Researcher and analyst

KIRILL BELYANINOV

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North Bethesda, MD 20852

718-***-**** (cell)

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced researcher, manager, producer and analyst. Skilled at creating high-profile exclusive stories. Produce both breaking news and investigative feature stories. Excellent at managing teams. Team player. Coverage of armed conflicts around the former Soviet Union and abroad. Bilingual. US and Russian citizenship. Expertise in Russia/former Soviet Union, US Government, foreign policy, and investigations. Extensive expertise in the media landscape in the former Soviet Union, disinformation and fact-checking.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010 - present, Freelance Producer, 60 Minutes, CBS News (New York, USA)

Assist 60 Minutes in its coverage of Russia and the former Soviet Union. Pieces include Steve Kroft’s piece on Russian money laundering (2019), Scott Pelley’s profile of businessman William Browder (2014), and Steve Kroft’s profile of Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov (2010).

2022 - present, Writer/Fact-checker, Lead Stories (Washington DC, USA)

Producing and researching stories for an award-winning innovative fact checking and debunking website at the intersection of big data and journalism. Specialized on Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russian disinformation.

2019-2021, Senior Journalist, BBC News (Washington DC, USA)

Covered breaking news and wrote features for the ВВС Russian Service and BBC World News. Conducted interviews, prepared TV packages in both Russian and English. Topics covered include politics, investigative reporting, in-depth analysis, campaigns and business.

2008-2018, US Correspondent, Kommersant Daily Newspaper, (New York and Washington DC, USA)

Cover breaking news and write features for Russia’s leading daily newspaper, akin to the Wall Street Journal due to its focus on business and politics. Conduct interviews in both Russian and English. Topics covered include politics, campaigns, business, and culture. Manage and organize network of freelance writers/contributors in North and South America. Travel around the US reporting stories and covering breaking news.

1999-2007, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, FLB Online Investigative News Agency, (Moscow, Russia)

Co-founder, editor and reporter for one of the first Internet news agencies in Russia. Managed and organized staff, edited daily news, and conducted in-depth investigations related to government and business.

Also published in US News and World Report, The New York Times, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Literaturnaya Gazeta, and Novaya Gazeta, and have been interviewed on National Public Radio, NBC, CBS and the BBC.

EDUCATION

Moscow State University, School of Journalism.

LANGUAGES

English (Fluent), Russian (Native).

REFERENCES available upon request.

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