Zhanna Nemtsova

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]

Other websites

2016 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr
Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

References

↑ "Zhanna Nemtsova: "I will never live in Putin's Russia"". 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "Biographies of 2016 Award Winners".
↑ "Boris Nemtsov's daughter says Putin cares about preserving power not about Russia". 12 March 2016.
↑ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Zhanna Nemtsova: 'Putin is doing everything he can to make things worse' - Books - DW.COM - 12.02.2016".
↑ "Zhanna Nemtsova".

[1] "Zhanna Nemtsova: "I will never live in Putin's Russia"". 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

[2] "Biographies of 2016 Award Winners".

[3] "Boris Nemtsov's daughter says Putin cares about preserving power not about Russia". 12 March 2016.

[4] (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Zhanna Nemtsova: 'Putin is doing everything he can to make things worse' - Books - DW.COM - 12.02.2016".

[5] "Zhanna Nemtsova".

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