Court targets Russian leader over removals of children from Ukraine

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Slovakia joins Poland in sending Soviet-era jets to Ukraine

      Decisions set to bolster Kyiv’s air force with additional MiG-29s and spare parts

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Russian business & finance
      Sberbank to send record $4bn dividend to Russian state

      Kremlin-controlled lender’s payout comes as profit shrank 80% on western sanctions

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