Olena Rudenko
Olena Rudenko is a Ukrainian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the online publication Ukrainska Pravda. She previously worked as a correspondent for Forbes and Kyiv Post and edited the English-language version of Ukrainska Pravda. In 2022 she was named to Politico Europe's list of the most influential people in Europe.
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Russian occupation court in Zaporizhzhia Oblast sentences Melitopol journalist Iryna Levchenko to 15 years
An occupation court in Russia's Zaporizhzhia Oblast sentenced retired Melitopol journalist Iryna Levchenko to 15 years in a penal colony on espionage charges. Levchenko, who had been in Russian captivity for more than three years, was convicted under Article 276 of the Russian Criminal Code after a closed trial whose substantive allegations Ukrainian sources describe as fabricated.